<p>I got a B- (80) among other B’s and got into Penn unhooked ORM ORState without class rank. I’ve said it many times. One grade does not make your application.</p>
<p>be thankful that ur school has a 10point grading scale noob. my scool is so that a 90-93 is a B+</p>
<p>Alright, now that you’ve figured it out, I’ll stop messing with you. :P</p>
<p>Obviously it’s not good, but it won’t preclude anything.</p>
<p>But just how many 'B’s can you get? That’s what I want to know.</p>
<p>footballthuggin2,</p>
<p>I LOVE the proof. :D</p>
<p>i think i might get my first 1 or 2 Bs this year. upsetting but okay! and why aim for a 2350? aim for a 2400! that’s the mentality i’ve had to adopt this year. there’s no point in aiming for an A in an AP class when i could aim for a 100. it won’t happen, but it helps to think of it that way! maybe if you aim for a 100, your B could go up.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone 
I’ve changed my mentality…GO ME.</p>
<p>what Linymom said iin Post #33.</p>
<p>Look Annie, here’s the deal with hyper selective school admissions.</p>
<ul>
<li>did you take the hardest courses offered in your school? Did you generally ace them?</li>
<li>did you get 2250+ on the SAT?</li>
<li>did your ECs demonstrate creativity, excellence, leadership and commitment?</li>
</ul>
<p>GREAT, you’re now part of the 15,000 non-hooked Harvard applicants that are just as academically qualified as the average current Harvard student. There are about 12,000 unhooked applicants who are below that approxmate bar, but applied anyway, hoping they’d catch a break. There are about 500 out of the total of 27,000 applicants who are true academic superstars, 75% of whom will be offered admission. So, about 375 of the 1,800 slots for next year are spoken for by academic superstars. Another 375 of the 1800 offers are spoken for by recruited athletes and URMs who stats are close to, but below the range above. That’s 750 out of 1,800 spots no longer available to you… you are in the applicant pool of 15,000 academically qualified vying for the remaining 1050 spots.</p>
<p>So, back to the question: how does the Harvard adcom decide which of the 15,000 academically qualified (stats equal to the average current H student) applicants will fill the 1,050 remaining open spots?</p>
<p>They are looking for exceedingly rare spark, remarkable passion, and an emotional connection with the applicant. Mostly passion. They are asking themselves: If I had a dinner for eight Friday night, would I be just dying to invite this applicant because they intrigue me? You see, that has NOTHING to do with As, or number of ECs, or SATs. Those stats are just the first cut from 27,000 to 15,000.</p>
<p>So, as several others have posted, forget about Ivies, forget about college. This is not a paint by numbers exercise. You cannot squeeze that lump of coal so hard that a diamond emerges. Diamonds emerge of their own impetus. Study what interests you, involve yourself in activities that interest you, and everything will work itself out. You cannot force it or fake it.</p>
<p>If you pursue what emerges from within you, you will be succesful, whether that be at an Ivy, your Public Flagship, a Service Academy, or starting your own enterprise and foregoing college altogether.</p>
<p>^ Good post. Of course, the numbers aren’t real (especially since Harvard accepts 2100 people :P), but the general idea should help the OP a lot.</p>
<p>One B won’t break you, silly.</p>
<p>Look AnnieZ, the bigger issue isn’t the B you got, but the fact that you are assuming that Harvard is the only school in the country worth applying to. I recognize you are the child of Chinese immigrants, and that’s the story they get back in China. But it’s wrong. It’s flat out wrong. There are lots of excellent universities in the US that provide a top quality education, and the right way is to do what YOU like for extracurriculars and figure out which one is worthy of YOU, as opposed to bowing before Harvard as though it is the king of everything and then some. </p>
<p>Harvard is not a golden ticket to success. YOU are your golden ticket.</p>
<p>AnnieZ: One B - an 89.3 in AP physics- will NOT make it harder to get into your top choice college. You easily have the gpa they are seeking (even a 4.0 is no automatic acceptance) and you are showing that you are not afraid to challenge yourself. Just keep working hard in all your classes and your EC’s, write some great essays. You are fine. College admissions officers do not spend their time and money accepting 4.0 students and rejecting 3.98 students.</p>
<p>@DunninLA </p>
<p>Thanks for the post. It really helped.</p>
<p>I know someone who got a D in AP English in 11th grade and got into UChicago EA. Also, AP Physics (even if it is only B) is impressive as a sophomore. Just relax! I’ve had all A’s my entire high school career and got deferred from Brown ED. Grades aren’t everything. As long as you’re above a certain point, it really doesn’t make a difference. No one can be good at EVERYTHING and you don’t need to be to be successful in life.</p>
<p>Don’t stress about it. Your overall GPA won’t be affected drastically because you achieved a B in an AP course of equal weightage to an A in an honors course. Funny I got my first B this marking period in AP Physics as well. It is a relatively tough course.</p>
<p>Your post is about 1.5 years late. OP is now a senior…</p>
<p>Closing old thread.</p>