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<p>Which two? I know schools that don’t use freshmen grades when recalculating GPA, both Stanford and Princeton do that, yet they hardly ignore them. I can’t think of a single top school where overall rank is not among the most critical factors.</p>
<p>Even the UCs, which have a formula that does not include freshmen or senior grades, take a hard look at both.</p>