Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Bad freshman year Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Anonymous Posted at 1:07 pm on Dec. 20, 2008 I had a bad freshman year, finishing with a 3.3 GPA (mostly humanities and social sciences). Since then, I've kept up a respectable 3.6 GPA. In applying to post-graduate schools, does it matter if your grades are on an upward trend, or does that below-average first year count just as much as my other years?

Replies Event Horizon Posted at 1:21 pm on Dec. 20, 2008 Quote: from Anonymous at 4:07 pm on Dec. 20, 2008 I had a bad freshman year, finishing with a 3.3 GPA (mostly humanities and social sciences). Since then, I've kept up a respectable 3.6 GPA. In applying to post-graduate schools, does it matter if your grades are on an upward trend, or does that below-average first year count just as much as my other years? A lot of times, graduate programs look at how well you did compared to the rest of your class. For instance, I go to Rensselaer Polytechnic, and I keep up a respectable 3.4 GPA. Now, for me --a kid who got 4.3 [95 = 4.0] all through highschool-- a 3.4 seems really low. However, a 3.4 in the Aerospace program --and indeed my graduating class-- is Dean's list and top 20%. Also, graduate programs are focused studies in the field that you've chosen. A 3.3 gpa during the first years of basic, non-related, crap doesn't really matter to them as much as your 3.6+ in actual field related studies. [for instance, from my experience, A graduate program could care less if I got a 4.0 or 3.0 in differential equations; They are much more likely to look at my gpa in classes like "Space-flight dynamics" and "air-craft capstone design", which actually pertain to the field I will be studying/practicing. filo freak316 Posted at 1:08 pm on Dec. 20, 2008 they average all your gpa's from each highschool year [wat you finished with] showgirl xx Posted at 1:08 pm on Dec. 20, 2008 3.3 is bad? Then I did God-awful with a 2 something... All 3 previous replies displayed.