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Can I get into a good school if I did average in my freshman year?

I'm not planning on going to any super exclusive university like Cornell or Yale. My dream school is NYU but, last I checked, only around 30% of applicants get accepted. I didn't do as well as I could've my freshman year, but so far, my sophomore year has been nothing but A's and high B's. Is it possible for me to get into a school like NYU even if I didn't do so well in my freshman year> #college #school #college-application #grades

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Won’s Answer

when you are applying for colleges, you should apply to 1-2 dream schools, 1-3 acceptable schools, and 1-3 safe schools you know you can get into. If you are trying to get into a specific school, make sure you visit the school to do a college tour, excel in your academic for the rest of the high school years, find a school faculty member that can write a recommendation letters for you who had a great relationship with you, and do other extra curricular activities you are interested in that will set you apart from other students. As long as you can speak on your mistakes from freshmen year, show an interest in why this one particular school is the right School for you with academics to support your interest will open the doors for you!

Won recommends the following next steps:

Do more research about the school mission and value
Sign up for the extra curricular activities
Excel in academic for sophomore to senior years (sign up for AP classes)
Visit universities you are interested in
Build close relationships with the faculty members
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Lizzie’s Answer

Yes! Although every year of high school is important, do not put too much pressure on your first year. Freshman year can be a hard adjustment in high school and one year will not hurt your chances. If you work to improve your grades in the next years of high school, that is a great way to show colleges your personal growth in your studies. When interviewing at colleges or writing college essays, you can also add information about your grades. For example, you can state that you did not do as well your freshman year as you had hoped, but because of that you made an effort to improve your grades the next years of high school. That shows your work ethic, your self-awareness, and your ability to follow through on goals you set for yourself.
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Simeon’s Answer

It depends on what your dream schools are. You can look up the grades that they usually accept for their scholarship, but generally you will have a lower chance of getting in if you let your grades plummet. Thankfully, there are college options for nearly everyone, so as long as you graduate high school there will be a path forward. It just might not be with the dream schools that you have in mind. You can email the schools and ask them what kind of student GPA they're looking for on average if you're concerned about getting in.
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Ken’s Answer

It really does not matter what school you attend, as the most important factors are how well you do with the school work, which is an indication to an employer about what kind of employee you will be, and the effort that you put forth in your networking to set up networking connections that will help you throughout your education/career journey. Here is an important video for you to watch: ## http://www.ted.com/talks/julie_lythcott_haims_how_to_raise_successful_kids_without_over_parenting?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=education ##


Here are some good tips on reducing costs in college:

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Schools are looking for consistency of performance during high school and a career focus. The most important thing that you can do is to get to know yourself to develop a career focus and then talk to people n person face to facd who are doing what you think that you might want to do so that you can see what they do, how they got there, and what suggestions that they might have.



 

Ken recommends the following next steps:

Getting to know yourself and how your personality traits relate to people involved in various career opportunities is very important in your decision making process. During my many years in Human Resources and College Recruiting, I ran across too many students who had skipped this very important step and ended up in a job situation which for which they were not well suited. Selecting a career area is like buying a pair of shoes. First you have to be properly fitted for the correct size, and then you need to try on and walk in the various shoe options to determine which is fits the best and is most comfortable for you to wear. Following are some important steps which I developed during my career which have been helpful to many .
The first step is to take an interest and aptitude test and have it interpreted by your school counselor to see if you share the personality traits necessary to enter the field. You might want to do this again upon entry into college, as the interpretation might differ slightly due to the course offering of the school. However, do not wait until entering college, as the information from the test will help to determine the courses that you take in high school. Too many students, due to poor planning, end up paying for courses in college which they could have taken for free in high school.
Next, when you have the results of the testing, talk to the person at your high school and college who tracks and works with graduates to arrange to talk to, visit, and possibly shadow people doing what you think that you might want to do, so that you can get know what they are doing and how they got there. Here are some tips: ## http://www.wikihow.com/Network ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/nonawkward-ways-to-start-and-end-networking-conversations ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-questions-to-ask-your-network-besides-can-you-get-me-a-job?ref=carousel-slide-1 ##
Locate and attend meetings of professional associations to which people who are doing what you think that you want to do belong, so that you can get their advice. These associations may offer or know of intern, coop, shadowing, and scholarship opportunities. These associations are the means whereby the professionals keep abreast of their career area following college and advance in their career. You can locate them by asking your school academic advisor, favorite teachers, and the reference librarian at your local library. Here are some tips: ## https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-tips-for-navigating-your-first-networking-event ##
It is very important to express your appreciation to those who help you along the way to be able to continue to receive helpful information and to create important networking contacts along the way. Here are some good tips: ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-informational-interview-thank-you-note-smart-people-know-to-send?ref=recently-published-2 ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-tips-for-writing-a-thank-you-note-thatll-make-you-look-like-the-best-candidate-alive?bsft_eid=7e230cba-a92f-4ec7-8ca3-2f50c8fc9c3c&bsft_pid=d08b95c2-bc8f-4eae-8618-d0826841a284&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_20171020&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20171020&bsft_clkid=edfe52ae-9e40-4d90-8e6a-e0bb76116570&bsft_uid=54658fa1-0090-41fd-b88c-20a86c513a6c&bsft_mid=214115cb-cca2-4aec-aa86-92a31d371185&bsft_pp=2 ##
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