<p>Do UC’s see your 1st Qtr. or 1 Semester Grades? What about Stanford?</p>
<p>Does it matter if you get a lower GPA senior year than Junior year?</p>
<p>No for UC, Stanford does see your senior year grade(1st semester). For top UCs like UCLA and UCB, you can only have max 3 Cs in your senior year before they rescind the offer.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. Where do you guys find information that states this? (i.e. the specific criteria that they look for?)</p>
<p>For Stanford - Stanford Website
For UCs - Students on CC</p>
<p>Actually, for UCs, the first semester grades of Sr year will be seen if you get an Augmented review request from UCLA or Berkeley. It's basically a second chance at admission.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if the question is aimed at understanding if the UCs use 1st semester grades for admit decisions, or whether they matter at all.</p>
<p>The OP should be aware that even though the UCs don't see your 1st semester grades when they are making admit decisions (unless they ask for the augmented review), they will see them before you start school in the fall. You are required to send a final transcript after you graduate HS in order to finalize your admission. The presence of D's, F's, or too many C's can put your admission in danger of being revoked.</p>
<p>^ Yes, like mikemac said, when a UC "accepts you", you have to sign A CONTRACT stating you will receive a minimum of a 3.0 (not weigthed for berkeley/la) for both semesters, while passing EVERY class. Should this contract be broken, your admission to that UC is jeopardized.</p>
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Does it matter if you get a lower GPA senior year than Junior year?
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No, but it can hurt you if lets say, UCB or UCLA asks for your First semester grades of your senior year if you're one of the "borderline" applicants. Other than that, you need to maintain AT LEAST a 3.0 weighted gpa for both semesters separately, (non-weighted for ucb/ucla) and pass every class you listed on your application</p>