<p>As a freshman and sophomore, I got perfect GPA. Then, I moved to a new school with shorter point scale (my old school has 10 point scale while my new school has 7 point school). It is more academically challeneged, and in fact, many graduates attend top schools (MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Duke and Stanford). My schedule is full of honors, APs, one extra class out of school, and two electives (photography and study hall). Anyway, my transition was hard. I did not succeed in the first term, but I improved and managed straight As in the second term. Overall, I got 5 Bs (in all honors and APs courses) and three As (in electives and an extra class). So my gpa went down to 3.88. But, because I know how to get As in my classes, I think I will get As in the second semester and get 3.9 at the end of junior year. But, I am worried if my grade deflation in the beginning of the junior year could ruin my chance? Thanks! By the way, I am just wondering: does Stanford look at freshman year's grades and include it in GPA?</p>
<p>Are you in-state? (Cal.)?
If you're in Cal, that shouldn't be a big problem.</p>
<p>science516: Stanford does not look at freshman year grades.
MacroKim: What on earth does being in-state or not have to do with this? This isn't UC or CSU.</p>
<p>It goes back to the foundation of the university.</p>
<p>Leland Stanford, after the death of his son Leland Stanford, Jr., established the university in his son's honor. The Stanfords were going to treat the children of California like their own.</p>
<p>It doens't carry as much weight as the publics or as in the past, but it is still part of their history.</p>
<p>That doesn't mean jack. Harvard was founded to only teach ministers. I doubt that is still their primary focus.</p>
<p>tastyb33f, if you look at their stats by doing some research, you can see that Stanford explicitly picks more Californians than students from other states. Not as much as the UCs do, but a Californian student would have a much better chance of getting in.</p>
<p>MacroKim - the only reason that the percentage of Californians is so high is because it's here in California. The same pattern applies for any other school. Take a look at the stats of any Ivy - a high percentage of students hail from the New England area. It's simply because of geography; Stanford does NOT give preference to Californians simply because they live in California. Trust me on this one - I go to Palo Alto High, right across the street from Stanford; former Dean Mamlet made a speech last year at our school concerning this issue.</p>
<p>UCs and CSUs, on the other hand, were specifically established to serve Californians. Those are where it REALLY matters if you're Californian - your chances of getting into UCs are increased a LOT because Californians get priority.</p>
<p>ok, I guess I overlooked the situation. My argument was based on the stats of admitted students according to the geography. Well, thanks for the information</p>
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<p>Read my posts all the way through:</p>
<p>It doens't carry as much weight as the publics or as in the past, but it is still part of their history.</p>
<p>It's part of their history, not part of the admissions committee's standards.</p>