<p>3.0 Freshman
3.2 Sophomore
3.1ish Junior (Just because of one bum term where I got a 2.7...I hate AP US)</p>
<p>My senior grades look life this:</p>
<p>Term 1
AP Calc B+
AP English B
AP Chem A-
Bioethics Honors A
Psych A
Sociology A
3.67</p>
<p>Term 2
AP Calc B
AP English B
AP Chem A-
Bioethics Honors A-
Psych A
Sociology A
3.55</p>
<p>These terms have been much better than my past GPA. Will this show my ability to handle difficult material and possibly that I can accel when interested in these topics?</p>
<p>BTW - it would actually be 'effect' on admissions...</p>
<p>The problem I see is that there was no trend in your earlier grades going upward... you just danced around a 3.0. From the college perspective it may seem that you're only starting to 'get your act together.'</p>
<p>But is it not the year prior to attending college? I went from a drastic 2.5 (f/s/j) to 3.5x senior always taking the hardest courseload. The general messege I've recieved from GCs and neutral (not applying) adcoms is that doing well j/s years is especcially favored because the student will have momentum going into college as opposed to good f/s years and worse j/s years. Of course nothing is better than doing well throughout!</p>
<p>Well, technically there was an upward trend. Junior year my GPA first term was a 2.7 because I did poorly in AP History and Spanish III Honors. However, the rest of the terms I had about a 3.3. Therefore, I did go up each year, with a random term that messed up what would have been an upward trend of 3.0, 3.2, 3.3.</p>
<p>You are basically right, but it would have been MUCH better if the upward trend would have begun in your Junior year. Senior year grades are typically just checked to make sure the student is still on the right track, and aren't typically given as much weight as junior year.</p>