How do colleges look at GPA and Transcript/Grades?

Applying to College
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<p>Long story short...
I'm a rising senior and my HS GPA and grades are my biggest worries right now. I have a 3.71 UW and a 4.11 W, but this is with the addition of 4 Bs I received in each semester of Algebra I and Geometry that i took in the 7th and 8th grade. I'm currently trying to get these changed on my transcript from a letter grade to a "credit", but if this doesn't work...</p>

<p>How would colleges see my GPA when I apply? Would it be all the grades on my transcript? (7-11 in my case) or would they recalculate with grades from 9-11 only?</p>

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<p>It depends on the college as to whether they will recalculate (and what the recalculation method is) or whether they will look at the transcript holistically.</p>

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<p>That’s not too bad. That pretty solid for some of the selective college but as for ivys you would probably have to do a little better.</p>

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