<p>Do you think it is possible to be admitted to Harvard, Princeton, or Yale Regular Decision if I have a B+ in AP Chemistry first semester of senior year? This is the only B+ I have gotten since freshman year, when I got a B+ in an honors science class. I am taking the hardest classes out of anyone in my school, 4 other challenging AP classes...but this is Harvard/Princeton/Yale admissions so I am going up against people from other schools who also have perfect test scores but who have managed not to get any Bs.</p>
<p>Sorry to ask a Harvard/Princeton question on the Yale board, but I am applying to Yale early action and in case I get deferred this will matter! I am so nervous and disappointed over this grade. I constantly tell myself that getting 2 B+s in your entire HS career isn't a big deal, but it's hard to ignore the fact that there are thousands of other applicants with your test scores but perfect grades. Do you know anyone who got into these schools RD with B+s?</p>
<p>I don't think that a B+ or two will kill you. Sometimes, this is a sign of a more challenging course. I don't know the rest of your statistics. But I think you might be over-worried about one "subpar" grade.</p>
<p>Does it kill your GPA? Does it mar your perfect record? Or is it just another addition to a list of Bs and sub As? It MATTERS what your other grades are. And maybe the B- is something you want to have explained in your app. Who knows. The whole college selection process is, at best, random. </p>
<p>HAH. Okay. So it's not completely random. But there is some craziness. Look at last year's decision thread. Some great applicants rejected and some subpar applicants accepted. RANDOM. :)</p>
<p>frankly, if yale cares that you got one B- in an AP Gov class, then screw them. they aren't hesitant to accept athletes with low SATs and spotty grades. i think, if anything, the B- will show some humanity. maybe you aren't a grade-grubbing machine like so many other high school kids who just work for the sake of 'looking good' for college! i hope that they would recognize that. and, honestly, if they don't, they have lost any legitimacy that they profess to possess.</p>
<p>I have 5 B(+'s and -'s) grades and I'm not nearly as worried as you are. If you take the "most rigorous courseload" available then Yale won't penalize you for several B's here and there. Besides, grades only get your foot in the door and it's the subjective stuff that gets you in.</p>
<p>Hello, I am a canadian student and we get our first report card in november, and a second one in february. Do schools like Harvard and Yale only look at the november report card? or do they look at the november marks and wait for february one as well? How does it work? PLEASE HELP..</p>
<p>My understanding is that generally Yale will make its early admissions decision without your senior grades if they do not come out before the application deadline. However, it may request the grades from your guidance office if it feels it needs them to make a better decision (ie if you are on an upward trend, if you are inconsistent) My guidance counselor told me that if you have a consistent academic record, they will most likely not be asking for your grades. I then talked to my Yale rep and he said to send them in if they were good, but don't if they were lower than previous years (made me feel stupid for asking).</p>
<p>And after they admit you, a few little grade slips aren't going to affect you.</p>
<p>sorry thykingdomcome, I think I should have made myself more clear. I will be applying for the regular decision, and was wondering whether they wait for the february report card (Since they would obviously look at the november one).</p>
<p>b4nnn%^*. i got a B in english in my freshman year. and it still botehrs me. ((thinking that im not good enoough for PYale)..but agian... i who knows! we might get in!!!</p>
<p>on a similar note, do you think that a school like yale will realize the rigor of certain prep schools, where a transcript "marred" with several Bs is still considered quite good?? like most competitive prep schools, mine, too, does not rank, thus leaving no basis for comparison within the "context of the school." </p>
<p>at my school, the ONLY student with all A grades is (most likely) the #1. yet, on the 2010 EA thread, i have noticed that many straight A students (w/hardest courseload), are 5th or below in their classes. </p>
<p>so how does it fair for the rest of us who did not attain this coveted 4.0, all A transcript in high school, even though we could have attained it, perhaps, at our local schools? will yale take the #4 in class, fantastic ECs, A/B transcript....from, ugh, a prep school...</p>