How GOOD does an Upward trend have to be?

IBkid2011
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:17:18 +0000

just wondering. everyone says that upward trends are great, but they seem to only mean it in terms of 3.7 to 3.95 lol… um so here is my “story”. My first semester of high school, I had a 2.1 unweighted GPA and a 2.4 weighted. And I was taking four honors classes. YEP. My rank was 169/400, which is like top 43% (nothing to be proud of, I know.) NOW Im a senior. This year and last year I took all IB classes, and sophomore year I took 4 honors classes and AP environmental science. My unweighted GPA is a 2.7 and my weighted GPA is a 3.7. My rank is now 78, and I am in the top 25% of my class. all my friends call me “the come back kid”. I got a 25 on my ACT, and as you can see, I am applying to all midwest schools so I don’t think I need to give the SATs any thought.

My SUPER SUPER reaches are Northwestern, Carleton, Grinnell and Denison
My Matches are University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, and Iowa State University
My Safety is Illinois State University