Do UC's take upward trends in consideration?

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<p>If our GPA has been getting increasingly better as time went on, would UC's take this into consideration? For example if someone had a low or average GPA but got a 4.0 the last semester or two (taking major pre-reqs), bringing it up considerably, would that be a factor in admissions?</p>

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<p>I believe some do. At least that’s what I’m banking on. I had low 2.0’s my first semesters, left for two years, and then came back and have had 4.0’s the last four semesters. </p>

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<p>@TheUnderdog1 - Have you seen any threads that mentioned this?</p>

<p>I hope so too, from Fall 2010 to Fall 2012 I had maintained continuous enrollment and at the start of the Fall 2012 semester I had a 2.11 GPA. At the start of the Fall 2012 semester It all somehow clicked in my head and I worked my ass off to get as many good grades as possible and now I got up to a 3.255 GPA UC. </p>

<p>So I hope it gets noticed </p>

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<p>Yes I should hope so too. I got a 2.8 my first year, but in a summer and fall semester I managed to bring it up to a 3.34</p>

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<p>This is copied and pasted (deleted the irrelevant info) from my unofficial transcript. As you can see, i first went to college and didn’t do to great, Fall 2010 i got straight A’s, but then got in a motorcycle accident and came back summer of 2013. From Fall 2010 on i have gotten a 4.0 every semester. I applied to all 9 UC’s and have talked to a lot of UC admissions counselors that have told me grade trend is definitely looked at. Come april I can update this thread to where i got in, and were i didnt… Hope this helps.</p>

<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FALL 2005 (08/22/2005 to 12/18/2005)
2.00<br>

2.00&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPRING 2007 (02/05/2007 to 06/02/2007) 
2.00&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FALL 2007 (08/27/2007 to 12/16/2007) 
2.00&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUMMER 2009 (06/22/2009 to 08/16/2009) 
2.64&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FALL 2009 (08/31/2009 to 12/20/2009) 
2.81&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPRING 2010 (02/08/2010 to 06/06/2010) 
2.73&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUMMER 2010 (06/21/2010 to 08/15/2010) 
2.65&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FALL 2010 (08/23/2010 to 12/12/2010) 
3.08&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUMMER 2013 (06/17/2013 to 08/11/2013) 
3.19&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FALL 2013 (08/26/2013 to 12/15/2013) 
3.41&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPRING 2014 INTERSESSION (01/06/2014 to 02/02/2014) 
3.43&lt;br&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPRING 2014 (02/10/2014 to 06/08/2014) 
CIP&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Total: 3.46                       &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Upward trends are viewed at BUT think of it like this</p>

<p>Upward trend student = someone who did bad but is now doing well
High achieving student = someone who only did well.</p>

<p>So if the application pool is strong, the person who only did well in their academic career will have the leg up. </p>