<p>if there was a 3.0 average for the first couple semesters and then straight A's, how much can that help an application for UCLA?</p>
<p>like 5.7%
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<p>I’m sorry but you’re just wrong. By most accredited estimates, his advantage will be of at least 6.2%. Please don’t go about distributing such blatantly false information, as it’s misleading as to what he still needs to do to get in to UCLA.</p>
<p>OP, this question has been asked many times, which is what prompted the flippant responses. The bottom line is… Yes, an upward trend helps, but no one knows how much. We don’t have access to a “formula” of how the UCs consider things like personal statement, upward trend, etc–and considering the “holistic” review process, I’d imagine that much of the admissions process is now subjective. That doesn’t mean that it’s consistent, just that there are no hard and fast rules for how these soft factors are considered.</p>
<p>Anyway, assuming two students with a 3.0 GPA, it would be better to have a 2.0 GPA the first year and a 4.0 the second than to have earned straight Bs. Your chances still wouldn’t be too good for the better UCs, but the trend would be preferable. At the same time, if your first year was 4.0 and your second a 2.0, I think you’d be pretty much out of the running.</p>