<p>Hi,
I heard that some grad schools only looks at last two years' GPA, while others also look at overall cumulative GPA.
Do top science schools like Harvard, MIT, and Stanford look at only the last two years' GPA, or cumulative GPA as well?
Thanks.</p>
<p>I'm interested in which schools have this policy as well.</p>
<p>I only know that most of the UC's i checked had this policy</p>
<p>I think private schools would probably consider the first two years. How much they would consider them, or whether they would at all actually compute them in an average cumulative GPA, I do not know.</p>
<p>Just something I think they would do, however.</p>
<p>I'm fairly sure that all schools like at all four years of undergrad, just that many schools eight the last two years more heavily. Hence, if you had a tough time your first two years, then caught fire your last four semesters, they will probably go easy on you. I would find it rather bizarre if Grad schools didnt look at your first two years at all.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I screwed my last two years away, relatively speaking due to some personal issues, but I still got into a top grad school. Transcript isn't everything.</p>
<p>The MIT application asks for your GPA from all four years, as does Stanford. Harvard asks for your overall GPA as well as your GPA in your major. UC Berkeley asks for cumulative, first two years, upper division, and major GPA.</p>
<p>All of these schools will, however, have your transcript in front of them when evaluating your application.</p>
<p>Yes. In addition, they will have you, LIVE, in front of them at their disposal, at which point you are being evaluated. So it is not only about the grades on those documents.</p>