<p>So, currently I have a 3.67 GPA and this ****es me off because ALL of my friends have a 3.9 or better... And I'm not trying to sound full of myself, but I'm academically smarter than all of them. They're all in honors and I'm taking mostly AP's. The reason I have a low GPA is because of my junior high years (7th-9th) where I was put into a gifted program with high school courses (these classes are on my transcript because they were considered "high school" classwork). While my friends took honors or regular courses, I was challenged with advanced material. And now I've met them again in high school (10th grade) and they all have better GPA's than me. I will admit, I am more prepared for high school than they are, but the fact that they have better GPA's bothers me because I feel like I will not get accepted into my dream school (Stanford) because of the challenging route I took that impacted my GPA. Do you think I still have a chance at Stanford just GPA wise? I'm currently REALLY involved in my school with EC's, sports, class president and community service... (just a few)</p>
<p>If you’re just in 10th grade now you still have plenty of time to bring your GPA up. And colleges smile upon consistent improvement in grades.</p>
<p>You said that you are now in 10th grade so you still have 2.5 years to pull your gpa up. Also Stanford considers how difficult the schedule you took was along with your grades.</p>
<p>Not to mention the fact that Colleges put a lot of weight on rigor of courseload. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Ok, but after looking at many that have gotten accepted, they all had 3.9-4.0 GPA’s… And this is why I am worried.</p>
<p>Stanford doesn’t look at your freshman year. So relax!</p>
<p>Oh, kool. But, if they don’t look at my freshman year does my GPA change in their perspective? Btw, some grades on my transcript are also from 7th & 8th grade…</p>
<p>^They won’t consider grades from before high school, and some schools, as a previous poster mentioned, don’t even consider freshman year grades. This may save your GPA. However, rank is supremely important at all top schools, and if you rank suffers because of your GPA–even if it’s because of freshman or middle school grades–your chances at those schools will suffer as well.</p>