<p>My question might seem a bit naive or silly but I would like to know how people see this here. Should I be worried if I get a B in one of my classes in the first semester of freshman year in college? I might want to attend a top grad school...</p>
<p>How many Bs can one have over the four years to still be competitive enough for a top grad school? I know that the fewer the better but still...</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Dude, it’s fine. Lots of people get B’s. If grad school admission was limited to only those with a 4.0, there wouldn’t be many students there lol.</p>
<p>Your inquiries are essentially irrelevant. I can only tell you to try your best: try your best, and let the chips fall where they may. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Haha, I expected that some of you would think that I am now all depressed because of my B and I condemn everyone around me who has worse grades. This isn’t really the case though:)
I don’t care much about my grades because I’m in college to enjoy it but this question just came to my mind as I wasn’t sure how hard it is to get into grad school. If I keep on performing like this, let’s say one B/semester (although it might be pretty unlikely that I will be able to sustain this), am I gonna have a good enough GPA for a good grad school?</p>
<p>I just wanna know how i compare to those other prospective grad school applicants who <em>will</em> be accepted…</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>If Grad School didn’t accept people with B’s, basically no one in my college would ever go to Grad School. My school is renown for grade deflation. As long as you maintain a good GPA overall, don’t worry too much about the occasional B. The point is to learn and try your best. =)</p>
<p>Chill out. Learn to not be perfect all the time, seriously. This question is ridiculous.</p>
<p>What grad school are you aiming for?</p>
<p>I’m not an authority, but isn’t your GRE score what they look at?</p>
<p>Successful students on CC never get many B’s. Better pick up the studying.</p>
<p>One B is not going to sink an application. Keep in mind, though, that some top grad programs (i.e. Harvard/Yale/Stanford law and med) usually don’t take students with a GPA below a 3.8, unless the applicant is from a minority or disadvantaged background.</p>
<p>^Which would almost necessiate (not a word, but too lazy to think of something) straight A’s.</p>
<p>I assume this must apply to Ph.D programs as well.</p>
<p>I got straight-Bs my first semester and only a little better my second term. I don’t think I got a 4.0 any semester, but I still wound up getting admitted to some pretty top grad schools.</p>