<p>Correct me if I'm wrong but for Stanford's calculation of GPA, do they remove your freshmen year alltogether, take out all +'s and -'s, and figure in a new GPA for you?, and, then the entire purpose of putting your GPA is to see if you're <10% class rank? Is that how they work basically?</p>
<p>"Correct me if I'm wrong but for Stanford's calculation of GPA, do they remove your freshmen year alltogether, take out all +'s and -'s, and figure in a new GPA for you?"</p>
<p>Yes. They also only count your "academic" classes (no art, PE, etc.)</p>
<p>"then the entire purpose of putting your GPA is to see if you're <10% class rank?"</p>
<p>Probably something like that.</p>
<p>What about AP Art? Do they count those?</p>
<p>I don't think they count it for GPA, but you can submit your art portfolio as art suppliment.</p>