<p>just a little thing called grade inflation -- we wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings by giving them a B when they worked so hard!</p>
<p>It is interesting the way the American system compares to other countries -- my older son will attend an international boarding school in England the next two years and the grades are given on a 1-7 point system -- and my understanding is that all 7's are basically unheard of. For entry into the Ivies, a healthy mix of 7's and 6's with a few 5's is very strong.</p>
<p>I have a cum GPA of 3.8-weighted and 3.6-unweighted. i don't know if colleges look at your overall GPA but i do have some unweighted b's and c's my junior year in AP classes. weighted they are a's and b's but will this destroy my chances of going to Georgia tech. i am currently finishing up my junior year. i have other extracurricular activities. Rugby, TSA- i am Sargent of arms, Chess, future business leaders of america, and other stuff. i am like freaking out for some reason. my sister is going to georgia state and i really want to go to tech. some experienced people please reply. i am taking almost all AP's next year. if i do really well 1st semester, could i send that transcript. will this improve my chances. i don't know if tech is such a good school, but i live in Georgia and it would be cheap with the HOPE scholarship. i am also working on improving my SAT. top 10% in class rank-60 out of 700. </p>
<p>I hate this attitude of failure if you don't make it into the "top" schools becuase of a few Cs....you can not get into a top school with perfect EVERYTHING</p>
<p>look at more schools and do ot think you have failed because you didn't get admitted into one of the few top schools, in fact big deal if you don't </p>
<p>join the hundreds of thousands of the rest of humanity who go to "lower" schools</p>
<p>this attitude that you must be perfect to succeed in life and college is really getting old and tired</p>
<p>im not saying that georgia tech is a top school. The only reason its so good is because of its engineering program. I was just trying to see if anyone from tech or anyone who knew someone from tech could tell me the standards of tech. maybe i should have posted a new topic. im certainly fine with "lower schools". but georgia tech is a bargain for georgia residents. i just don't want to miss out on the oppertunity. </p>
<p>okay, i got 2 B's my junior year and still got into MIT, stanford, caltech (with an axline scholarship - 100% full ride), brown, northwestern, and case. (the only other school I applied to was harvard, and i was waitlisted there). on top of that, i got many A-'s in high school that pulled my gpa down by a few ticks - so my grades were not immaculate.</p>
<p>this is not the product of laziness. i frankly could have gotten higher grades had i studied more in my coursework, but i cared more about physics, math, and debate competitions. less-than-perfect grades can be balanced by passion.</p>
<p>so chill out, you people who are not chill.</p>
<p>i got B's in multivariable calculus. this is very relevant to my desired career as a theoretical mathematician/biomedical engineer. i hated stanford EPGY's computational emphasis to the point that i did an independent project in linear algebra with my teacher during the time that i was supposed to be working on multivariable calculus :P</p>
<p>This thread was about people who got some C's - I think it is generally accepted that you can let some A- and B grades slip in (if your curriculum is very rigorous) and still have a shot at top schools.</p>
<p>Also, the thread seemed to veer toward a debate on whether or not admission into top schools should be a fixation. As the OP, I was just throwing the notion of "C's and what they do to chances" out there to see what the collective wisdom was on that. Certainly, you can go to any type of college (or no college at all) and still have a successful life. </p>
<p>I just wonder if the adcoms at elite colleges would rightfully discount a brilliant, creative, productive young adult who for one reason or another did not jump through a few hoops. I am not convinced that, universally speaking, focusing exclusively on perfectionists is the way to ensure the next generation of giants in business, science, and the like. I guess I feel that a lot of folks like Einstein and Edison would not have passed the litmus test for getting into a top school today.</p>
<p>spideygirl-
What are your SAT scores? How about PSAT? YOu have certainly not killed your chances at Tech with one C. Add to it the fact that you are a female, and your chances are very strong. I am in GA as well. I assume you are in a public HS (as you are in a classof 700). What part of town are you in?</p>
<p>One C amidst a bunch of B's and A's will not drastically decrease your chances. It will hurt, but not to the extent that you can kiss all of your reach schools goodbye.</p>
<p>C with B's and A's shows a weakness in the subject while a B with As shows less effort in a rigorous curriculumn. So it will be viewed differently than B.
With a SAT of 2200+ if C is a one time feature on a transcript then it is not an issue.</p>
<p>Daughter took all AP and honors at a very good prep school with only one B+ through high school (all A and a few A+), got turned down by HYPS. This also happened to a friend's daughter in another town. Whereas a girl from my daughter's school with almost the same profile (similar ECs and same course load), but with all A, A+ and 50 points higher SAT got into HP. I know schools claim they take other things into considerations, but it is so competitive now that you really can't afford Bs and Cs if you want to go to top tier schools. That being said, there are many good schools outside of "top tier". Another thing to keep in mind is that girls are competing with each other for spots, and girls in general have higher grades (many articles have been written about this). Therefore a boy may be able to get into a top tier school with a C or an occassional B, but not for most girls. Of course, if you are a legacy, athelete, or URM, then the standard is a bit different.</p>
<p>jym626- the fact that she is female only hurts her chances, a lot more girls are applying to college than guys, and to maintain a 50/50 they need to accept a larger percentage of guys
anyhoo</p>
<p>i can say that RIGHT NOW i can directly relate with the topic</p>
<p>i'm a junior at Lexington High in MA right now (top 5 publics in MA)
aaand lets see, freshman year i scored a 3.1, sophomore year a 3.9, and finally
JUNIOR YEAR
first quarter my gpa dipped BELOW 3 with a C- in math and a C+ in english
OUCH
but that by no means says i am not going to a top 25 college
if you work hard to bring it up, or do good on testing, it's perfectly possible</p>
<p>i got a 2340 on my SATs, am expecting three 5s in the mail in July, and have SATII scores all above 760
you can do it
<em>high five</em>
we can go suck at school together</p>