<p>As of the beginning of senior year I have a 3.9 GPA taking the most difficult courses offered at my school. My class rank has been skewed downward as I spent freshman year at another school where the average GPA was definitely lower (and the source of all but one of my Bs...), but I'm still in the top 10% of my class and explained the discrepancy on my early applications (and plan to do so for regular applications as well).</p>
<p>This semester, my "official" classes are AP Government, AP English semester 1, two college computer science courses (one 100-level and 200-level), and Differential Equations (independent study). Four are safe As as of now, but the second college course has a fairly high chance of becoming a B+, although I won't know for sure until my professor decides the curve. Partly due to not being able to attend lab/project help sessions throughout the semester and having to take on a load of math/science Coursera classes (6 of them) outside of normal school.</p>
<p>I guess my question should be obvious by now, but I'm wondering how bad this is for the college application (mostly regular applications). I've heard everything from "colleges don't care about senior grades unless you dip a lot" to "a first semester B in senior year is really bad for apps". That's all I have; any opinions?</p>
<p>I’m also dual-enrolling atm. One of my college courses, I have a 99%, the other, like 89%. So I’m a tad bit worried as well. As for the not caring about the senior grades, i’m pretty sure that’s for after the decision comes out. They don’t want to see As from first semester dropping to Cs and Ds in the second semester. First semester grades are highly important from what I know. Which is why I’m sort of worried.</p>
<p>Note that if you plan to go to medical or law school, the grades from college courses taken while in high school will be included in your college GPA for applying to those professional degree programs.</p>
<p>I do not plan to go to medical school or law school. However, I don’t think college courses would automatically count for say, graduate school, unless they became transfer credit (which should be optional). My main concern is how this affects college admissions.</p>
<p>Colleges know that a B+ in college is not the same as a B+ in high school, especially if you’re a high school student enrolled in a 200 level class. Would it be better if you had an A? Sure. But how many high school students take 200-level classes at college and get an A? Probably not very many at all, if any. So, they’ll see you have been judged sufficiently prepared to take sophomore-level college classes and that you’re doing quite well. It will not hurt you at all and will probably help you (in that it shows you’re very advanced in a subject and aren’t afraid of taking risks for a subject you’re passionate about.)</p>