<p>How important is an increase in GPA from freshman year? Do schools take this into account?</p>
<p>Depends where. At UC's, Princeton, Stanford, CMU, they dont even count freshmen year. Others that do count it put less weight on it than other years. I had a bad freshmen year, got a few C's. So far I got into UCLA, and am still waiting on other private schools</p>
<p>How about an upward trend in junior year??</p>
<p>I am a junior, and had 2 b's in the first 2 terms, but my marks are improving dramatically this last term. Will it have any effect, esp for the top 25?</p>
<p>It will have an effect. </p>
<p>If your GPA is about the average for the school, then a couple of Bs one semester won't matter if there's improvement.</p>
<p>And remember the mid-year report. A good mid-year and a good final term are very important.</p>
<p>Is this true for most schools though? I'm not applying to any UC's. I was thinking more along the lines of Illinois CU and Notre Dame, midwestern schools.</p>
<p>Also, I'm not saying that I started off witha 3.9, now it's a 4.2. The last three semesters (starting sophomore year) I've gotten a 3.5, 3.85, and 4.14. This makes my cumulative a 3.7. Would schools cut me a bit of a break if they saw that.</p>
<p>What if my GPA was a 4.6/5.0 freshman year, then a 3.6/5.0 sophomore year, then a 4.0/5.0 junior year (all weighted)? My GPA went down and went back up, what will colleges think? BTW...I have no legitimate reason of explaining this trend to then, therefore I will not.</p>
<p>Upward trend is not that important. But Downward trend is lethal!
Depends on how steep the curve of your Scores vs. GPA graph really is.</p>