How will a C in an honors class look?

Applying to College
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<p>So for my entire high school I've been a pretty solid A student with a couple B's. Junior year I had the horrible mistake of taking honors chemistry... honestly i did everything i could to get by in that class with a tutor and everything but it was like rocket science to me- no joke. i barely passed chem honors with a C. </p>

<p>I got all A's in my classes including A's in two AP's and one B and one C in chem honors... both semesters.<br>
I have a lot of EC's including club president, internships, volunteer.. etc. etc. my sat's are okay (500-600 rage as of this moment) and i'm hoping it'll go up october. </p>

<p>plus i'm taking more honors and AP's senior year which i'm confident about because i actually like the subjects and i just know i won't get a C. </p>

<p>bottom line... how bad will a C look? technically it counted as a B since it is an honors source but i mean it's still a C... i haven't gotten a C since the 6th grade :/ </p>

<p>Plus my school is known to have rigorous academics ( i don't know if that goes into account in the admission process)</p>

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<p>Depends if the colleges you’re applying to use weighted GPA’s, and if you want to be a science major. If the answers are yes and no, respectively, you should be fine.</p>

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<p>my major is nowhere near a chemistry major… haha!</p>

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<p>One C won’t kill you. Don’t let it get you down :P</p>

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<p>Wow! I have a very similar situation to you: I took AP Chemistry in my junior year first semester and dropped it with a C+. (Teacher’s policy is to only keep A and B students.) Unfortunately, I proceeded to get a C in Pre-Calculus also…>_<; I do dislike the math/science field. Check out my thread to see my grades if you’d like:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1197845-what-your-initial-thoughts-upon-seeing-transcript.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1197845-what-your-initial-thoughts-upon-seeing-transcript.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Overall though, I still have a shred of hope at least…if your EC’s are strong and you can bring up your test scores, and your interest is not math/science, I don’t think it will matter much. I talked to my counselor about this in the spring and she told me as long as I take challenging courses my senior year to show colleges I’m not slacking off again, then I’ll be okay…good luck!</p>