<p>What are my chances of being admitted to top schools such as Cornell, NYU, UMIch, UChic, Vanderbilt, and Stanford if I received 2 B's junior yr. I also got 1 B soph yr, and 1 B and 1 C( counselor is explaining the situation). My ec's and test scores are very good. Can you please evaluate my chances? Thanks</p>
<p>don't count yourself out
stuff happens, u still got a shot if ur other stuff is very good</p>
<p>you're kidding, right? your gpa will still be high and i'm sure your junior classes are difficult. the C is not so good but if your counselor has a good reason?</p>
<p>What is the reason, if you wanna share?</p>
<p>If they are AP classes or honors I doubt it will really have any significant effect on your GPA as long as its a fairly high B, but if they are regulars it will look bad. If you get a C in an AP or honor class that would look abysmal on your record :(. I think it's the application as a whole that matters.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a similar problem. I have a few B's as well. I don't think it should be too bad, especially if your courses are difficult (honors/AP/IB). At my school, all the top students have at least a few B's to their name, and many of them still get accepted at Ivies and other competitive schools. Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>I moved in the middle of 9th grade, from Maryland to New York. I took an advanced math course for that yr. However it was not honors. Since I moved in the middle, I had initial problems with my gpa. Hence the C. :(</p>
<p>having two B's really doesn't matter if you have good ecs and also i've looked at people's applications, including grades, that have gotten into NYU, UMich, UCB and other good colleges that have had many more B's than you have had (up to 8, 9). that's just what i think, though.</p>
<p>A friend of mine had a bunch of B's including a B- and got into Columbia. I knew another kid with a few that got admitted EA to Harvard.</p>
<p>nice hopefully I get into Cornell ED. Do you think this is a reasonable and attainable goal considering my stats? Thanks</p>
<p>Well, we'll have to see your stats first....</p>
<p>The B's will only kill you if they were in advanced classes and your other classes were not advanced. In other words, if you are a B AP student.</p>
<p>ACT: 24 then 33
SAT II: Math 2c-800
Chem-650( am retaking in october and shooting for an 800)
GPA( this is the killer)- 91.5 uw, 93.5 w
AP- US History-4
E.Cs- lab courses at the Cold Spring Harbor Institute.
Job at a physicians clinic
Doing research paper over the summer dealing with insulin pump therapy and with the help of local endocrinologists.
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Track- 3yrs
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Homecoming Committee- Board Member( im heavily involved with the club)
FHA- member for 3 yrs
Hospital Volunteering- 400 hours working in the echocardiography department.
National Honor Society- Committee Member
Computer Graphics Project was represented at the local art show
100 hours at a Ayurveda clinic in India (understood how ayurveda medications were made, also helped sell them)
Senior Year Courseload-
AP English
AP French
AP Physics B
AP Government/Economics
AP Calc AB
RESEARCH Projects 2H</p>
<p>Well, I'd say your interest in medicine and medical research is a definite hook, especially the Ayurveda bit (I just came back from India as well....where were you?). I would play up that aspect the most - try to really show your passion for it. Your GPA isn't bad at all....just try to bring it up this year. Are you in the top 10%? Test scores seem to be in good order....try to bring up that 650 and probably take another SAT II as well. Senior year course load looks good.
I honestly think that you will get into any of those colleges, except maybe Stanford. Stanford is way more selective than any of your other schools. If you apply ED to Cornell, you'll probably get in.</p>
<p>I also just came back from India as did half the world doing community service, Hardly a hook! Stats are marginal and it's just a lottery ticket at Stanford.</p>
<p>I had 2 Bs and a B+ for my Junior year, 1 B in freshmen, and got into Cornell, Penn, JHU and others. It didn't kill me there but I'm pretty sure it was the main thing that killed me for HYP.</p>
<p>as long as I have a lottery ticket, Im happy. So are you saying there is a reasonable chance of getting in? Should I just ED to NYU, as I feel I can def get in? Or aim for some more reaches?</p>
<p>Aim for some reaches. Don't let the fools get you down. They aren't admissions officers, so it's not like they have the inside scoop. If you can demonstrate your passion for medicine, colleges will eat it up. Despite was suze said, not everyone in the community service world has been to India, and I highly doubt that those who did go studied Ayurveda. Heck, I bet most of them couldn't even pronounce it correctly.
And concerning what Flavian said, colleges don't turn people away because of B's. I know for a fact that Harvard admissions officers don't look at a transcript and say "Oh look, a B. What a loser. REJECT." As I said, I know a guy who got several B's and didn't pursue the hardest curriculum offered by our school who got in EA at Harvard, simply because he was so freaking cool.
So no worries. </p>
<p>That being said, Stanford is still a reach. I like your chances everywhere else though.</p>
<p>Never give up hope... It really depends what you got the B in. If it was like a math class, that would be more significant than a B in a cooking class or a B in Band or something. One of my teachers told me that her son is going to Yale, and he had like 2-3 Bs, and 2 C's I think she said.</p>
<p>The only school I think is a reach is cornell, unless u apply early...</p>