How important are high school grades after 3/4 years?

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>Hey, I tried searching to see if my question has been answered but I got some finals to study for so I’m not gonna spend too much time lookin at this site.</p>

<p>Anyways… I graduated high school in 2007 with a 3.7 slightly weighted and a 25 ACT. During high school I was planning on going for music so I could eventually get a job at a music studio. Needless to say, since I wasn’t planning on going to U of M (from Detroit area) or Harvard etc. I didn’t put too much focus into my studies. </p>

<p>All I needed to break into sound “engineering” was an associates in music + training at a specific school. So I went to a community college and did what was necessary n got a 3.6 (gpa was not important at all so I half assed some of the classes I had to take that wouldn’t help me)</p>

<p>Now I’m goin back to school for accounting (after a year break) and have been getting a 4.0 since then… my gpa should be around 3.8 at the end of this semester. I’m also in my cc’s honors program and a member of phi theta kappa.</p>

<p>I plan on transferring to Michigan and hopefully getting into Ross. After that I would like to see if getting into Columbia would be an option. I’m hoping to get into investment banking.</p>

<p>I was just wondering if my high school grades would have any impact on admission considering by the time I apply it will be about 4 or 5 years since then and I know that I’m about 500% smarter now than I was in high school</p>

<p>edit: should’ve put 4 or 5 years instead of 3/4 years lol. Didn’t think about it til after I finished it.</p>

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<p>Don’t kid yourself. You’re probably as equally smart/dumb as you were in HS. You may be more mature, have better study habits, etc. but your raw intelligence isn’t changing much between ages 16 and 19.</p>

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<p>lol well that’s what I was getting at. Should have phrased it as “I’m making myself look about 500% smarter now than I did in high school”</p>

<p>And even that’s stretching it. Mostly I feel smarter than I did during high school, mainly because of better study habits. Stuff I had a hard time understanding in high school was mainly because I just didn’t really put the time into it.</p>

<p>n I’m 21 btw</p>

<p>but what do you think about ACT scores from when I was 16/high school grades from when I was 17 affecting my admission?</p>

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<p>You can apply for Columbia General Studies program.</p>