How much do frosh grades really matter?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Do your freshman grades mean that much, I mean it was three years before u apply</p>

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<p>not really, as long as you improved over 3 years, you should have no problem.</p>

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<p>Actually it can be better if frosh grades are bad, because a some schools will give you credit for demonstrating significant improvement. Why? I don’t know, but they do. It’s not at the top of the list with rank, GPA, and your EC’s, but it counts.</p>

<p>(This come from University of California admissions, though the improvement is limited to the “recent”)
<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/general_info/uc_reviews/freshman_app.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/general_info/uc_reviews/freshman_app.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Not that doing well all 4 years isn’t better, so all 10 of you freshies considering college now better not slack off.</p>