Is Freshman year calculated into the final GPA?

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Okay, so I have a 3.7 unweighted GPA and a 4.1 weighted GPA if you combine all 4 years of highschool.

Freshman Year: 3.33 unweighted
Sophmore Year: 3.44 unweighted
Junior Year: 4.0 unweighted/4.67 weighted
Senior Year: 4.0 unweighted/4.83 weighted

HOWEVER, if I only take the final 3 years of highschool into my GPA calculation then I have a 3.8 unweighted GPA and a 4.2 weighted GPA which looks MUCH better to colleges.

So my question to you all is, do colleges take Freshman year into the GPA calculation.

2

Yes, it all matters. However, 3.7 and 3.8 isnt a huge discrepancy… you’ll be fine. Maybe you can round up if the decimal places allows you to maintain accuracy? (ex: 3.76 can be considered a 3.8)

3

It depends on the college. Some don’t, but most do. At this point, it is what it is.

4

You need to relook at your calculations. You’re counting senior year as a full year when it’s only 1/2 (since the year is only half over). But skieurope is right that you have what you have at this point.

5

I have read that the UC schools, Princeton, Emory, and Stanford only use sophomore-senior grades in their GPA evaluation.

6

UC’s use 10-11th grades for GPA calculation.
http://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

7

Some schools don’t look at freshman year grades, but the ones that do put more emphasis on your sophomore and junior year grades, since they give a better indication of who you are.