What Would You Think If You Saw These Grades?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>If you were on the admissions board at a good LAC, what would you think about these grades?</p>

<p>School: Very rigorous private school (more than 25% to Ivies)</p>

<p>9th Grade
English: B+/A
Geometry (Honors): B/B-
Latin I: C/C
Science I: C/A-
History I: B+/A-
Art: A
GPA: 3.07</p>

<p>10th Grade
English: A/A
Algebra II: A-/A
Latin II: B/C
Science II: B/B+
Art: A/A
World History: A-/B+
GPA: 3.50</p>

<p>11th Grade:
English: A-/A
Precalc and Trig: A-/B+
Advanced Latin: B+/B+
Physics: A/A
AP US History: A/A
Art: A/A-
GPA: 3.74</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 3.45</p>

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<p>C’s in Latin perhaps not best- but you show an “upward trend” which colleges seem to like. (not that I know anything about their preferences, lol) This hard work might be especially convincing for LACs? Just my guess. What do you want to study?</p>

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<p>I would think this person definately didn’t start off with the best, but surely had a nice upward trend.</p>