Does college admissions care about your HS freshman & Sophmore grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are lucky that you had a kid slack off so much for the first 2 years of HS and then was able to turn it around, get straight As and a near perfect score on the SAT. That is really amazing.

I don't know how the colleges will view that but that SAT score is a standout for sure.

OP here. Thank you for your kind words. My kid went on tour with his uncle over the summer and saw first hand how hard it was as a struggling musician, except for hanging out with lot of women. He came to the realization that is not how he wants to live. My wife and I spent A LOT of $$$ with private tutoring in the past 7 1/2 months to get him to where he is now.

This alone should be enough to get him admitted into some good schools. How many kids have such real-life experiences where they learned life lessons and chose the right path to write about?

I agree! Your son sounds like a really interesting kid. He followed a dream, it didn't work out the way he planned and he turned his life around. I'm sure he had given you a bit of a ride but he's got a good head on his shoulders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are lucky that you had a kid slack off so much for the first 2 years of HS and then was able to turn it around, get straight As and a near perfect score on the SAT. That is really amazing.

I don't know how the colleges will view that but that SAT score is a standout for sure.

OP here. Thank you for your kind words. My kid went on tour with his uncle over the summer and saw first hand how hard it was as a struggling musician, except for hanging out with lot of women. He came to the realization that is not how he wants to live. My wife and I spent A LOT of $$$ with private tutoring in the past 7 1/2 months to get him to where he is now.

This alone should be enough to get him admitted into some good schools. How many kids have such real-life experiences where they learned life lessons and chose the right path to write about?

Hopefully all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the importance of grades:

least MS grades for HS credits
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade.

They will downweight easy classes (PE, Band, etc) relative to classes in the core disciplines.

I doubt they downweight band/music classes. Might depend on the level (symphonic band v. wind ensemble, etc).