<p>I just got back my report card for junior year and I received all A's and A+'s except for an A- in IB Math HL and a B+ in IB Spanish. Do colleges really care about Spanish that much? I got a 2210 on my SAT (superscored, two tries) and have a nearly perfect GPA (Math HL and Spanish SL are the only non A's or A+'s I've received in high school), but obviously junior grades are the most important. How much will a B+ in junior year spanish hurt? </p>
<p>noah: tell me one college in this hemisphere where a single B+ is a negative. Name one.</p>
<p>Don’t tell me you’re that kid who stresses over the single B+. Say it ain’t so.</p>
<p>I wasn’t too stressed initially, but my mom is really angry at me and thinks this will prevent me from getting in to Penn ED. I’m not really that stressed, but I’m wondering how much this will hurt my chances. It’s probably going to prevent me from being in the top 5% of my class. </p>
<p>A few remarks–Foreign Language is considered a core course, so it isn’t a good idea to dismiss it as unimportant. Colleges consider foreign language as a requirement because they value what it teaches you.</p>
<p>A B+ in an impressive record such as you have isn’t a big deal. It does not require all A’s to get into a top college. All A isn’t really that different from all A plus one B-- both are academically qualified and other parts of the application will come into play. It is pretty sick to my mind for a parent to get ‘mad’ in that case, that is just really over obsessive. Unfortunately it is easy to get caught up and forget the bigger picture.</p>
<p>But the rank thing is unfortunate. Your school must have very high performing students, or there is grade inflation.</p>