How to colleges see senior year grades?

Applying to College
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<p>Are senior year GPA counted towards my GPA when a college looks at my application. I’m taking the most rigorous courseload in my school which is AP BC Calculus, AP Physics, AP English Literature, AP Us Government. 4 APs only because my school and, apparently teh state, has a new rule limiting the ammount of classes seniors can take. If I could I’d probably take an extra AP. </p>

<p>However, AP BC Calculus and AP Physics aren’t the easiest of classes and my grades will be a bit lower than they were last year. Of course, I don’t expect it to drag my GPA down but it’ll cause a drop of some sort, most likely fairly small and even negligible. Or course, I have no intention of slacking off. I still want to get a 5 on the AP tests of those 4 course so that’s not making things easy for me if I want to slack off.</p>

<p>My school has 6 marking periods with the 6 marking periods divided between 2 semesters. Jsut how far into my senior year will colleges look into for determining my GPA?</p>

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<p>I’ll be applying to Cornell University (Early Decision. If I get in, I expect really good financial aid based on what I read about their financial aid practices for students from familes with a sub-$60,000 income), University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins University,Emory University, George Washington University, and a few others.</p>

<p>If it is possible, please suggest some great value colleges with a reputation for having a strong science department (I’ll be going pre-med) and doesn’t aggresively weed people out. Most critically is how much financial aid those colleges are known to offer to very very low income students by which I mean those from sub-$30,000 income families.</p>

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<p>If you are applying ED or EA they most likely won’t see your first semester grades until after they have decided to accept or deny you.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information. I just read that a moment ago. It seems some colleges actually retract their offer if one’s grades take a severe turn for the worst. Well I certainly hope I can get into Cornell =) Great financial aid for a great college.</p>

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<p>For the money, try in-state public universities and schools with automatic full-ride scholarships for your stats, if any.</p>

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<p>Unforunately, the public universities (The SUNY and CUNY system) in New York are quite lacking compared to the public universities in other states when it comes to the sciences and pre-med studies. What more, while ranks are not the end all of my decisions, only a few of all the CUNY and SUNY colleges are even ranked by US News. ARWU only ranks SUNY Albany. Also, I’ve looked into teh colleges themselves and what they offer aren’t as attractive by far. However, two of them will serve as a last resort and not even a safety school if, in the improbable chance I am dreadfully rejected by all other schools. But of course, such a prospect would be dismissable because I already have safeties anyway.</p>

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<p>Ummm, Stony Brook has a good reputation in some of the sciences.</p>

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<p>I know, that’s actulaly one of the safeties and not last resort. But I feel there are better options for me because it’s way too close to where I live which is Long Island. The proximity to my home is the greatest put-off to it even if it does have a good reputation for the sciences.</p>

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<p>Our high school has a policy of not submitting grades unless the univeristy requests an interim look (ie, mid term or mid quarter) at grades. If the university requests the grades, our high school is obligated to send them in.</p>

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<p>For Cornell, I’m aware they require a mid-year form to be submitted by the my school. However, as I am applying for early decision, I’m not sure how they may be handling it.</p>