Grade point average-PLEASE HELP!!!!!!?

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Hi, I'm a sophomore in high school with a grade point average this semester of 3.5. I'm extremely disappointed in myself because all of last year I had a 4.0 gpa. I know that I'll be able to bring my grades up to all a's by the end of the year, but I'm wondering:

Do freshman and sophomore year gpa's matter as far as applying to colleges(including ivy league) or do they mostly look at the junior and senior grade point averages? I don't want this slip up to mess up my future, and I've been really depressed about it. PLEASE HELP!! I'm desperate.
 
You don't have any senior year grades to show colleges when you're applying, so they go by freshman, sophomore, and junior years. While junior year is the most important, they all contribute equally to your GPA. You don't need a perfect GPA to get into an ivy, and having one doesn't guarantee you'll get in either - you need to find some way to stand out while still be competitive grade-wise.
 
Depends on the college, really. Junior/senior years are Most important...but if you have a low-ish GPA, they may take a closer look. Senior year is Especially important because A LOT of people slack off their last year. Colleges don't want people who will just slack off. WHICH MEANS DONT NOW! heh...

ACT/SAT scores are also very important as well. I graduated with a cumulative GPA of about 3.7-3.8 and got into a fairly prestigious (although mostly unknown university) with a simple 1690 on my SAT. the MOST valuable thing you can do is maintain a GPA of 3.3+, get an SAT score of 1600+ AND do volunteer work. Know what you're interested in? Start volunteering for work that's related to that. Or just volunteer to help out somewhere. Colleges (and ESPECIALLY companies) wanna know you did more than study, study, study all your high school and college years.
 
Colleges look at junior year the most, but try to get really good SAT/ACt scores so they won't pay attention to the 10th grade grades as much (they rarely look at 9th grade, far as i know)
 
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