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" &amp;quot;My first two years of high school were not so good, I got B&amp;#039;s and C&amp;#039;s but my junior year I got all A&amp;#039;s and I plan to do the same next year. Will my first two years of high school drastically affect my going to a really good college?&amp;quot; Genesis, 17, Houson, TX First off, you deserve some props for working so hard junior year, and if you keep up that trend it&amp;#039;s definitely going to make a difference in your college applications come senior year. So just how big of a difference will it make? Well, it&amp;#039;s true that colleges take into account grades from all four years of high school, but junior and senior year tend to carry the most weight since more often than not the toughest classes are taken during this time. Plus they reflect your most recent work ethic which, let&amp;#039;s be honest, may have gotten a little more serious since 9th grade health. As far as getting into a really good college goes, it all depends on your definition of really good. If you&amp;#039;re talking Harvard, well, your earlier grades may make admission a bit of stretch, but there are plenty of great schools that admit students with less than perfect GPAs. You just want to have realistic expectations, so when you&amp;#039;re making a college list check out the stats for the previous year&amp;#039;s admitted class at every school where you&amp;#039;re thinking of applying. You can typically find these on a school&amp;#039;s admission website, and it&amp;#039;ll have loads of info like the average SAT scores and GPAs of admitted students. Once you&amp;#039;re armed with that information you&amp;#039;ll know if a particular school is a reach, a good match, or a safety, and that can help you make a decision about whether or not to apply. Sounds like you&amp;#039;re on the right path, so keep up the good work! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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