Question about Grade Point Average (GPA)?

**funzone36** · #1 (**permalink**) 31-08-2007, 03:05 AM

Do USA universities look at the High School GPA of the last session or the cumulative GPA?

**chunkie munkie** · #2 (**permalink**) 19-11-2007, 05:27 PM

They look at cumm. But they are also paying attn to your extra curricular stuff...SATs... blah blah blah...

Don't worry too too much abt the GPA. However, don't do C-Fs either on last year.

**aceofspades1004** · #3 (**permalink**) 26-11-2007, 11:25 PM

when you pass in your transcript i think they see up to your first 2 terms of snr year

**jlau666** · #4 (**permalink**) 21-01-2008, 09:58 PM

but they'll eventually see all your grades on the transcript because it gets sent twice. once after midyears and once at the end of the year.

**FoxyDear** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-02-2008, 10:04 PM

they look at cumulative grade point average...

**cynthiajwlx** · #6 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 08:25 AM

It also depends on which American university you're applying to. Some schools have their own GPA system - the University of California schools, for instance.

Thankfully, American schools consider extracurricular activities (sports, clubs, community service, organizations), your high school GPA (sophomore, junior, and senior year), SAT 2 Subject Tests (the number of these depends on which college you apply to), and either the SAT or the ACT (and sometimes both)...

If you want to look at some colleges, just go to www.collegeboard.com.