Hello, I fear my freshman year has ruined me. My current dream school is Brown University, and I know of the thousands and thousands of top students who get rejected. Would my terrible freshman grades take away any of my chances of getting accepted already? This is solely based on my academics.
Courses I took this year:
Economics/Personal Finance- Final grade in economics: 94 // Final grade in Personal Finance: 96
Spanish 2- Final grade: 94
Physical Education/Health- Final grade in PE: 96 // Final grade in Health: 98
Honors Biology- Final grade: 79 (I know, extremely bad. I had an 83 but failed the final which dropped my grade 4 points at the last minute. Anything related to science has always been my weakest subject).
Algebra 1- Final grade: 90
Honors Social Studies- Final grade: 88
Honors ELA- Final grade: 89 (Pissed at myself for this one. I had about a 92 or 93, but finals screwed me over at the last minute like biology).
Public Speaking/Modes of Writing- Final grade in Public Speaking: 92 // Final grade in Modes of Writing: 90
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The only honors/AP course(s) offered in my grade that I didn't take (not including electives) were Spanish 2 Honors and AP Biology.
I know it's impossible to really tell if my freshman year will make it impossible for me to get accepted to Brown since you have no knowledge of my grades during the next few years, but I just need to know if my freshman grades are so bad that there's no real chance for me at all anymore. I slacked off this year big time. If I were to be ranked this year with my other peers, I would end up around the top 15-20% which makes me feel so discouraged since over 90% of Brown students ended up in the top 10% of their class. I plan to make a steep upward trend for the rest of high school. Please excuse any grammatical mistakes or spelling mistakes. I hope I receive some feedback and feel free to ask about any more information. Thank you.
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