GPA when filling out form

Leftypitcher,

If you have a good cumulative GPA as well as a good current year GPA - it wont hurt to put both down as it will show solid past and current performance and consistency.

In the future - IMO - you should list your cumulative GPA. If it isnt great - hopefully your current year GPA will show improvement (and effort).

Either way - unless you are applying to schools that are elite academic institutions - I dont think it matters all that much because if a school is truly interested in your ability - they will ask for the info you have omitted anyway and will ultimately ask for the transcripts.

Study hard - and get good grades. Thats the main thing - then you wont have to worry about any of it.

thanks, and i will make sure to list both next time.

They would like the cumulative at this point

Give them what they need be it good or bad

Good Luck

leftypitcher17 - as you complete other questionnaires put the cumulative "correct" GPA. Grades go up and down, hopefully up, but you don't want to get heavy into the recruiting process and have to present your transcripts that don't reflect what you have indicated!

There are some types of schools that will target students that only have a certain level of GPA needed to get in.

At this point they just want to know if you are likely to be academically elligible. The GPA that really matters is your core subjects after grad year.

Should a player put his weighted GPA(added points for honors/AP courses)or his unweighted GPA?

I would absolutely put the weighted GPA. Within the bounds of the truth, you should use the most flattering information available.

GPA is so important come time of recruiting because it helps a great deal with the amount of money the universities can give...acedemics as well as atheletics...it is amazing...

I think most coaches just want to have assurance that they can get you in, and that you can stay in once you're there. I have heard of players getting passed over because although they could get past admissions, the coaches feared that they would not be able to stay eligible given the strain that their baseball obligations would place upon them.

When you look at the daily schedules of college baseball players, it's a wonder they can get their research papers done and pass their exams.