Question about "Upward Trend"

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<p>my overall GPA for freshman year was 3.4
my overall GPA for sophomore year was 3.57
my overall GPA for junior year was **4.5<a href="all%20A's">/b</a></p>

<p>However...</p>

<p>my unweighted ACADEMIC GPA freshman year was 3.33
my unweighted ACADEMIC GPA sophomore year was 3.25
my unweighted ACADEMIC GPA junior year was 4.0</p>

<p>What will colleges see? I know my "academic gpa" for sophomore year is lower than my freshman year, but i took harder classes my sophomore year, that's why i got more B's. I took way harder classes as a junior and got straight A's.
But will the "downward trend" in my unweighted academic GPA from frosh-soph hurt me? How will colleges see this?
and which GPA will they use to see, if any, an upward trend? only 10-11 i hope. I go to a very competitive public school. (in 2003 newsweek ranked it one of the top 100 in USA)</p>

<p>I am really scared.</p>

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<p>Colleges will see whatever you high school reports on the transcript they send. Just go into your high school's office and ask them what they put on there--or have a copy of your transcript sent to your home.</p>

<p>P.S. Good work with the "upward trend" in your grades.</p>

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<p>I have the transcript, but in the GPA part it only says:</p>

<p>Academic GPA (9-12) (Weighted and Unweighted)
Academic GPA (10-12) (Weighted and Unweighted
Total GPA (9-12) (Weighted and Unweighted)</p>

<p>It does have all the classes i've taken and my grades for each class...but it doesn't say the GPA by year. only by the ones above.
So I'm worried whether the colleges will recalculate my GPA for freshman year, sophomore year, and then see that i have a lower unweighted academic GPA sophomore year than freshman year</p>

<p>Also, some colleges make you WRITE OUT your GPA for each year..and sometimes it's unweighted covering ACADEMIC classes only. If so am I screwed?</p>

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<p>anyone? </p>

<p>bump</p>

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<p>either way they'll look at ur grades and know u had an upward trend..i don't wanna make u worry even more, but an upward trend doesn't actually improve chances too much imo..i had a pretty good upward trend as well but it didn't exactly help me into getting into the schools i really wanted to..but if u write good essays about it you never know..</p>

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<p>it depends on the school. some schools look for excellent grades for ALL 4 years, some schools don't place as much emphasis on the freshman year, and others like to see the "upward trend." be sure to speak to someone in the admissions office at individual school because it varies so much.</p>

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<p>which schools, then, like to see the "upward trend"? any good ones in the area of engineering?</p>

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<p>University of Texas - Austin has a good engineering program that isn't terribly selective.</p>

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<p>I can't get into Cornell, Berkeley, or Carnegie Mellon?</p>

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<p>Berkeley doesnt look at freshman grades, nor do any of the UCs. are you in state for the UCs? What are your other stats?</p>

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<p>TruthfuLie:</p>

<p>Assuming you are a California resident,
UCB: Slight Reach (Engineering)</p>

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<p>get ready for community college.</p>

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<p>I had "upward trend". Wrote about it in my essay, gave much credit for my turnaround to a teacher who in turn wrote me an amazing rec. I got in to Duke, Brown, Penn, Northwestern.</p>

<p>My frosh GPA was lower than yours.</p>

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<p>Really? Wow, those are schools that even COUNT freshman year. That's amazing, GreenShirt. </p>

<p>Will a 2330 SAT make up for my low sophomore GPA?</p>

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<p>anyone? bump</p>

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<p>Without knowing your rank, no one here can tell you much. If you're under top 10%, any ivy and Berkeley are highly unlikely.</p>

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<p>Oh, i'm top 10% we don't do individual rank just percent</p>