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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colleges will overlook some grades, but look for an upward trend. Sorry, it's called GPA, Not GPA for Freshman year, Sophomore year, Junior year et .[/quote]

Myths like this are perpetuated by admissions departments to inflate apps. Ditto the emphasis on "holistic" and on quirky essays. Most colleges don't even read your essays. It's all bullshit. Their software filters out everyone with mediocre GPA and SAT - human eyes never see your app.

When a quirky essay is leaked by an Ivy or Stanford it's because they want plebs to think an essay makes a different. ex., the Black Lives Matter one last year was by a minority kid who had perfect stats! [/quote]

sure, a mediocre GPA and SAT isn't going to get your app read, but once you get over the first cut, your essay does become a factor. admissions committees typically assign 2-3 readers to each app (this is for the apps that make the first cut). they assign each factor (transcript, test scores, letters of rec, extracurriculars, essay) a score, based on how strong they think that factor is. your cumulative score puts you in either "recommend admit," "unsure," or "recommend denial" piles. then they all sit down and talk about the apps. the ones in that "unsure" pile are the ones they typically spend the most time on.

so while your essay is unlikely to make the difference, it becomes part of the mix. [/quote]

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