A) Indifference or B) Disinterest

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>please review this scenario:</p>

<p>Person A:</p>

<p>2.4 freshman year + 3.4 Sophmore year + 3.6 Junior year= overall 3.12 GPA</p>

<p>2000 SAT, great EC's</p>

<p>Person B:</p>

<p>3.6 all three years= 3.6 overall GPA </p>

<p>2000 SAT, average EC's</p>

<p>Lets say the school is New York University or Boston, or anything, even the UC system. [yeah I know UC's don't count 9th, but it is still on your transcript]</p>

<p>can person A ever be competent? will colleges ALWAYS choose person B?</p>

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<p>bumping this.</p>

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<p>It depends. Obviously some schools don't look at your freshman grades, and they mean it. It still hurts, though, because colleges DO look at class rank, and that freshman year would hurt somebody's rank a lot, I would imagine. Still, with great essays/recs/ecs/interview (so many other factors can help compensate!), it's definitely possible for Person A. An upward trend is good, although maintaining good grades is better.</p>

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<p>thats good to know :]</p>

<p>luckily, my school doesn't rank...so I guess thats a good thing, but I'm sure the colleges will figure out where I stand percent wise [i.e top 50%, top 10% etc]</p>

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<p>so for my school I have a 3.32 GPA with a class rank ranging from 100-115 out of about 800 kids, and I am in the top like 15 percent. So then when looking at it then that is pretty good right?</p>

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<p>thebrown:</p>

<p>Assuming Persons A and B are California residents,</p>

<p>A:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Super Reach
UCSD: Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Slight Reach
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Match</p>

<p>B:</p>

<p>UCB/UCLA: Reach
UCSD: Slight Reach
UCI/UCSB/UCD: Match
UCSC/UCR/UCM: Safe Match</p>

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<p>indiankid: yeah, of course! that means you go to a really hard school...not to mention your class in huge! thats more than double my class number [380]</p>

<p>flopsy, I thought UC's looked at weighted? and they don't look at freshman year...so those chances are a bit off, obviously because i did not provide enough information...thanks though ;]</p>

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<p>Are you quoting Panic! At the Disco?</p>

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<p>LOL we're on a college forum and someone is cool enough to think of P!ATD</p>

<p>hahaha</p>

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<p>bump...........</p>