<p>A friend told me that the first thing colleges look at is your name and your GPA. They then decide to continue looking at your application based on this information.
So, two questions:
Is this true?
If I have a gpa of 3.75 for my freshman and sophomore years, but I am in all honors classes except one this year, and I’m scheduled to do the same next year (APUSH, APBIO, APLIT, Latin H, PreCalc H, Spanish L1, comp sci) will I be okay?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance
(extra info: I’m a sophomore)</p>
<p>“A friend told me that the first thing colleges look at is your name and your GPA. They then decide to continue looking at your application based on this information.”</p>
<p>Yes. If you have a goofy name they’ll stop reading. </p>
<p>Seriously, though, it depends on whether they have holistic admissions or not. Larger universities tend to focus more on numbers than liberal arts colleges. 3.8 will be high enough to get looked at in most schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick response. I appreciate it!</p>