<p>Don't look at your grades freshman year.</p>
<p>haha i have the same question. </p>
<p>i bet they all do. but as long as its not “too low”, and there’s an upward trend, they ALMOST don’t look at it.</p>
<p>haha I hope so. Everything but freshman year was great… all A’s since then.</p>
<p>The UCs and i believe Princeton doesnt, (or so collegeboard says) can anyone else verify</p>
<p>bumpppp…</p>
<p>At CMU’s info session they said they “don’t care” about freshman year.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that both Princeton and Stanford disregard freshman year grades. Not sure if it’s true.</p>
<p>^Stanford confirmed that at an info session. For admission purposes, they recalculate GPA sans freshman year grades. 98% sure Princeton does it exactly the same way.</p>
<p>I’m international, freshmen year should be 9th grade, shouldn’t it?</p>
<p>Yes, freshamn year is 9th grade.</p>
<p>*freshman.</p>
<p>why is that exactly, couldn’t that technically give an advantage to someone who didn’t work hard freshman year over someone who did but maybe didn’t do so hot later on.</p>
<p>I guess so, but I feel like most people that worked hard their freshman year, kept up the good work.</p>
<p>@TheWikiMan:
The thinking is (correctly) that success in 11th grade is a better indicator of college success than success in 9th grade. It’s really not about being fair, it’s about building the best possible class from the applicants.</p>