My freshman year, first semester, I was a slacker and got just below a 3.0. That was sort of a big wake up call, so I started working my butt off, got overly stressed, got really sick, missed nearly half the semester. Coming out of my freshman year, my gpa was well sub-3.0. But fortunately I hadn't really taken any important classes. Since then, however, I've gotten a 4.0, including summer classes and in all my pre med requirements, and now have like a 3.65.. I was talking with my pre med advisor, and he was saying that a lot of schools would look at the improvement and really like what they saw, maybe even better than just having the same #'s all across the board, since it sort of shows that I really "got my act together" and made a big improvement, etc. And I've gotten similar answers to everyone else who I've spoken with about it.. so I'd say that an improvement would definately be an asset 🙂