Downward Trend

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<p>Everyone talks about an upward trend. How does a downward trend hurt?</p>

<p>These are all unweighted GPAs. My old school weighted your GPA based on how many weighted courses you took, not how well you did in them. So basically, it doesn't mean much.</p>

<p>Freshman: 4.0 (4 honors)
Sophomore: 3.82 (1 AP, 4 honors)
Junior: 3.7ish (no lower; if anything, a little higher) (3 AP, 2 honors)
Senior: ? (4 AP)</p>

<p>So does this trend hurt? Or is it just "whatever"? Discuss.</p>

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<p>It might hurt if you’re applying to Ivys, but your GPA is still quite high. As long as you don’t completely bomb senior year, then you should be fine for some top notch schools. Maybe not HYPSM, but you’ll definitely get into some place good.</p>