<p>How bad do Cs hurt your chances when applying to top colleges such as HYPSM?</p>
<p>Due to my ignorance, I didn't pay attention to my grades too much this year. I might end up with a C or C+ final grade in my math class (Algebra 2/Pre-Calc). I'm a freshman.</p>
<p>dunno. Never gotten one.</p>
<p>Here on CC we do not know the meaning of “C”.</p>
<p>Serious thread should be serious. >:O</p>
<p>Stanford doesn’t even look at freshman grades.</p>
<p>But apparently Yale does.</p>
<p>Yeah, when Yale sees your transcript, all classes in which you have received under a B- don’t even appear. Yale just considers them classes that you never took.</p>
<p>So I never took a math class freshman year?</p>
<p>Yea, that’s going to hurt your application quite a bit. Yale prefers that you take math classes.</p>
<p>Well, if you’re taking Calculus next year and do well, I don’t think it’ll be that bad.</p>
<p>The letter C is a myth, but anyways in all seriousness, a C can easily kill a cumulative GPA, but just do well and don’t get another. You will be fine.</p>
<p>I would refrain from listening to those who say that one C will really hurt your application. It’s a problem, but it is one that can be ameliorated by other factors in your application. Princeton and stanford don’t even look at freshman year grades and the other 3 are going to weight it less than your sophomore, junior, and senior year grades (though MIT would probably have a problem with you getting a C in a math class, because just “not paying attention” will not get you a C if you are inherently good at math). Use this as a learning experience and make sure to not get any more Cs. </p>
<p>Jersey 13: Are you sure about the Yale thing, because, won’t it still wind up on the transcript your high school sends? Whether they choose to count it as a class or not, they’ll still see it, correct?</p>
<p>I thought my sarcasm was pretty blatant.</p>
<p>So I saw “Cs” and immediately thought “computer science!” …shows you where my mind’s gone. ;P</p>
<p>Anyways, since you’re a freshman, that C won’t hit too hard. Just do better next year - colleges really dig the upward trend. =D</p>
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<p>wait, how do you know that?</p>
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I will reiterate, I was being sarcastic</p>
<p>im going to be honest here…</p>
<p>unless your a minority or have killer extracurriculars that C is going to screw you over big time.</p>
<p>its a 3 on an honors scale and a 2 on a regular scale. its a rubbishy grade that will affect your overall gpa greatly. sorry to be the bearer of bad news but its the truth.</p>
<p>haha well you can’t do that with cc people. you will manage to completely freak people out.</p>
<p>md5hash: I’m an URM (SE Asian from Indonesia). Also, this class is weighted as AP, though it isn’t necessarily an AP course.</p>
<p>^ Unfortunately that’s not considered an URM</p>