Junior Year Grades Question

Applying to College
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I have been constantly reminded that Junior year grades are the most important grades for college admission. However, my average for an ap Bio class was a B- for the first marking period of my Junior Year. (The school I attend has four marking period grades and a final grade rather than semester grades). I brought my final grade up to an A- at the end with better marking period grades for 2,3,4 . Would that B- hinder my chances of getting into Elite schools? In other words, are individual marking period grades decision factor in the admission process?

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Schools use your final grades.

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If your quarterly grades are on your transcript, colleges will certainly look at and consider them.

At my D’s school, GPA is calculated with every quarterly grade - the final grade in a course is actually meaningless to a GPA.

But a B- and (presumably) three A’s are basically equivalent to an overall A-, so it doesn’t really matter.