I got a C...

Applying to College
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Hello, so I might get a C, C+, or B- in AP Calculus this semester. I have never gotten a C in my life and only a few Bs on AP classes. Will this hurt my chances at acceptance?

Current classes & Predicted Letter Grades:

AP Calculus: C, C+ or B-
Anatomy: A-, A
AP Literature: A-, A
AP Microeconimics: A-, A
Visual Basic: A
AP Physics: B+, A-

I’m applying to some good schools: Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, USC, UofM, Northwestern, NYU, Boston College, Boston University, Notre Dame, Cornell, Stanford

Weighted GPA: 3.87
Weighted GPA this semester: ~4.03-4.1

Is this going to really hurt my chances? I can’t believe I’m so stupid :frowning:

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My reasoning if you’d like to hear it: hard courseload, lots of extracurriculars = not enough time in the day

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Are you talking about a C for fall semester? And do the schools asked for midyear reports?

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Applying to Stanford, USC, NYU, UMich, and other schools mentioned in the OP.

Wow…quite a list of reaches.

What are your safeties?

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Not saying your grades are bad, per se, but you’re gunning for all of your schools to be top of the top class. None of those seem like a safety school and there is a decent chance you’ll get accepted to none of them(realistically, ONE will accept you).

One C isn’t going to kill you. But get some safeties in there.

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Hey everyone, thanks for the replies. I do have safeties, all of which were EA. I live in Michigan, safeties: MSU, Pitt, UMass, Purdue