<p>Would it look really bad if I got a B or C in AP Physics C or AP Chemistry? AP Physics C is very difficult. Colleges must realize that, right, and be lenient with me?
Do C's ruin transcripts or are they seen as just a bit lower than B's?</p>
<p>Edit: I'm a junior and next year I will be applying to Hamilton College ED, a couple Ivies, and a few LAC's. The other classes I'm taking this year are AP Calc AB, AP Psych, Honors English, and Spanish 3.</p>
<p>Overworried student is overworried</p>
<p>Multiple C’s… especially later in your career… will hurt you significantly for Ivies or top schools…</p>
<p>Colleges realize AP Physics C is a hell of a lot harder than say Life Sciences, but a C is still a low grade for virtually any school… </p>
<p>A B isn’t a huge deal as long as you get mostly A’s</p>
<p>If you had great ec’s, colleges would probably overlook a C or two… but you have to realize that for the Ivies they have thousands and thousands of applicants who got A’s AP Chem and Physics…</p>
<p>Don’t lose motivation, just realize where you are…</p>
<p>But most people dont get As. They are for smart people. I bet most people get Bs and Cs which is ok. I think if you cant get strait As, then you shouldnt go to a college with all really smart people. You wouldnt fit in i bet.</p>
<p>No, they don’t realize how difficult any class is. YOU’RE SCREWED!!!111!!!11!!!1!</p>
<p>Really, I doubt they care about how “hard” a certain class is. Lenient? I think not.
For any AP classes, C’s don’t really look nice. Actually, C’s don’t look nice for ANY classes.</p>
<p>Colleges look at three things when they look at high school course work:
<p>All three are just as important when a college recievs your app. Assuming you don’t flunk a class altogether, it is hard for a college to prioritize someone who takes all electives and getting a 4.0 than someone who has been in the honors/AP Track and has a 3.7.</p>
<p>A “B” grade in any AP Class isn’t the end of the world in any means. It won’t negativly affect your weighted GPA (unless every hour of every day is an AP in which A) You are a better man than I and B) It will have a negative impact since, after all, its Grade Point AVERAGE) and, even after getting two semesters worth of Bs I still managed to get a 5 on the AP Chem exam. If you do manage to get a B, though, try and get yourself back up to an A by the next grading period. Colleges will look at the difference between grades, see the improvement, and you still could be in the running for admission. While this isn’t as true for a C, it still applies. Just make sure you bump your grade up as high as humanly possible.</p>
<p>Not getting a 4.0 doesn’t neccesaraly make you an idiot unable to apply to any college without the word “community” in its name. Sure you might have made some dumb mistakes allong the way, but as long as bad grades are the exception you should be on track to getting into a great college.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I currently have A’s in all of those class except Spanish III. I’m merely looking forward to what may happen come 3rd quarter or so when my classes get more difficult.</p>
<p>At least with my AP Chem class, the content didn’t get much harder second semester. Sure we had to do every single prediction problem ever used on an AP exam (including B versions) and a fair amount of free response practice in the last few months before the exam, but the ideas are all just harder varients of what a normal chem class faces. So, as long as you have had chemistry before, no fears at least from the chemistry side.</p>
<p>Can’t speak for Physics C at the time; I’m currently taking the class and yawning at the difficulty of some of the easier content.</p>
<p>If you’ve gotten all A’s so far, then your fine.</p>
<p>Think of a C like 2 B’s.</p>
<p>For Ivies, Bs or Cs could kill you, even in AP chem and AP physics. Remember, many people are applying who are just as good as you otherwise, except they have As in those classes. Obviously, they will be accepted.</p>