<p>I've been hearing a lot from members about colleges like Stanford and Princeton not looking at freshman year grades but can anyone confirm they don't look at high school freshman grades? As well as, list more colleges that don't look at freshman grades from high school? </p>
<p>Reason I'm asking is because I went through some family problems during freshman year in H.S.
So my grades are like:
Freshman Year: 60, 70
Sophomore Year: 89, 89
Junior Year: 97, 98</p>
<p>I really want to get into a good college but I don't want my freshman year grades to be my downfall.</p>
<p>Michigan doesn’t look at freshman year grades. Only sophomore and junior years.</p>
<p>I’m pretty confident that both Stanford and Princeton do look at freshman year grades. Most colleges, however, will consider an upward trend as a positive, and will consider extenuating circumstances that could have led to grades that don’t reveal your potential if you send them a note explaining the situation.</p>
<p>The University of California and the California State University (including the California Polytechnics and California Maritime) schools calculate GPA using 10th and 11th grade course grades.</p>
<p>The University of Texas does not count grades or GPA at all. Instead, it uses class rank.</p>
<p>Obviously, open admission community colleges are not picky about your 9th grade course grades, or any grades.</p>
<p>In many cases, admissions decisions are made before senior year grades become visible, but acceptances are typically conditional on completing senior year with some level of academic performance (a low GPA, D/F grade in a course, or a much lighter course load than reported on the application is likely to result in the acceptance being rescinded).</p>