<p>Schools that like don't look at freshman grades (Stanford, Princeton)...is there a way they will consider them? Do they recalculate GPAs? </p>
<p>Like I have a lot more B's in sophomore and now junior year....</p>
<p>Your class rank will include freshman grades, so it is included there. I'm not sure if they recalculate your GPA or not (I'm pretty sure but not positive).</p>
<p>bumpity bump bump bump bump</p>
<p>I can't speak for every school, but it's usually a safe bet that if you send something in, someone's going to see it, even if it's unofficially.</p>
<p>That being said, a downward trend is bad, bad news at places like Stanford and Princeton. If you mean that you had more A's freshman year than you're getting now, that might actually be viewed negatively.</p>
<p>If they say they don't consider them then that is it. They know that freshman year is a lot easier, and hopefully you have taken harder courses and some B will not kill you, but you should try to keep your grades up if you are aspiring to the very most selective colleges. Yes many colleges do recalc you GPA to their own internal preferred method.</p>
<p>My own daughter had all A freshman year and then a couple B's later and that was not viewed negatively seeing as she had no rejections. She took honors and AP classes at a tough grading school</p>