Will colleges still consider me grade-wise?

Applying to College
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<p>I've been going up and down...</p>

<p>Freshman Semester 1:
Adv Alg - A
World History - A
English - A
French - A
Orchestra - A
Science - A</p>

<p>Freshman Semester 2:
Adv Alg - B
World History - A
English - A
French - A
Orchestra - A
Science - A</p>

<p>Sophomore Semester 1:
Math Anal - C
Honors Bio - C
Honors English - B-
Honors World History - B
French 2 - B
Orchestra - A</p>

<p>Sophomore Semester 2 (so far):
Math Anal - A
Honors Chem - A
Honors English - A
Honors World History - A
French 2 - A
Orchestra - A</p>

<p>The thing is, I've learned from my mistakes from not studying well enough and being disorganized when I moved up into honors (basically AP work amount)... If I've shown that I improved considerably, will good colleges still care (not including x-cirricular) or would they disregard me because of the low GPA 1 semester?</p>

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<p>Well you definitely did improve a lot your sophomore year’s grades. Hopefully it evens out into a decent grade. I’m pretty sure colleges are more worried about your overall GPA and wouldn’t be so nitpicky about one semester of your four-year high school career.</p>

<p>I kind of laughed when you wrote “Math Anal.”
To be honest, math really is a pain in the ass.</p>

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<p>You mean, because you had a bad semester in the 10th grade? I don’t think that rules you out. </p>

<p>At the most selective colleges (Harvard, Stanford, Amherst, etc.), you may be at a disadvantage, simply because of the overwhelming number of applicants who never had a bad semester at all. Even then, though, the colleges will still give you fair consideration. They might not select you, but if that’s your only bad semester, they won’t photocopy your transcript and post it on the bulletin board for laughs, either.</p>

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<p>That’s how it was abbreviated when I took it in 1980-81. I didn’t know anybody still called it that. Really, anybody who runs a high school ought to know better.</p>