What will my GPA say to colleges? (Upwards trend, but the beginning may be too low..)

Applying to College
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<p>Hi everyone, senior here. </p>

<p>My GPA is as follows:
Freshman: 3.3
Sophomore: 3.2
Junior: 3.85
Senior 1st semester (predicted): 3.9 or possibly a 4.0</p>

<p>I took 0 honors/AP courses freshman year (as freshman couldn't take AP/honors)
I took 2 honors courses sophomore more, out of the possible 4 that I could take (my school offers no APs for sophomores except for things like AP art history, which is an elective)
I took my most rigorous schedule junior year, and also improved my GPA a lot - all the highest level classes I could possibly take for my course progression, except for my math class)
Senior year, I'm doing dual enrollment at a community colleges (2 classes a semester), and then 2 honors, 1 IB, 1 AP, and 1 CP required elective class. </p>

<p>so, I definitely have an upwards trend. </p>

<p>My ~3.5 cumulative GPA is a scary number (excl. senior year of course). What years will they focus on most?
What schools could I get into with that sort of GPA? The avg cumulative GPA at schools I am planning on applying to is often much higher than my cumulative GPA, however they're more on par with my junior and senior year GPA.</p>

<p>Should I be worried? What will my GPA say to top-25 or top-50 schools? </p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Schools will focus on Soph and Jr grades the most (as you know). Is your GPA a weighted or UW score? </p>

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<p>Weighted.</p>

<p>My UW for sophomore year was 3.1 and 3.5 for junior year. :neutral_face: </p>

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<p>IMO unless you attend a school that is well known to those universities (a high level prep school, etc) those grades aren’t going to work well for admission. Use the supermatch engine on the left side of this page for some alternatives.</p>

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<p>hmmmm… i obv. dont think you would get into any ivy leagues… top 25 would be a crapshooter and I think you have a decent chance at colleges like NYU. You definitely have a good chance at most state colleges. </p>

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<p>even a 3.5 is far too low for top 25 schools </p>

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<p>Are these nos on 4.0 or 5.0? Sorry, I live outside the US and dont know what the base is</p>

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<p>@runningforlife thats not true… but its def on the lower end… I know good friends of mine that got into top 25 schools with a 3.5 GPA</p>