<p>Has there been anyone who has been accepted to really competitive schools like stanford or princeton who have a C somewhere on their transcipt</p>
<p>Of course not, that would be blasphemy! The school's reputation would be ruined, the admissions staff humiliated and then flogged in the middle of the campus for such a treasonous act.</p>
<p>PavelB needs to shut up</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure PavelB was kidding, MetheMan.</p>
<p>For sure. I know a kid who was accepted to Dartmouth with a couple of C's. All things considered, an applicant from a competitive school who otherwise has excellent statistics, extracurrics, and essays probably won't be rejected on the basis of one C. Especially if that grade is in a subject he/she doesn't intend to major in, and if some sort of explanation is given. All that said, it won't help.</p>
<p>if you have high sat scores, you should be okay.</p>
<p>metheman, pavelb was being sarcastic because the OP's question is so naive. Of course people have been accepted to top colleges with C's, many courses can be challenging and a C is considered a very good grade. Furthermore, even if you did in fact slack off or something and received 1 or 2 C's in your freshman or sophomore year, and then showed improvement, that also makes up for it. So many of these topics have came up before, and their questions have been answered so many times, I wish more of you guys would use the search feature, I definitely answered this exact question a month ago regarding B's, and gave a long explanation.</p>
<p>lets also not forget legacies and recruits</p>
<p>and foodisgood, that's not true, high SAT scores mean very little</p>
<p>I was talking to this guy in Northwestern admissions and he has never seen someone accepted with a C</p>
<p>I know someone who got into Duke n wash u with 2 C's, but they had a 1530 and like near perfect sat IIs and a overall 4.2, rank 4
If ur gpa is high, u should be okay</p>
<p>"many courses can be challenging and a C is considered a very good grade"</p>
<p>definately not true</p>
<p>but i dont think one C will matter that much</p>
<p>In "A is for Admission," Maria Hernandez says Dartmouth doesn't mind C's in AP Calc</p>
<p>theonlyone, I've been on these boards for 3 years, and have seen plenty of peoples' transcripts and whether they got in or not with Cs, etc. Furthermore I will be ending up with 9 AP classes before I graduate high school, and I know the rigor of many of these classes, especially in my school (which produces a high number of 4s and 5s) the grades are extremely tough, getting a C in AP Calc BC or in AP Chem at my high school is EXTREMELY good. It's suppose to be like college, in college a C is considered an A at many universities, and then it is curved.</p>
<p>xindianx, i never said people with C will NEVER get into top colleges.</p>
<p>im just saying admissions officers wont say "extremely good" when they see a C in the students' transcripts</p>
<p>C isnt a good grade in colleges' perspectives whether or not u go to the best high school in the U.S.</p>
<p>In my situation the only c's I have are in Spanish, yet I am majoring in engineering. The rest of my grades in math, science, english, history, etc are all great.</p>
<p>Someone from my school got into Princeton with a C in AP Lit there SENIOR YEAR.</p>
<p>But nobody who uses "there" when the should use "their" will EVER get into a competitive school. Sorry for the bad word choice....I'm not trying to drag the boards down.</p>
<p>i think u should ask how couple Bs can affect chances
I got Bs in history, photo....... and I have the highes grades in school in ap physics, ap calc......wonder that two Bs will look bad</p>
<p>k I know UCLA isn't a really high up there college, but it's the smallest admit rate for UC's and I knew someone who got accepted with a 2.something GPA. then again, 2nd semester senior year he got a D and his acceptance got withdrawn...but if that D had been a C he would've been in. ^^v</p>
<p>someone with a C last year in AP government got into Columbia,</p>