<p>I'm a junior in high school right now, and I talked to a wash U rep recently, and during our discussion, he told me that it's not THAT big of a deal to get a B, and maybe even one or two C's in advanced classes such as AP and IBs because they like to see people challenging themselves. Now my question is, is this actually true, or is he just making up **** so that he can get my $80 for applying to that school? This goes not only for Wash U, but for all the top-tiers, Ivies, and Top LACs, which is why I posted it here. Also, what is in general a good SAT/ACT score for the top schools?</p>
<p>Straight Bs would be a problem, yes. However, I think his point was that they would rather you take the hardest courses they offer at your school while making a few Bs, than take super easy courses and end up with a 4.0. Especially given that assuming AP and IB are weighted a point higher than regular, your weighted GPA will look just as good.</p>
<p>In terms of SAT...I would say 2200+ is fine anywhere, between 2000 and 2200 won't keep you out of top schools but won't help you much either, and under 2000 is probably going to hurt you. But that's just sort of my conjecture. And obviously, the categories I just gave are pretty broad (adcoms will probably look differently on a 2000 than a 2190, but I had to draw the somewhat arbitrary line somewhere), and there are always extenuating circumstances.</p>
<p>well....supposedly it is true that top schools want to know that you are challenging yourself by taking advanced courses at school.
I guess having a couple of B's in AP/IB courses is a problem only when you are competing with people who take AP/IB, AND also get straight A's at the same time.</p>
<p>oh btw, how does the weighted GPA work with AP/IB?</p>