Person A:
9th grade = 89 GPA
10th grade = 93 GPA
11th grade = 96 GPA
cumulative = 92.67
Person B:
9th grade = 92 GPA
10th grade = 93 GPA
11th grade = 93 GPA
cumulative = 92.67
If everything else (SATs ECs) is the same, which looks better?
<p>person a definately... they have a higher sophmore/junior cumulative + they improved so much.</p>
<p>I will have to agree with fade4844</p>
<p>college want to look at improvement as well as consistency....</p>
<p>so both A and B have a fair chance.</p>
<p>I suppose thats a comfort considering I'm person A, but fade4844, what if I'm only looking at colleges that take into account 9th, 10th and 11th? Do those colleges still look more at soph and junior year?</p>
<p>Unless kids are twins or siblings applying to the same school, you can't say because because at smaller schools it is a wholistic process. There are too many variables which will ultimately decide;</p>
<p>Weighted or Unweighted?
Recs?
Male or female
Prospective major
Is school need blind or need aware?
Essays?
First generation college student?
Athlete
Developmental Admit
URM
SES, what do parents do for a living, where do they live, highest level of education attained? Family make-up
Hardships or problems that you may not be aware of on the surface
Rigor of Courses that make up these averages The person with the lower average could have taken more rigerous courses
Most important how will this person fit (or won't fit) into the into the overall class that the school is trying to build for this particular year. </p>
<p>If going to a large univeristy that is strictly number based You would have to know how each year is going to be weighted.</p>
<p>I'd say person A. that was me also. It shows a change in you. And also, anyone who knows anything about patterns will know that you are continuing to work harder and harder and will likely continute to improve.</p>
<p>I'm basically person B. Only with lower scores. Meh.</p>
<p>Person A has an edge for the same reason colleges prefer teacher rec's from junior or senior year teachers--admisssions officers recognize that the later high school years are a better representation of the student that will attend college X in the fall if he/she is admitted.</p>
<p>sybbie, I understand that completely but as I said, I'm isolating just this point, and assuming everything else is exactly the same. I know that countless other things weigh in to admission decisions, but I'm asking how this will weigh in.</p>