<p>1) i am finishing up my senior year in high school. in my freshman year of high school, in one of my religious classes, i received a C/C- for both semesters. this is due to the fact that this was a test on religious holidays that was given to the school as an independent study - an involuntary independent study. also, i prioritized my goals so that my secular studies came first. so: 1) does this hurt me in any way (the only two C's on my entire transcript.) 2) do religious study grades even count? (GPa (UW) w/out religious: 3.96; w/ religious (and those two C's included): 3.82)</p>
<p>2) for the college im looking @ (as you guys would presume, one of them is harvard, otherwise why would i be posting here), three SAT II's are required. now, the way my school works is that we don't choose are classes, they are basically given to us, end of story. so the way it works out no SAT II's fall at a good time for me except Lit and Hebrew. Hebrew is fine but Lit is iffy for me only b/c i suck at 17th century poetry. so Bio M and/or World History seem the best chances for me. but i can only take AP Bio senior year. also, i want to take world history this year by reading a textbook over the summer and taking notes and studinyg from a test guide. this year, in school, i am studying for the AP Euro independently (also by reading from a textbook but also being facilitated). so would it be my advantage tto take the world SAT II on the october/september date of the SAT in senior year? i'm asking this b/c iom thinking of applying to harvard ED.</p>
<p>3) do colleges look at other students from your high school (i will probably be the only one from my class who applies to harvard just b/c nobody really thinks of going to an ivy in my school)?</p>
<p>Are you still within the top 10% of your graduating class with the two C's? I think that's what will matter to Harvard. I would make sure that you/your coll. counselor addresses it in a letter so the Committee knows the situation because there will be thousands of applicants with no grade lower than a B.</p>
<p>with respect to the SAT II's, considering that you have gotten a 3.96 in all of your secular courses, I am assuming that you are pretty good at math as well as the humanities. Why not try a Math IC or Math IIC test? These tests can be prepped for over the summer, and they are much easier because they follow the same format as the SAT Math, although they may be a tad more difficult.</p>
<p>Don't worry about other kids that are applying. They probably don't care how many they take from a school that much. They just care who they take.</p>
<p>first of all. i am a sophomore who's finishing up my year. also, i have always heard that elite schools don't look at reliious grades, is this true? also, i plan on taking 1 independent study AP and 5 AP's online in the coming two years, so this could possibly outshin those C's, right? also, i am not such a math person. at least, not SAT math, i am better at humanities (800 on USH SAT II). one last thing, my school doesn't do rank, the classes are too small (miune is eleven kids including me). so being in the top 10% would mean being valedictorian. i think i am in that position right now. but not 100% sure of that. also, could my EC's, essay, recs, and standardized test scores oushine those grades as well? thanks to all who respond!</p>
<p>wait, you already have a 800 USH SATII? then just take the Lit and Hebrew. i took Lit and don't remember too much 17th Century poetry (in fact, i don't think there was any on mine)</p>
<p>still, should i even bother applying to any ivy league college b/c of those two friggin C's? i try my best at school and i have B's and higher in my relgiious courses while i have practically straight A's in my secular course. im thinking, are my chances completely ruined?</p>
<p>i got straight Cs or B-s in every subject but english and history throughout high school (at a really competitive top 30 private school but Cs and Bs nonetheless) and just got into Harvard as a transfer after one year of a 3.7 at a mediocre college. Chillax.</p>