<p>I don't know if all schools give comments with their grades (for the semester) it seems pretty likely that they do. I was wondering if the comments as well as the grades are sent to the schools that we apply to. I know my mom was at a college admissions meeting with my sister and they said that for colleges it is only the grades, is this true for boarding school too?</p>
<p>No...there not. No one has the time to read that crap in the admissions office in college, I doubt they do in boarding school. Thats why they need recs...they read those.</p>
<p>Good. because my english teacher gave me a D on one of my essays (I don't it deserved a D but it is said and done) but it didn't affect the grade very much (because she can't do math for her life and my average seemed to have gone up anyway) so I got a B+ for the semester but she put in my comments that she was disappointed about the D on the essay.</p>
<p>As long as she didnt put it in your rec...it wont matter</p>
<p>i hope she didn't..... (oh, btw, are you sure that they don't see comments or are you guessing (not trying to accuse you or anything) where did you get your information?)</p>
<p>wow thats a lot of parentheses... I said "I doubt" they do.</p>
<p>ok. thnx (anyone else with an opinion?)</p>
<p>My kid's school sends the comments - I assume it just depends upon the school</p>
<p>I don't think the comments would be very reliable, when I compare with friends we seem to have similar if not exactly the same comments between us, even if the grade is different. The recs would be more important.</p>
<p>I'm fairly sure that if your school submits your grade report comments, the admissions officers will read them. Andover has each applicant's file read by five different evaluators - I think that if they have time for that, they'll read comments on a grade report. This is, of course, if your school sends them - which mine does, but I can't speak for other schools.</p>
<p>Of course I'm fairly certain that recs are taken more seriously anyway; those are actually required. This is all unless there's some vast difference between your recs and your comments. Or, maybe, if the reader finds that only your math and English recs are good and you get good grades in your other classes but your teachers despise your guts? I don't know.</p>
<p>WHOOP Starz27!!!!</p>
<p>someone else on CC that has actually gotten a B before!!</p>
<p>we should start a club. :]</p>
<p>I got a 65 one time for the six weeks once. but it wasn't really fair because we only had like three grades that six weeks and i didn't turn in one of them (I did it though)</p>
<p>My son had a couple Bs last year at first- he moved from regular public school to charter school where he went up two grade levels in his classes since they place by ability. He had a couple Bs until he figured out the new requirements and then had As by the end of the year. One interviewer- who was also the director of admissions- told me that this year's grades are much more important than last year's grades.</p>
<p>If your in highschool at a somewhat competitve school taking hard classes you will have B's. I have plenty B's...well 1-2 each semester in stupid classes like spanish. Don't get to comfortable getting all A's in 8th grade. And don't worry if your not..anywhere from a 3.7 unweighted seems fine to me.</p>
<p>yea. I'm not starting out this year as well as last. Last year my first semester was 3 A's and 2 B's and my final year grade was 4 A's and 1 B. This year I am in all honors classes (well, math and science because they are the only two offered) and I have 3 B's and 2 A's. I really don't think that bad. I people were meant to get straight A's there would be no point in B's existing.</p>