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Did I Ruin My Chances???!!!!?

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Hi,
I'm worried about my grades this year. I had a spine operation in the beginning of the school year(9th grade). I wasn't able to learn everything I missed, so I ended up with a 3.5 Unweighted GPA. I didn't get anything lower than a b-, and took honors biology, honors English, honors world history, and regular level math.
I'm so mad at myself for getting so many b's. I usually get straight a's. I want to go to Boston University or Tufts University, which require a 3.7 unweighted GPA. I couldn't do a sport or club all year(to allow my back to heal). I am going to try to make-up for not doing a club by volunteering for 6 weeks at a local hospital this summer.
Do you think vigorous universities will understand my GPA from my freshman year if everything looks good for my next 3 years. Or, should I just forget about it.
Thanks for your responses!=)

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kcal March 3, 2009 at 2:24 am

The answer is yes….improvement is a beautiful thing! Some schools don't even look at your freshman GPA.

Side note: For minimum eligibility, UCs look at GPA calculated using your a-g courses taken from the summer after your freshman year to the summer after your junior year (so the only grades excluded are your freshman and senior courses).

Don't give up!! Just work hard. You have a lot of time to learn a lot more things and prove yourself. You never know how much your interests will shift in 3 years either. I didn't even end up applying to the two schools I thought I wanted to go to when I was a freshman :) Good luck!

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