<p>Hey everyone.</p>
<p>I just would just like to know your opinion on how much consideration college admission boards put into freshman year GPA. </p>
<p>I had a GPA of 2.75 freshman year. But since then I have steadily brought it up to a 3.7 but it could be higher. </p>
<p>I wasn't really that focused freshman year and kind of just blew it off. </p>
<p>I have read that many colleges like to see an upward trend in GPA. Is that true for the most part? What else can you tell me?</p>
<p>THanks</p>
<p>dont aim for the ivy league.</p>
<p>Congrats! You just found the topic of your application essay for school / scholarships! :)</p>
<p>They will look at your cummulative GPA; if your frosh year GPA is really lower than the next three years than you could use the essay to explain how much more mature / growth you've gotten / recieved, etc. </p>
<p>Yes, many colleges like to see an upward trend in GPA (except IVY's and top LAC...b/c of their selectivity...)</p>
<p>Keep working hard. Try taking AP/honor courses (don't overload) and let the college know that you are taking school more seriously.</p>
<p>Chao</p>
<p>tn08</p>
<p>WOW....im impressed...how did you bring up a 2.75 gpa to a 3.7... did u get 4.0s soph and junior or wat....and even if u did get sraightd 4.0's it still equals out to 3.58...idk w.e but to accomplish that is impressive if ur not lying.</p>
<p>First of all who said I was shooting for Ivy league schools?</p>
<p>Second, no I'm not lying. Freshman year I had 2.75 for both sems (we have 8 classes a year/4 per semester each like 1 1/2 hours long. Then a 4.25 last year and right now I have a 4.25. So thats 3.7. The honors classes are weighted +.5 so it works out. I tried EXTREMELY hard this past semester and last year for those grades to pull up my gpa. </p>
<p>It's a lot harder to get it higher now unless I get the same or better than that for this semester and next year. </p>
<p>I know my gpa is pretty good now it's just the fresh year loooks bad and Im ****ed cause its just because I didnt try. </p>
<p>Anyway, thanks for the replies. I just wanted some other opinions.</p>
<p>You could try applying to schools that don't look at freshman year grades.</p>
<p>Schools like Stanford and Princeton say they will ignore the freshman year entirely, and schools like Hopkins say it is weighted lower then all other years. Frankly, I don't see why a bad first year (I'm in this boat) would make you any less comparable to the 4.0+ 4 years straight. All it shows is that the kid was aggressive and ready for high school off the bat. Most people don't remember what they learned freshman year, and a 14 year old is much different then a 18 year old.</p>
<p>didn't the OP say he wasn't applying to Ivy League?</p>
<p>Hm, get a good SAT score and you're set.</p>
<p>oooo my bad...i didnt know you were talking about weighted...sry</p>