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Yes, and no. The UC/CSU schools (all public CA universities) DO look at what classes you took, but they DO NOT calculate your freshman year grades into your GPA. However, many other colleges do look at the freshman year grades and classes. Doing your best work all 4 years of high school is best practice.
