Freshman year grades?

Applying to College
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<p>I've heard that some schools don't consider freshman year grades. Is this true? and which schools are they? (Esp. in the top 25)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Ann Arbor doesn't look at them</p>

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<p>Michigan, The UC system - Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, etc.</p>

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<p>Princeton and Stanford.</p>

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<p>princeton and stanford don't look at freshman year grades?? do they count towards your overall GPA though?</p>

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<p>^ yup, at least I know Princeton does</p>

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<p>They probably count for your GPA, but it really depends on the school whether how it's formatted on the transcript. I know for sure Stanford does not look at 9th grade, since 2 seniors went this year from my school and one of them had FOUR C's freshman year (not a URM, hook, or anything of the like, it can be inferred most likely that the 4 C's was not detrimental). It probably says on the website too...</p>

<p>Princeton, I'm not sure. UC's probably care less, although I'm not sure about that either...haha.I'd say if this is a problem for you, don't worry about it = freshman year isn't as important. </p>

<p>Just a quick note from my personal example, I'm the exact opposite, I somehow (luckily) got a 4.0 this year as a freshman, many A-'s, but I did like virtually no EC's, volunteering, studying, and the like. In short, I was a lazyass who played games all day.</p>

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<p>thanks! ten char</p>