<p>I'm a freshman in High School and last year everyone told us that the more advanced classes weren't that bad. Well I took all of them and now I have zero chances of getting a perfect GPA for college. I got B+ pluses in Enrich Geometry, AS English I, and World History of all things! I always got A's in middle school, but everything is so much harder! Also my parents got REALLY mad cause they are the kind that think that anything that's not an A is a failure. Even my teachers explained how its okay to get B's and that you learn from them, it doesn't help when my parents pressure me and yell at me. I feel really downcast knowing that my GPA can never be perfect. But can it? </p>
<p>Do semester final grades count much on college apps?
How would like Three B+'s affect my final grades and chances for Ivy League colleges?
How can I do better this semester!?!?</p>
<p>The reasons I got B's:
Geometry: Its very fast pace but I really do horribly on my tests. I KNOW everything and UNDERSTAND it but I just slip up on the tests. So badly that not even my final which I got an A on could raise it to an A- :'(
English: Another advanced class that mainly crippled because of the Summer reading test that I sorta got a D on because I forgot some religious content and didn't re-read the book after only reading it in the middle of the summer. >^<
Plus only B's and some A's on the essays and socratic seminars....
History: the Teacher and the student teacher hated my guts...so much... and they gave us quizzes right after reading the textbook at home by ourselves and I never had time because of my extracurricular activities and Band stuff.
Also as the previously mentioned student teacher gave me a horrible participation grade cause again He HATED me and I participated more than people who got A's for participation so there's your proof.</p>