Can you still get into an Ivy League or one of the Top 20 colleges with low B’s (like 80-83% or even lower) in two classes? (Probably around a 3.6 GPA or lower). If any one has any personal stories that relate to this from this year’s admissions, PLEASE SHARE!!! Also, if you’re sharing your own story, please state what race you are and any test scores/extracurricular activities.
Thanks so much!!
Depends on the classes and when you took them. How competitive your school is also plays into it.
Low B’s are really pushing it for top 20 universities/LACs.
I guess it depends…do you have a 3.6 UW GPA with meh classes (like 2 honors and everything else regular), or a 3.6 UW with mostly honors or APs?
To this day, I still and will never understand how people take 6 APs a year and still manage straight As. Blows my mind how many such students exist here in the States.
I am in the same boat as you. Not going to lie-I have quite a number of Bs for Ivy League standards. Half of them because I had a tough move freshman to sophomore year (Midwest to New England), other half because of an under qualified teacher. My GC is fully aware of my situation as he has had several complaints about this teacher from multiple students already. He will write about it in my rec. all I can say is, try to get your GC to do this for you too. I know a former student of Johns Hopkins who volunteered at the admissions office. He said that this indeed can and does help. I’m also hoping that near perfect sat 2/AP scores in the subjects will explain the grade deflation. I am an asian female.
I don’t think 2 Bs are too many to get into an Ivy or a top 20. I can’t imagine that EVERY student at schools from Harvard to Vanderbilt to USC has straight As!
I had a 3.52 UW with a slight downward trend- 3.4 junior year- (but 4.46 W at a rigorous private school taking the hardest schedule of anyone in my class) and am going to Vanderbilt. I was an unhooked regular decision applicant.