Not factoring freshman grades

Hi-

I recently read on another thread that some colleges do not consider freshman year grades (the UC schools were mentioned). Is this true? And do you know how I could research what other schools do not consider freshman year grades? My son had a very hard time freshman year and is sitting at about a 3.2 right now. He’s feeling pretty defeated but this news could give him some positive motivation. Thanks in advance

What a college considers for admission is on each college’s website. The UC’s, CSU’s, Stanford and Canadian universities are the only major schools that exclude 9th grade.

The UC’s do not consider Freshman grades in their GPA calculation but they do consider the grades you receive in the a-g course requirements to make sure you pass and fulfill these requirements.

I was told CMU doesn’t consider Freshman grades.

@psycholing That’s not what the CMU website says.