Below 10%?

Applying to College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I recently got my GPA and rank from guidance, and I am ranked
96/500 in my class, which puts me at about 20%. However, my
school calculates gpa with the high school classes that I took
in middle school, which means I have 4Bs on my transcript from
before I even began high school! I have seen the common data
sets for all the competitive colleges on my list, and they all
have high percentages (like 97%) of top 10% students that
make up their school. Without my middle school grades, I would
be ranked 19/500. Will my those Bs in middle school substantially hurt
my chances for getting into competitive colleges, or will will they be
lenient about it?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Likely, they’ll recalculate your HS GPA. That, plus your test scores will be your main factors. Good luck.</p>

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<p>are they including all your middle school grades?
in my district if you take geometry in 8th grade or earlier, that gets put on your high school transcript</p>

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<p>@icy yes, they are including my middle school grades. I took Geometry, Algebra1, french1, and french2 during middle school, and since I wasnt as smart, I got Bs in all of them. I was just wondering how lenient they would be, since im not even in the top 10% of my class just because of those 4 grades.</p>