<p>Unfortunately I have had 3 B's. I had a 89.6( B+) and my chemistry teacher would not round it up to a 90.00 (A-). With .4% away, he wouldn't budge a bit. I was wondering, would this affect my admissions to Stanford or Ivies?
Just talking about GPA here.</p>
<p>I need some reassurance!</p>
<p>(SATs and Essays play a BIG part as well, I know.)
I have yet to taking SATs.</p>
<p>No, this will not significantly affect your chances of admission, but a series of bad breaks like that in many classes over the course of high school will.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you. I plan on getting straight A's my junior and senior year. No slacking now!</p>
<p>umm i thought the teachers HAD to round up... why dont you ask your counselor and find out?</p>
<p>the area between a B+ and an A- is often teacher's discretion, as it is between other, less momentous grade shifts (B+/B or A/A- can also rest upon a teacher's feelings towards you).</p>
<p>oh, and if 3 Bs is all you are worried about, then you'll be fine. It's us 7 B'ers that'll need help when it comes to Ivy League.</p>
<p>relax and enjoy freshman year.</p>
<p>If your GPA is still above 3.9 UW you're totally fine for Ivy admissions.</p>
<p>This is why our whole grading system is a total joke. Like an 89.6 and a 90.0 are any different... Go standardized tests!!!</p>
<p>i'd say you can even have a 3.85 and get into ivies, but that is partially cause thats what i have</p>
<p>Teachers don't have to round up, an A is defined (typically) as 90.0 percent and above. 89.99999999 is still not an A. Rounding is a teacher being generous and understanding.</p>
<p>3 B's huh? I'd get ****ed off all month.</p>
<p>wow ur teacher is a jerk</p>
<p>doesnt the grade book round by itself. unless u go to a crappy school that does grades by hand...</p>
<p>Oh my God! A 90 is an A- at your school!?!?! That seems so absurd, an A- at my school is a 93, and a B+ is a 91-92. Wow, you must have quite a few people with 4.0's in your class, I'm really jealous.</p>
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As princessbell said, it's entirely up to the teacher. You certainly can't rely on rounding in college, so you might as well get used to it now. </p>
<p>My high school considered anything from 85 to 92 a B, so be happy with a B+! In any case, colleges usually consider semester and year grades only.</p>
<p>umm i agree that your teacher is a jerk</p>
<p>Get used to it now. professors in college won't be as forgiving as high school teachers were.</p>
<p>wow that is the first time I've heard schools use anything above 90 for the A minimum. Do you guys go to private schools or really good public schools?</p>
<p>^ What do you mean its really good? It just derives from the traditional method of grading. It does not acknowledge any form of competence or specialty.</p>
<p>It's just that every single school I know of uses the 90 point grading scale as an A, and some even use 87 for AP classes, and I have never heard of anything above 90 used as the bare minimum for an A.</p>
<p>It's just a different scale in the end. Teachers probably grade accordingly as well.</p>