Would it improve my chances if...

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<p>My school calculates GPA on a 100 point scale. My GPA for first 3 years was 98.6 (weighted), and the valedictorian’s was 102ish. However, I do have a strong upward trend. My grades are:</p>

<p>9th - around 96 (no APs)
10th - around 99 (no APs)
11th - around 101 (2 APs)
12th - first quarter, about a 106 (4 APs but AP Gov doesn’t count 1st quarter, so 3)</p>

<p>I know that colleges will see 1st and 2nd quarter grades in February, when our school sends them out. My worry is that I will already be in the reject pile by that time (I probably will be lol). So, do you think it would help my chances if I attached 1st quarter grades in the “Additional Information” section of the Common App?</p>

<p>I’m trying to demonstrate my “upward trend,” but at the same time I don’t want colleges to think it’s a fluke or something like that.</p>

<p>For more information about me, you can check out my “My Chances” thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1407492-chance-me-cornell-penn-etc-2280-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1407492-chance-me-cornell-penn-etc-2280-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Some more details:</p>

<p>AP Calculus BC - 100 (110 weighted)
AP Chemistry - 99 (108.9 weighted)
AP Lit - 94 I think. It was a 93, but then I got an A on an essay… safe to assume 94 (103.4 weighted).
French: 100. It’s college-level but no weight :(</p>

<p>So that’s a 98.25 UW, 105.58 W I guess?</p>

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<p>I think it would make more sense if my counselor filled out the Optional Report (instead of me attaching the grades myself haha). The question is, will that make any difference or not?</p>