I feel like this is a silly question, but is the GPA people post on here including their senior year? I always thought your GPA included all four years, but just found out my school doesn’t add your first semester senior year GPA to your freshman, sophomore, and junior one. Is it like this for everyone? And if so, does senior year GPA matter less?
At this point in time, no senior will even have Q1 grades, so I’d assume that what they are reporting is through junior year.
No, they still “matter.” While colleges in general will not see any senior grades for EA/ED, most will get a mid-year report with your Fall semester grades for any RD applications. Regardless, admissions will almost always contain a Terms and Conditions saying that the offer can be rescinded if your grades tank, which generally means, don’t get a D or an F.
if anything the senior year matters more only based on the rigor of the classes you take. like did you take all AP’s and Honors and then in senior year do all lower level classes? things like that.