<p>EVERYTIME I come to cc, I always see a string of topics that start "If I get a b in sophomore year, is that a bad thing?" "Can I still get into my dream school?"</p>
<p>Well if you're getting B's, I have two things to say:</p>
<p>1) It's your own damn fault.</p>
<p>2) They're not that bad at all so chill the hell out. If you CONSISTENTLY get b's (as in you pretty much have no a's by the end of junior year), that could be a negative strike to top 100 colleges (such as MIT, Stanf. Harv, other ivies, selective northeastern LAC's such as Swat., etc.) But even THIS does not apply if it's only a B or two.</p>
<p>For the rest of the nation's colleges, B's are fine. I know this because:</p>
<p>1) I was accepted to U. Pittsburgh</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>2) I was accepted to Howard U.</p>
<p>with only ONE A on my transcript for all of high school. The rest were B's and C's. I had POOR SAT scores, btw. So I know what got me in were my awesome teacher recs, essays, and EC's. Grades are important, but not to the point where you begin to lack a social life.</p>
<p>mm....i am international..
no Bs or As for us.....its a straight score out of 100 and in our system 75 and above is an A...
70-75 is a B+.. and 65-70 is a B...this implies most of the "GOOD STUDENTS" in my school score somewhere like a B+ and a B. ONly a few exceptional ones..graduate with an average of A.
But then again.........I got 95 in my mathematics...so that would mean
A+++.........lol........our grading system sucks!!!!!! the people who score our tests suck even more!!!!!! sometimes they give everyone over 80 and sometimes no one scores abve 70.....in the end, it is we who suffer miserably!!!</p>
<p>Very true. If you're a straight B student then you're going to have to be VERY talented, etc in another area of your life in order to get into a top-notch school. However, if you have a few Bs and mostly As, have had those Bs in APs, etc... then the colleges know you are human. And if you are captain of the baseball team & president of Model UN then that's more appealing than a nerd with no social life.</p>
<p>I know plently of people with straight As and near-perfect SATs that have gotten deferred & rejected. The colleges are looking for something beyond that.</p>
<p>Not good but shouldn't kill you. I have 4 B's all in honors classes but straight A's my junior year. I don't anticipate it hurting me at the Ivies.</p>
<p>To me personally, A's are great, B's are ok, C's are poor, and D's are awful. Ive gotten my fair share of A's and B's, but only got C's on nine week grades, never as a final grade (unitl this, my senior year muhahahah). But yeah, B's arent bad, unless youre applying to ivy league and top top top tier schools. I got into NC State and Penn State with a 3.68 and average SAT.</p>
<p>I agree. I see a B+ or higher as a good average. </p>
<p>My unweighted GPA is a 3.47 (4.0) with a weighted of about 4.3 (some courses a tad iffy on the bonus. I have almost all AP/IB so I add 1 for those).</p>
<p>My senior year GPA is unweighted is a 3.27 (4.27 weighted), but I have 2 AP and 7 IB courses so that is some excuse.</p>
<p>Just relax, if you have about 50% B and 50% A your doing good.</p>
<p>Heh, you don't have to believe it if you don't want to - after all, I'm not applying to colleges through you. Could use without the sophomoric sarcasm though.</p>
<p>to me, it depends on the courses. for example, i would be very upset with myself if i got a b in a science, history/govt., or english class. however, i know that i am really bad at math, so when i get a b in calculus i am actually happy sometimes. for example, i found out that i got an 82 on my calculus exam today, and i was practically jumping for joy, while others in my class who got the same grade were disappointed. it all depends on who you are and what you're good at--as long as you're doing your best, don't beat yourself up.</p>
<p>While I agree with the general message of your post, I disagree with this:</p>
<p>"1) It's your own damn fault."</p>
<p>B's are not always the person's fault. I was one of the best spanish students in my 10th grade class, but I ended up with a B- (C- one term too) because the teacher graded favorites and didn't like me. Next year, in Honors Spanish, I got an A+ from a teacher who is reputed to be difficult, without even really trying. I don't think GPA is a very good measure of anything. It is too subjective.</p>
<p>It shouldn't hurt me though. My 5 A+s and 1 A in an AP class senior year will make up for it.</p>
<p>"I don't think GPA is a very good measure of anything. It is too subjective."</p>
<p>not true. If you get a sucky grade, it's your own damn fault. Accept it. Sure, the teacher may play favorites and not call on you in class or something, but GPA's are not very subjective. In fact, they're pretty much by the numbers, imo.</p>