Do ivy league put more emphasis on junior and senior year?

<p>I had medium start during my freshman year and improved. However during my junior year I moved to a new school with new system so I did not do as well as I could have been. The following is my gpa stat</p>

<p>Freshman: 4.0
Sophomore: 4.0
Junior: 3.86</p>

<p>Will Ivy league put more emphasis on junior and senior year rather than freshman and sophomore year? I know they see the entire year but will they put more significance to my later half?</p>

<p>Probably, but they look at everything.</p>

<p>On the surface, 3.86 is better than A-. Does that include weighted courses? You want to look at your unweighted gpa. and what matters most is letter grades for core and rigorous classes. A lower grade in, eg, gym, won’t really matter. But understand that there is more in Ivy admissions than stats alone.</p>

<p>No its unweighted</p>

<p>What were the grades? And what are you interested in as a possible college major?</p>

<p>Wait a sec: I looked at your chance me and there is good there. We can’t tell what related to the prior school, but was it outside the US? I know you said your concern is that the ECs look scattered, but that’s not bad. We just don’t know what your jr year actually included. </p>

<p>I am interested in biology and physics. The grades are as following:</p>

<p>AP Cal: A
AP Bio: A
AP USH: B+
AP Lang: A
PE and Korean (I go to international school and PE and Korean each is counted as 0.5)
STEM A+
Chinese A-</p>

<p>Your only non-A is APUSH and you want STEM? You need more understanding of what Ivies look for. Above, I added that the ECs are not as scattered as you think. But what’s with kinesiology or business? You changed the idea? </p>

<p>Are you studying in the US now? Applying as an international?</p>

<p>No kinesiology includes both biology and physics. Its combination of both</p>

<p>Also I study at Korea right now</p>

<p>Ok. Sending a PM so we don’t confuse any other students seeing this thread.</p>

<p>Every school does.</p>