<p>I've had mixed answers to this question. Which is it?</p>
<p>No -- and that's been confirmed to me specifically by an admissions officer.</p>
<p>That's in the sense that they don't use them in recalculating your GPA (which is what contributes to determining your academic rating). However, they still see your freshman grades, and if they're absolutely horrible then some questions might be raised. Otherwise they're ignored.</p>
<p>thanks a lot. That really helps.</p>
<p>GR Elton is correct.</p>
<p>hmm what do you mena "horrible" say you have straight A's 10th and 11th, but in frosh you have.. let's say, 2 C's 3 Bs, and an A?</p>
<p>Well, if you're an optimist look at it this way: you shaped up after Freshman year (instead of getting worse), which means that you have the motivation to work harder when the going get's tougher...who knows though?</p>
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<p>That might raise a few eyebrows. As long as your other indices of academic ability (SAT, SAT II, AP, teacher recommendations, awards, etc.) are in line with your sophomore and junior grades, however, it won't make a difference. Ultimately, determining your academic rating is a holistic process, and even a very bad freshman year will most likely be ignored. (Now if you had done even worse, say with a majority of C's, then it might make a difference--they would at least want to see why you did so poorly.)</p>