G.p.a For Princeton/stanford/cmu

Applying to College
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<p>hi i had really low grades freshman year.. i don';t want to discuss it: ) i have reasons why they were so low... anyway i did MUCH better soph/jun year and i heard PRINCETON/STANFORD/CMU dont look at freshman year g.p.a.. what other schools don't?</p>

<p>heres the breakdown:
soph:3.83//4.0<br>
Jun:5.0///5.0 ( the max g.p.a you can get )</p>

<p>sats around 2250+ and amazing ec's and rec's </p>

<p>i'm just worried about my grades... ok fien here it goes i'll tell you my freshman year grades:
2.9//3.6 lol so will the cut off of freshman year imcrease my chances?</p>

<p>what other schools don't look at freshman year? how do I explain this to those schools?</p>

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<p>bump.............. Also another q i had was the advantages of applying ea/ed to rd</p>

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<p>Princeton and Stanford will, of course, have average GPAs of around 3.9. Carnegie Mellon is a little less intense. 3.6 should do it.</p>

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<p>what is cmu good for? wait my uw g.p.a for 10/11 is 3.97 is that good?</p>

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<p>UCs only include soph and jr years.</p>

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<p>What do you want to study?</p>

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<p>poli sci or econ.. i think major in econ and minor poli sci or vice versa not sure...</p>

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<p>bump................</p>

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<p>3.97? Out of 4.0? Yes that's good. As long as you're taking all honors and plenty of advanced placement courses. As long as your test scores are high and you have decent ECs, you could even have a chance at Harvard.</p>

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<p>2HeavenWood: Harvard? Isn't it that Harvard looks on frosh grades?
2SkyWalk: What's your rank? I think I am going to have the same situation as you do, I too got 2.9 for first semester and shall get 3.75 (hopefully) for second. If I would've realized the importance of grades earlier -- could've got 4.0 but epiphany came to me two months ago and it is now too late, I'll have B in one class (God, its Commercial Art -- the hardest class as appeared).</p>

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<p>what is your unweighted GPA?</p>

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<p>hey g2g but i'll be on later to answer the questions... mr chipset... your right! i need to talk to you!</p>

<p>heavenwood: i hope your words are true : ) ! your a great person</p>

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<p>k my uw g.p.a for 10/11 is 3.97 and the weighted is around 4.5 or 4.6... but if you add the first semester of senior year in there it'll go up a lot.</p>

<p>however, it looks kinda wierd on my app cause I have a 2.8 and a 3.6 freshman year and a HUGE upward trend from there... they'll definetely know something is wrong lol.. nobody goes from a 2.8 to a 5.0 </p>

<p>do your hw!</p>

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<p>my rank is in the top 10 percent... well if my school had rank for 10/11 I would be 1/580 but for 9th grade included my rank will be around top 6-10 percent in the class</p>

<p>estimated:30/580 maybe better</p>

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<p>Perhaps, rank is a thing that shall make some difficulties in Princeton. Anyways, if you'll get accepted then there's hope for me :)
By the way, upward trend, as I've learned, is a good thing to show too so you might try other U's.</p>

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<p>Princeton i have no chance... stanford and cmu i might... i really dont like stanford but NOW I DO!</p>

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<p>yeah your right... but i hope princeton takes rank from 10-12 th grade</p>