<p>Freshman year I took a basic schedule and had a 3.5 GPA
Sophmore year I took a basic schedule, with only 1 AP class and had a 3.3 GPA
Junior year I took 2 APs, as well as a course through a local community college and I managed to get a 4.0 GPA</p>
<p>I'm upset that my 4.0 is going to be brought down by being averaged in with two sucky years, but will the uphill phenomenon at least help a little bit?</p>
<p>Of course! Unless the colleges you are applying to have a strictly formulaic way of accepting students, then your upward trend will definitely be looked upon favorably.</p>
<p>I’m sure colleges will look on your improval with approvement.</p>
<p>3.5+3.3+4.0=10.8/3=3.6 </p>
<p>3.6=A- </p>
<p>That’s a pretty solid GPA for a lot of decent colleges. </p>
<p>What’s even better news for you is that most colleges concentrate primarily on sophomore and junior years, which gives you an average GPA of 3.3+4.0=7.3/3=3.65</p>
<p>College admission officers notice improvements, they accept junior year as the most significant and also look into your AP programs to see if you’re ready for rigorous college work. </p>
<p>My friend, with a solid SAT score and a demonstrated commitment to extra-curricular activities, you have a very strong application to a lot of excellent schools. </p>
<p>Although Ivy League schools might be out of reach, I encourage you to apply to some competitive T100 schools and hope for the best.</p>
<p>sikorsky: LOL! That was great!</p>
<p>improvement is good :)</p>
<p>Yes your chances have improved. Although it won’t place you in the top group of students, it definitely opened a lot more doors for you. In the past few years the improvements I’ve made without a doubt provided me with many possible opportunities in the future. For now, all you need to do is keep improving, including in non-academic areas (ECs) so you can open even more doors.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar (and arguably more rough situation) and I need as much advice as I can get. Fresh year (no AP/H): 2.67/2.5; Soph year (no AP/H): 3.67/4.0; Junior year (1 AP, 2 H with 9 outside/independent APs): 4.5/4.5. The improvement I made is obviously nice, but I want to know how bad my fresh (and soph) year will affect me.</p>