<p>OP if you keep living as you are now you’re going to have a miserable time in high school - this coming from a high school senior.</p>
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<p>Physician, heal thyself!</p>
<p>Bugger…</p>
<p>That’s embarrassing.</p>
<p>Accepted into UVA</p>
<p>4 B+'s
1 B</p>
<p>Miracles do happen</p>
<p>Accepted to MIT.
2 B+'s in math junior/senior year.
Certainly not miracle-worthy, because I suspect this is common. Straight A’s don’t get you into top schools, it’s the big picture that does.
I even showed a slight downward trend in grades as I hit junior year (but I had a counterbalancing upward trend in extracurricular accomplishments)…as long as you show an upward trend, I think having 2 B’s freshman year is much better than my situation, though all my classes have been weighted 6.0 since junior year so that probably made up for those blips.
That’s pretty impressive that you’re already taking high school classes, and if from now on you get straight A’s I think you’re fine, but if you get any more B’s in “normal” classes you’re probably in trouble.</p>
<p>I got a B in Pre-Calculus and I had no problems getting into MIT. However I worked my *** off in Calculus AB to make up for it. :P</p>
<p>As for the medical school thing, you must be aware that it is hard to get into Medical School if you went to an extremely tough undergraduate university. As a matter of fact, Harvard officials have repeatedly told me to not enroll in Harvard as an undergraduate if I wanted to go to Harvard Medical School later on. Because Harvard is so hard, many people don’t get the EXTREMELY GOOD grades they need to get into medical school, and so Harvard rejects a significant portion of their undergrads and gives those spots to other students, many of whom come from more modest colleges. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>columbia here.
i had 2 b’s.</p>
<p>A friend of mine received a likely letter in October. He has multiple B’s. (Recruited athlete)</p>
<p>@lullin: Your argument is absolute nonsense. I had a C in Algebra I in 7th grade, and am now in Multivariable Calculus with over 100%. I have not missed a single point all year. People mature and develop interest in subjects that they previously shunned.</p>