Will Freshman Year Screw Me Over?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey, I'm currently a high school Sophomore and I already have my (possibly naive) eyes on schools like Cornell/Cooper Union/Carnegie Mellon for a potential dual-major in Physics and Computer Science. However, since I've heard that these colleges place emphasis on grades, I'm kinda scared. I was a very crappy student first term freshman year, ending it with an average of 85.5. However, I managed to pull my transcript average up to a 91.9 (this past term I got a 95.9 average). Will colleges like Cornell scrutinize my poor performance freshman year or will they look at the improvement? I'm working hard to keep up the 95+ trend to pull up my transcript grade.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>This is a FAQ, please use the Search function for ‘freshman’ for links to many threads.</p>

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<p>Freshman year typically isn’t weighted as heavily as the other years of HS because students are learning to adjust to the HS environment.</p>

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<p>All right, thanks, and I’ll keep that in mind for later.</p>