<p>Or do they focus as much on 9th and 10th as they do on 11th and 12th.</p>
<p>I'd like to know because I have a huge upward trend. My 9th and 10th grades were in France at a french school, and my 11th and 12th are in the USA. In 11th grade I have a weighted GPA of 4.1, and a pretty decent/challenging course load, same for 12th except that I don't know my GPA right now. But my cumulative GPA is 2.91.</p>
<p>Will UW notice the huge upward trend and how much I've challenged and improved my academics?</p>
<p>Travelgirl is right. Adding on, UW looks at the rigor of your courses, so although they don’t look at your weighted GPA, they can compare two people with 3.5’s and say … “hm, this person gradually took more and more AP/honors courses!” and “this person didn’t take any honors or AP courses at all!”. That will weigh the decision in person A’s factor.</p>
<p>I see. Well AP and Honors classes don’t exist in France. The classes taken there are the same for everyone, and dictated by the french minister of education (therefore we have no choice). I hope they’ll take those two factors into consideration. I’ve only taken 3 AP classes in 11th and 12th grade, my classes senior year are 1 AP and 4 Honors (only other class is Journalism/School newspaper), and in my junior year it was 2 APs and 1 Honors (other classes were math and CTE).</p>
<p>Would this class curriculum/schedule + the upward trend increase my chances? Or am I still pretty much “doomed” due to the low GPA? Unweighted it’s like 2.71.</p>
<p>They also look at the difficulty of the schools you attended, so even though you had low grades at the French school, if the school is rigorous and challenging, they’ll take that into account.</p>
<p>Also, some schools (even in the US) don’t offer Honors, AP, or IB at all. That’s taken into account, so I don’t see how going to school in France wouldn’t be (in terms of lacking of those types of classes).</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any chance they’d know the school I went to. It’s a junior high school, in a minuscule village of southern France, that has pretty much no info about it on the internet or anywhere else :/</p>
<p>I guess the only way it wouldn’t be taken into account would be if UW doesn’t know that they don’t have AP or Honors classes.</p>
<p>Just hearing about the education that international students that I know get for high school, I would have to wager a guess that your school wouldn’t have had Honors or AP courses. At best, an IB curriculum, and even then, many schools don’t have that system.</p>
<p>Since you took AP courses when you came back to the US, I’m sure you’ll be fine. =)</p>
<p>You really think so? I’ve just become so worried they’ll see my cumulative GPA and compare it to all the high GPAs all the other applicants have, and that I’ll be rejected.</p>
<p>Not to be a downer but a 2.91 is pretty much going to kill you, even with an upward trend. The average incoming freshman last year had a 3.75. Save yourself by straight 4.0ing the rest of your classes.</p>
<p>That’s what I’ve bee thinking. I’ve just be hoping that they’ll see my junior year 4.1 GPA and see that I’m also doing very well in my senior year, and MAYBE decide to accept me…I’d hate for my GPA to ruin everything, especially since it’s only because of my 9th and 10th grade years in France…</p>
<p>GPAs (as long as they’re adaquete; 3.0+) aren’t so decisive anymore. Grade inflation by schools, both intentional and unintentional happens, and getting lower grades at a generally more rigorous school (or in advanced courses) offsets a 3.9 by someone in a poor-scoring area.</p>
<p>Standardized tests (SAT, ACT, AP) and course rigor add more insight. If you show trends, and can prove them, it looks good.</p>