<p>Hi, I was wondering if having a couple
of B- affect my chance at getting into college. I'm a current sophomore and have 3. </p>
<p>It’s going to depend on the selectivity of the college. For example, any college on this list will would welcome a student with three or more B’s on their transcript: <a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/a-plus”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/a-plus</a></p>
<p>Will it affect you getting into a good college? No. Will it hurt you to get into a highly selective college? Probably. Continue to do the best you can do in highly rigorous classes. You’ll find a school that will be a match for you.</p>
<p>@gibby what about a college with a 68% acceptance rate? </p>
<p>Most of the A+ Colleges for B Students have acceptance rates between 40% and 80%, so without knowing which college you are referring to, my best guess would be, sure – a college with a 68% acceptance rate would love a student with B’s on their transcript.</p>
<p>Have a knockout junior year and 1st semester senior year, and those B- grades will fade for almost all schools except the very highest tier - and maybe even for them if you have the things they’re looking for. It’s rare, but not unheard of.</p>
<p>@MrMom62 thank you so much! That helps my spirits a lot. </p>
<p>To pull it off, you’re going to need to combine rigor with high GPA. That means 3-4 APs in core classes, not AP-lite, and no more than a B+ or two. Not many can pull that off if they’ve been slacking. And what test scores do you have, if any?</p>
<p>What are you signed up for now?</p>
<p>Stop being coy. What’s your cumulative GPA? You have 3 x B- Are the rest As? A-? Bs?</p>
<p>For all we know, your cumulative GPA is 3.1. What is it really?</p>
<p>No college for you</p>
<p>Oh sure, if you do well the next 2 years, you’ll be in the running for many excellent schools. My own D had 2 C’s and mostly B’s her sophomore year. It was a rough time. We ended up moving her to a new school. She got straight A’s Junior and Senior year in challenging classes. Her test scores and activities were excellent. She applied to a couple “under 20 percent acceptance rate schools” and wasn’t accepted (no surprise) but she got into a couple “under 30 percent” schools and every school she applied to with an acceptance rate above 30. She got some large merit offers as well. I think in the end her uw GPA was a 3.7/w 4.2. </p>
<p>I know most of our state schools are open to 3.0’s and there are so many great programs among them.</p>
<p>If you do really well as a junior and a senior you can have a strong upward trend :). It might hurt you, but you can overcome the challenge if you do really well in other areas. I’ve seen someone shrug off a fail in one class and a few c’s in another and still get accepted into a top 20(That person still had a high GPA of 3.8 UW by senior year). don’t give up-colleges really love that upward trend. It will be difficult, but you should still work towards achieving A’s. Personally if I were you, I would just add another safety to my college list to make sure I can get into college.</p>
<p>@T26E4 I’ve got 3 B’s this semester, one of which is a B-, and 4 A’s. Counting freshman year, I’ve had 3B-s. </p>
<p>@MrMom62
Next year I have AP Lang, CP Algebra 2, CP Chemistry, Spanish 3/4 Honors, CP History classes. Not very rigorous material, but somewhat challenging. </p>
<p>Any chance of turning the CP History class into one of the AP History classes?</p>
<p>@MrMom62 My junior year, no. I have a chance at AP Psychology my senior year which may give me another AP credit. </p>
<p>@turtletime Thanks a lot! I currently have a 3.85 gpa, but I have heard that admission officers really despise the B-s on a transcript </p>
<p>^^ Well, what you have heard is wrong! Look at Harvard, one of the most selective colleges on the planet: <a href=“http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf”>http://www.provost.harvard.edu/institutional_research/CDS_2011-2012_Final.pdf</a></p>
<p>C11 Data: Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher = 91.49%</p>
<p>Many of Harvard’s admitted students have B’s on their high school transcript. Some students have GPA’s that are the same as yours, while other students have lower GPA’s. I imagine it’s the same for every college. So, relax . . . </p>
<p>@gibby Thank you! B’s are okay, but what about B-?</p>
<p>^^^ That is not a good example as it does not show the distribution of GPA within that 3.75-4.0 range. It only shows there are ~8.5% that has GPA below 3.75 (that are mostly athlete recruits). Nevertheless, 3.85 is not far off the admission average even for Harvard.</p>