<p>I'm currently a sophomore but I've gotten B's and C's in my freshmen and sophomore year (1 C this year, 1 B this year). How bad will those hurt me gpa and college wise?</p>
<p>Depends. Where are you applying?</p>
<p>It really depends on the courses and your school. Is your school known for being easy and giving out As like candy, or very few As are given out? Did you get the B in a course such as organic chemistry or multivariable calculus or did you get them in standard biology or English I?</p>
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<p>Those aren’t high school classes…</p>
<p>Well I’m in the IB program right now (pre-ib) but the school itself is a lower school, it’s only competitive within the IB students. I got a C in precalculus and a B in Chem 1 Pre-IB. Right now I’m very interested in USC, despite it being very competitive, and then my state schools. Though I am a sophomore so I don’t have my heart set on one.</p>
<p>A B isn’t bad at all. But I suggest you do more research on what college you’re looking into.</p>
<p>B’s obviously aren’t as good as A’s, but now that colleges are moving away from GPA and are more and more focused on other aspects of your application, I don’t think you should stress too much over it.</p>
<p>horrible. I hope you’ve looked into your local community college</p>
<p>if you took the above seriously and didn’t see the sarcasm, you should probably try to relax a bit more about your grades</p>
<p>I’d be more concerned about the C. </p>
<p>Just keep your GPA above 3.5.
3.7 if you’re trying to go to top schools. </p>
<p>“now that colleges are moving away from GPA and are more and more focused on other aspects of your application, I don’t think you should stress too much over it”</p>
<p>They don’t care about the actual GPA calculated by the high school, but from what I’ve read colleges care more about grades/transcript than any other factor. You can get into a lot of decent colleges (not HYPSM or anything) with good grades and no extracurriculars but you can’t get into very many universities with straight Ds and great extracurriculars.</p>
<p>“I hope you’ve looked into your local community college”</p>
<p>This comment gets so old. There’s nothing wrong with community college.</p>
<p>Thank you guys, I just want to get into a good school with really good scholarships. Most of the seniors I know now that have gotten full tuition and full rides to schools have gotten straight A’s all four years, so I just wanted to know how bad the B’s and C’s affected those chances, which I guess they have affected them. If I worked a lot harder junior year would I still have a chance? (Not full tuition but just good scholarships?)</p>
<p>And thanks for the sarcasm, man, thanks. I am trying to not stress about my grades too much though.</p>
<p>You’re probably not going to get a full ride to anywhere even if you do have straight As.
A lot of your aid will be need-based anyway, but make sure your test scores are awesome.</p>
<p>@collegebound: work harder NOW. I learned the hard way that I should had focused on sophomore year. If I did, I would had gotten into Purdue with little problem and not be ruled out for scholarships.</p>
<p>Well, I’m allergic, so it gets pretty bad when they sting me.</p>
<p>^
Dammit, I was just trying to think of some comment along the lines of “B’s sting.” :)</p>
<p>B’s aren’t bad but average you could say. I hate B’s but one B won’t kill you haha(:</p>
<p>Bs aren’t bad the average grade is a C believe it or not!!! to be honest colleges are starting to focus more on character, talent. ability, identity, essays and societal contribution. Needles to say grades are still important. BUt having a few slips on grades won’t ruin your chances. I got a C in high school and I was accepted into Fordham, Umiami, Umich, Upitt, Case and villanova. so dont worry!!! but don’t keep working hard!</p>
<p>“the average grade is a C believe it or not!!!”</p>
<p>Not with grade inflation the way it is, but even if it were the average grade, the average person doesn’t go to selective colleges.</p>
<p>The average person doesn’t even go to college at all!!</p>
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<p>@halcyonheather. UW yes weighted is def higher. “Average” people is a vague term but people who are not top of their class can still get into pretty good colleges and be successful</p>
<p>^ i had a typo in my previous post. I meant to keep working hard…</p>