Senior year GPA?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was told that senior year GPA doesn't factor in to your overall GPA when applying to college. Is this true? I have an 86.5 from freshman->end of junior year, and I'm wondering if my senior grades will bring it up or not? I already know colleges can see your senior year grades, but will it factor into my GPA or not?</p>

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<p>It depends on the college. Note that you should still do well, since the college may make admission offers conditional on meeting a certain grade threshold for your senior year courses.</p>

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<p>I was told by a College Planner that one of the Top Ten Mistakes Seniors make… is getting “Senioritis” ~ slacking off. They will look at your schedule ( rigorous?) and your grades.</p>

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<p>For the most part, colleges will get your first semester grades in time to use them for decisions unless you applied EA or ED. And colleges will get your end of year grades too. Selective colleges could rescind an offer of admission if you slack off too much.</p>

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<p>— Will they use the first semesters grade as major criteria in my acceptance? I already know I won’t get less than B’s even if I don’t try at all, so I’m just wondering if I should put studying for the SAT as a bigger priority than studying for tests and doing homework.</p>

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<p>I just noticed this very relevant article:
[What</a> Grades Do Colleges Look At? - Ask The Dean](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000195.htm]What”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000195.htm)
Here’s a quote from the beginning:
“One of the big mistakes that some high school seniors make is to assume that junior grades are all-important and that senior grades aren’t on the transcripts that colleges see. On the contrary, first-semester senior grades can be critical in the admission process. Even early decision candidates usually find that their first-quarter senior marks come under scrutiny.”</p>

<p>You need to find a balance between maintaining or improving your GPA versus preparing for SAT tests. If you already have a 2100 SAT or a 3.95 Unweighted GPA, then it is more obvious which way to go ;-)</p>

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<p>It’s often unreasonable to expect that senior year grades can “bump” a GPA by much because by the time you’re accepted, only one semester of grades exist. So, to expect one semester to “bump” the previous 6 semesters and create a much higher GPA can be an unreasonable expectation.</p>

<p>86.5
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86.5</p>

<h2>95.0</h2>

<p>614</p>

<p>614/7 = 87.7</p>