<p>Does Cornell recalculate GPA, because people like me have their 8th grade credit earning classes factored into their GPA. I know Cornell most likely would not care too much about 8th grade, credit earning or not, but I did receive a B in Algebra I and a B+ in Latin I, which are both factored into my cumalative GPA. This is really annoying for it drops my 3.81 GPA down to a 3.74/3.75. Any thought? comments? Ideas?</p>
<p>Since those 2 grades will be on your high school transcript, they will be looked at. Your class rank & Cornell’s past experience with your high school will be more important than these 2 grades.</p>
<p>Does Cornell take them with a grain of salt? Or do they ACTUALLY care about how you did when you were 13? I know that they don’t just look at GPA and they look at your WHOLE transcript, but will it matter.</p>
<p>Cornell won’t “recalculate” your GPA. Keep in mind, most number values for GPA’s at the highest levels are borderline meaningless because different schools calculate/weight them differently. Fortunately, Cornell sees many thousands of applications from a variety of school so they have a pretty good idea of how you are as a student. They know the 3.7 at a competitive school with a rigorous schedule is worth more than a 4.0 at an average school with average rigor. So if your grades/rigor put you at/near the top of your class, you can likely count on Cornell to correctly judge your aptitude relative to other applicants.</p>
<p>.06 or .07 of a point in your GPA is not going to make or break your chances for admission.</p>
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I think ALL schools recalculate your GPA to compare apples to apples (e.g., is PE in the transcript’s GPA?). Ok, maybe there’s a school that doesn’t recalculate.</p>
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<p>…with 30,000+ applicants I don’t know if they have time to actually “recalculate” but rather look at core classes to make sure they match up with GPA.</p>
<p>^ Good point. Maybe just for those they consider admitting.</p>