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does stanford count freshmen GPA?

By Angeldesignpro (Angeldesignpro) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 01:23 pm: Edit

No

By Anthem429 (Anthem429) on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 05:32 pm: Edit

What if your freshman grades are good? Do they totally disregard them?

By Efilsiertaeht (Efilsiertaeht) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 03:05 am: Edit

yes. if they didn't disregard them, it would in fact make you an even worse candidate, as you evidently declined rather than improved- stanford wants people with current potential. who cares who you were four years ago? That's barely pubescent. Heck, I still believed my first boyfriend whom I had never kissed after a year and I would stay together forever. Point being that the last couple years give a better example of who you are now- after you had settled into high school and could better decide how to handle yourself and your classes.

By Samueladams (Samueladams) on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 11:44 am: Edit

addendum- I've sure they will look at the grades and realize you've been consistent. Just do as well every year, and everything will fit together nicely. But for an actual GPA, I guess they recalculate it based on the last couple years, which is just extra work for them HAHAHA ADCOM