High School gpa question

[swimfishie]

<p>Hey guys I have a question about high school gpa. I know that the UCs are a different stiuation but I was wondering if the grades I earn the first semester of senior year will be incorporated in my h.s gpa before I apply to schools? Thanks.</p>

[Sikorsky]

<p>Unlikely.</p>

<p>The purpose of the mid-year report that your high school will send to the colleges that you apply to will be to report those first-semester grades. I guess some colleges might recalculate your GPA once they receive those grades, but I can’t see much added value in doing that.</p>

<p>My kids’ high school computes GPAs at the end of junior year, and uses those GPAs to send to colleges, to report class rank, etc.</p>

<p>But since this is a matter of your high school’s policy, the people who can give you a definitive answer are there, not here on CC.</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p>If you are asking specifically about University of California freshman admissions GPA, then see this:</p>

<p>[University</a> of California - Calculating GPA](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/q-and-a/calculating-gpa/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/q-and-a/calculating-gpa/index.html)</p>

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@University of California

What courses are used to determine a student’s GPA for admission to UC? If a student took geometry and biology in the ninth grade, does he use those grades in calculating his GPA?</p>

<p>In calculating the GPA, the student cannot include courses taken in the freshman year. Only “a-g” courses taken in the sophomore and junior years are used for the preliminary GPA. Please visit Doorways for more information.

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<p>Note, however, that admissions offers are likely to be conditional on maintaining a specified level of academic performance in senior year.</p>