<p>Is it counted in overall GPA? It varies from school to school…I know some greats like Stanford and Princeton don’t count it but still want to see those grades. What about UPenn?</p>
<p>i want to know this also</p>
<p>yup they count freshman grades</p>
<p>im sure if you have a couple of b's in freshman, it doesn't mean you're out of the running completely.</p>
<p>Actually, colleges count sophomore year, junior year, 1st sem. senior year in GPAs. They will look at your transcript and look at your freshie grades to see what courses you took (most rigorous coursload) and how you did...they want to see trends, which is why they see freshie grades. However, they don't calculate them into GPA, and they don't give them any serious consideration (as opposed to looking at 10th, 11th, 12th grade grades). But check with your college counselor, some colleges (aka UC's) are different.</p>
<p>Thanks sooo much. I feel way better! See, if my freshman grades were put in I'd have a 3.77 but if it's only soph, junior, and a bit of senior...well, I'm a junior now and w/o freshman grades, it's about a 3.9...</p>
<p>So I'm relieved about that. :D</p>
<p>if that's true... i'd have a 4.0 uw or 5.0 w. if it isn't, i'll only have a 3.82 uw... </p>
<p>so does this mean colleges will actually convert/calculate our gpas in addition to the ones our school calculates?</p>
<p>I don't believe UCs take into account freshman year. But the better they are the better. The do not "not count." But they don't count as much as 10,11,12.</p>
<p>thats wrong...penn has formulas they do for each person....for the gpa/rank part, they use the GPA for all years of high school....i asked an admissions officer...if they see that you have an upward trend, itll help, but freshman year grades STILL count (prolly not as much as the others though).....for UCs, stanford, and pton - freshman year grades are basically omitted - but thsoe schools arent penn....i did pretty bad freshman year (i think all Bs and one A), and im in at huntsman....so yea, dont worry too much</p>
<p>Well, I still do have senior year to go. :D But my freshman year grades were lousy. Not terrible but lousy. </p>
<p>dostoyevsky, can you give me your stats?</p>
<p>lets complain about our 3.7's... i'm at a mid 3.6 but if u take out my freshman year grades i'm at a 3.73 something that is apparantly so bad by all your standards...</p>
<p>sure...IM me on AIM at jewboyleo</p>
<p>I botched junior year with a 3.57 uw gpa =</p>
<p>Overall I'm 3.76 UW, and a 4.37 w</p>
<p>no weighted GPA, all honor classes and got 4.0 :(</p>
<p>i got in with a 3.55 unweighted (but i only sent my 5.22 weighted gpa)
lowest grades are a few b-'s</p>
<p>yup i remember....wait, did you IM me recently?</p>