Basically my stats are as shown:
Asian Indian male, California
3.45 UW 9-12 3.9 W
3.7 uw 10-12 4.2 W
1530 SAT
800 Math II
800 physics II
34 ACT
As you can see, my freshman year hinders me from gaining admission into any top 75 University. What are some of the colleges other than UCs that don’t factor in 9th grade GPA?
CSUs as well as UCs. However, 9th grade courses still need to be passed with C or higher grades to be counted toward the a-g subject requirements. UC admission readers will also see all courses and grades reported on the application.
UCs and CSUs use a special weighted-capped GPA for most purposes. Capped meaning that only 8 semesters’ worth of +1 points for honors courses (as listed at https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/agcourselist#/list/search/institution ) can be included. In practice, this means that the GPA they use is unlikely to be more than about 0.3 higher than your unweighted GPA from 10th-11th grade a-g courses. Your high school weighted GPA is generally irrelevant outside your high school.
I see, thanks!