I am currently a freshman at a 4 year university and I am looking to transfer to the University of Washington, University of Southern California, and several other schools of that caliber. I am curious as to whether schools will be looking at my second semester GPA this year, and will they factor that in to my application? First semester has not gone the way I would have liked it to go, but my grades are not terrible. Now that I have some understanding of how college works and how to succeed in my classes, I know that my second semester grades will be huge in determining whether I am accepted to these schools or not. Are those grades going to be looked at, and will it help me get accepted?