<p>Wow so this semester(1st semester junior year) i might end up with three B's and three A's (at worst). Does this put me out of the running for elite colleges? I have gotten two B's my freshman year, straight A's (4.0) my sophmore year, and now i might end up with three B's. I really screwed up this semester with a job and a lot of other things going on, but I am determined to get a 4.0 next semester. Does this many B's (5 or 6) eliminate me from the top schools? I know I know, each situation ,ec's, SAT scores etc are different. But from a grade standpoint, have people with these grades gotten admitted, and what are my chances? I might end up with a 3.68 - 3.73 (out of 4.0) overall when its all said and done</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter whether you have a 3.7 or a 4.0 if you don't have something to make yourself unique--something that makes you stand out from everyone else (i.e. you can play a varsity sport at the college level). </p>
<p>Harvard could fill a class with 4.0s and 1600s if they wanted to, but they don't because they want some diversity (not that they really have diversity anyways).</p>
<p>My suggestion: Go to a good public school like William and Mary or Upenn or something and spend your money on graduate school. Employers concentrate on where you go for your graduate degree, not your undergraduate. Have fun for four years. </p>
<p>You can tell me Harvard is "fun" all you want. Both people I know who go there don't like it, and they themselves are rather pompous individuals themselves.</p>
<p>Just my opinion..</p>
<p>UPenn is not a public school.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with american system for grads. Dose A covers 80 to 100% or 90 to 100%?</p>
<p>90 to 100 (and usually, that is divided into A-, A, and A+, with A being something like 93-97).</p>
<p>It depends on the system, though. However, it is certainly not 80 to 100, or even close to that.</p>
<p>Thank you, Admiral. If I understand correctly, A+ should be 98-100; A=93-97; A- should be 90-92. Then 88-89 will be B+; 83-87 will be B; 80-82 will be B-.</p>
<p>It's usually similar to that, but remember that different schools have different rankings. Some don't give A+'s, some give 89's A-'s... there are slight differences.</p>
<p>ccyy...What Admiral is trying to say is that the range for a letter grade depends on the school. An example would be 97-100 A+, 93-96, A and 90-92 the equivalent of an A-. This range varies and some schools do not have A+ or A- just straight A, B, C etc. Hope is clearer.</p>
<p>I don't even think Harvard takes A- vs A vs A+ into consideration unless your particular high school uses it to calculate your GPA. Mine does give A-, A, A+, but my school doesn't use it to calculate our GPA so essentially an A- is the same as an A+</p>
<p>i think Harvard would look at both grades, rank, and schedule, but pay closer attention on the rank. Every school is different- some are more compeitive than others, some AP classes are harder or easier, etc. They always try to take everything into consideration, so you are not out of the running.</p>