<p>I've heard from some parents, teachers and counselors that colleges will sometimes disregard 9th grade because a lot of people have low freshmen years due to transition or things like that. I had a horrible freshmen year myself gradewise; I'm not saying that admissions officers will toss it over their shoulders but what's the take on it?</p>
<p>I know that U-Michigan-AnnArbor drops 9th grade scores. Most schools dont, though</p>
<p>Stanford and all the UC's don't consider freshmen year when calculating GPA</p>
<p>neither does USC.</p>
<p>actually im almost positive that USC does count freshmen year</p>
<p>I know UC schools don't count them when they are calculating your GPA. </p>
<p>HOWEVER.....that does NOT mean they don't look at your grades from that year.</p>
<p>It probably depends. If you actually have a good reason, a prestigious school would probably consider it. Most state universities and other less competitive schools are less apt to count it against you.</p>
<p>That's good to know. I could have a good 3.3 without my freshmen year and maybe since I've improved they'll, if not overlook it, just focus on my 10-12 achievements.</p>
<p>Yes - THOUGH it is always nice to say that you're in the top 10 percent or no. 1 in your class or whatever. That however, cannot be achieved by not working at your highest level freshman year.</p>
<p>princeton doesn't consider freshman year grades either.</p>
<p>but it matters for class rank in schools that calculate class rank...so don't slack off</p>
<p>It could be true that your performance in freshman year in HS is a reflection of your performance freshman year of college. And believe me, there is a lot more of a transition, because college is actually really hard compared to HS. Anyway, the admissions people really don't want people to be flunking out of freshman year, so I'm sure they look at your freshman performance, even if they exclude it from your GPA.</p>
<p>fhqwgads, that's not true. Colleges are not shy in letting applicants know that they consider JUNIOR and SENIOR yearsto be the best indicators of college success (because of the advanced classes)</p>
<p>think: courage,</p>
<p>not triumph</p>
<p>being number one is not the most important thing. just work hard and things will come to you</p>