Freshman year was, well, bad. I got some pretty sub-expectation grades and this continued into the start of my sophomore year (undiagnosed depression, anxiety issues, etc.) but I have pulled it up from there. My overall UW GPA is around a 3.6-3.7 but I know UC’s don’t consider freshman year grades in their GPA recalculations. However, I feel like they would still look at how you did (because that is only logical).
So my question is, would you be concerned with a student with freshman/early sophomore B+'s with a strong upward trend from there, or would you understand (I realize I’m going against people with 4.0’s, but I’m trying to see what I having going for me lol)?
A lot of colleges like you state don’t look at Freshman grades. (Stanford for instance). All colleges like to see an upward trend in GPA as a student gains more experience in how to study and apply themselves. You have that going for you. That being said, I like to say everything is fair in love and war and college admissions. Freshman grades are part of your transcript and 4.0 GPAs do matter.
The 9th grade grades are not included in the GPAs calculated by UC, but will be visible to holistic admissions readers.
@preppedparent @ucbalumnus @bodangles thank you! I was a little anxious/nervous because I didn’t know if my history would come back to bite me in the butt.
I stand corrected. I went back and looked at the FAQ’s. They don’t look at freshman grades. You are fine.
