Is it true that freshman year grades from high school are excluded when Carnegie recalculates your GPA? I visited over the summer and remember the admissions counselor saying that Carnegie does not consider freshman year grades, but I cannot find this information online or on CMU’s website. Thanks!!
It is not totally disregarded, as in a 2.0 GPA freshman year will definitely catch the adcoms eye. However, if you have at least a 4.0, it will not make or break your application. What are your stats? I am applying and would love your opinion.
Applying Dietrich College
SAT I: 800 Math 800 CR 730 Writing (2330 total, 1600 composite)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics
ACT: 35 Reading, 36 English, 36 Math, 33 Science (35 composite)
hbu?
@SirRico20 Strange, 4.8. Usually prestigious university don’t care about weighted GPA. They only do unweighted.
Also, the college care about who you are right now, not who you were. So will they look at your freshman grades? Yes. Is your freshman GPA a factor of your overall GPA? Yes. Will they care more about junior and senior year than freshman year? Yes. If you did very poorly in freshman year but did very well later on, it would be worth while to write an explanation.
I’m also applying Dietrich College!
ACT: 36 Superscore
SATII: 790 Math II, 760 Physics
what are your ec?
@BouncyGreenBall CMU doesn’t superscore ACT I thought ? (I’m not sending my ACT)
@3pic14
You are right. I got 35 on ACT (35,36,35,34). Do you think I can get in?
I have also heard that CMU pays little attention to freshman grades. My child was accepted (now attends) CMU with so-so freshman grades and much better soph and junior grades.
D17 visited last year with her dad and CMU definitely told them that freshman grades aren’t considered.
@BouncyGreenBall what are your ec?
President of Statistically Sound Sports Club at my school (use stats to predict sports outcomes)
Volunteer @ animal shelter
VP of tutoring at local library
National ranked tennis player
Competitive Piano
Top 25 Bio Olympiad
Studied Silicon structures at Argonne National Laboratory
Raised over $10,000 for Syrian Refugees
Top 25 Bio Olympiad
Varsity Math Team
Varsity Science Olympiad
Student Comput Cluster Competition on IIT team
AMC/AIME Qualifier
Robotics Team Captain
Did research at University of Chicago this past summer
What are your ec?
@BouncyGreenBall lmaooo good one Bill