8th and 9th grade i didn’t do as well as i expected even though they weren’t terrible i think 8th and 9th gpa was a 3.6 ish unweighted usc is a very competitive school and i’m applying in a competitive major pool (business) and i am very scared about these two years grades… ( after this i did very well sophmore and junior year) ( currently aiming for high act/sat) and i have a good selection of ECs… how much do you think 8th and 9th grade year’s matter for a competitive school and major??
8th grade is not high school. Even if you have high school courses taken during 8th grade on your high school transcript, many colleges will not use those grades to calculate your GPA.
9th grade counts for most colleges. (The UCs are one exception.) USC looks at 9th grade: