<p>Today was the last day of the semester for me and I just received my final grades. My grades were decent except for the dreaded C in AP Calculus AB. My other classes were AP U.S. History, AP Lang, AP Chem, and P.E. Did I ruin my chances of attending Tufts University (My dream school!) with my C in Calc AB? I'm required to take BC next year and will hopefully get an A. Will this help at all? And oh, I'm a junior btw. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Depends on what you’re majoring in. If something science or business related, yes. Liberal arts like history or literature, no.</p>
<p>I would also think much depends on the rest of your stats and resume. If your test scores and GPA/rank are really strong then it won’t “blemish” your application as much as it would if you are kind of in the middle of the pack.</p>
<p>Thanks…bad thing is my intended major was computer science. I guess that goes down the drain now.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have anymore opinions?</p>
<p>Computer science is REALLY math based… BUT! If you manage to get As in 2nd semester AB AND both semesters BC, then you have a shot.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Any more opinions?</p>
<p>I don’t think one C in one course would be a deal-killer. Your situation will just depend on the rest of the picture, as jshain said above. however, since you have plenty of time, maybe you can research and find a few other schools to apply to that are similar to Tufts in the ways that are important to you?</p>