<p>sorry i know this has been asked a million times before but i cant find any of them for some reason, so here im gonna ask! what top schools dont count or barely weigh freshman grades. i know standford and princeton dont. any others? I had a 3.55 weighted freshman year and now im at like 4.2 for the last two years so its kinda pulling my gpa down. any advice?</p>
<p>Calm down. Most schools dont even look at freshmen grades.</p>
<p>Universit of Michigan</p>
<p>I got about a <em>cough</em> 2.6 uw GPA w/ 2 honors freshman year and I managed a 3.6 Soph yr (no honors) so colleges look at improvement too.</p>
<p>true so you think most colleges dont totally mind bad freshman years?</p>
<p>3.5 w is not as bad as mine..if youre looking at Ivies then they would mind..state schools not so much.</p>
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<p>This isn't necessarily true. But a bad freshman year only does so much; the majority of colleges are willing to look positively on improvement.</p>
<p>i am looking, at least at reaches, for lower ivies or other top schools. i cant stand how many people go to state schools. im talking like brown, georgetown, jhu level schools.</p>
<p>were talking like a 3.55 weighted freshman year, 4.3 weigted soph year, 4.2 weighted junior year, and prolly 4.4+ senior year because im finally able to take a lot of APs</p>
<p>Your latter year grades mean a whole lot more, but it comes down to really subjective things like essays and SATs and such when they see a dramatic improvement.</p>
<p>which are better :)</p>
<p>..........................uw............w
Freshman Year:....3.66.......3.79
..........................3.89........4.00</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:..3.77.......3.77
..........................3.55........3.55</p>
<p>Junior Year:.........3.68........4.00
..........................3.87........4.00</p>
<p>Is this a good trend?</p>
<p>Youre soph year is kinda weird..you got a lower uw GPA 2nd sem w/ no advanced classes and you got a higher GPA first sem w/ advanced classes frosh year..Im not sure how to interpret that.</p>