<p>UC's don't take into consideration hs freshman year GPA for the purposes of admissions. (They do look at the course load/quality of course load, but ignore the GPA in the mechanical formula of calculating total points assigned to a candidate). It is just Sophomore and Junior year GPA that matters there. </p>
<p>Question: Is it true of all colleges ? </p>
<p>Context: my d had a hiccup in the first semester of her junior year. I am wondering if her overall GPA (since Freshman) year will help dilute that. (UC answer is no).</p>
<p>Most colleges use freshmen year gpa as a part of gpa calculations in admissions. However most colleges also place a greater emphasis on junior and senior year grades versus freshmen year grades, and they like to see upward trends in the grades (i.e start out slow freshmen year and get better grades as you go along. Unlike the UCs, most schools to do not use mechancial formulas and instead use a "holistic" based admissions process. Therefore the "hiccup" in your daughter's junior year will be viewed in the context of her whole application and may not hurt her too much. </p>
<p>For future reference, since this question has little to do with Rice specifically, you probably should have posted it in the College Admissions Forum in order to get a better response.</p>
<p>Thanks, lehcar for the response. Rice is of particular interest to her, hence I posted it here to see Rice specific policies. I have now posted the question in general college admissions forum.</p>