<p>Hi all, </p>
<p>I'm a Duke Sophomore just finishing up first semester of this year. I have a very significant upward trend in GPA thus far in college that I believe will continue and am wondering to what extent (if any) medical schools recognize such grade trends. </p>
<p>I received a 3.33 GPA in my first semester of college, a 3.75 GPA in my second, and a 4.00 in my third and most recent semester. I now have a 3.69 cumulative GPA and a 3.40 BCPM GPA (low because of a C+ in math first semester).</p>
<p>University of Washington is my in-state option and I know they calculate a weighted GPA that rewards upward trends by counting the GPA of each successive year more significantly: I have a 3.77 WGPA by their standards currently, which is slightly above their average for admitted students.</p>
<p>Does anyone have experience with or knowledge of other schools taking a student's time to adjust to college into account? I am heavily involved in biomedical research and would really like to go to a medical school with excellent research opportunities. I expect to graduate with about a 3.80 GPA and a 3.70 BCPM GPA. This will be below the averages for the schools I am aiming for, hence the question. I don't anticipate any problems in obtaining an excellent MCAT score, as I test very well.</p>