junior year mistakes...help please

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I've kind of messed up my junior year slightly in terms of grades, so I'm looking for some honest advice. Here are my high school grades for each semester</p>

<p>Freshman Year</p>

<p>Honors Algebra II A/A
Honors English A/A
PE/Health A/A
World Studies A/A
Orchestra A/A
Spanish 200 A/A
Biology A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year</p>

<p>Honors Precalc A/A
Humanities English Honors A/A
Humanities Amer. History Honors A/A
Orchestra A/A
Spanish 300 A/A
Honors Chem A/A
Honors Physics A/A</p>

<p>Junior Year</p>

<p>AP Calc BC B/C
Honors Brit Lit A/A
AP Gov A/A
Orchestra A/A
Spanish 400 Honors A/A
AP Chem A/A
AP Bio A/A</p>

<p>I'm really worried about the C I got second semester in Calc. I think the grade was given unfairly, so I'm trying to appeal it, but I'm preparing myself in case I have to live with the C. Am I overreacting, or will this really hurt me in admissions. I'm getting mixed messages from people I ask, some people saying it'll really hurt and others saying its not a big deal, so I wanted to put it up on CC to see what you guys think. In case it helps, here are some schools i'm planning on applying to:</p>

<p>U of M
USC
Michigan State
Northwestern
Stanford
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Columbia</p>

<p>Here's my senior schedule</p>

<p>AP Physics C
AP Euro
AP Econ
AP Spanish 500
Orchestra
AP Eng
Indv Sports/ Web Design</p>

<p>Just give me your honest opinion. I'm kind of freaking out because of the things some people have said, hopefully its for naught.</p>

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<p>Well, seeing that you got As in everything else, colleges will might assume that you had a very hard teacher…of course a C is not the best thing in the world, but I don’t think it will be a deciding factor in keeping you out of a college.</p>

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<p>well, your senior schedule and your previous classes all look good except for calc.
i know that without a doubt, you’ll get into state. your michigan chances are pretty good as well.
however, you only posted your academic info, and not test scores and extracurriculars, so i don’t know of your chances elsewhere.</p>

<p>idk about stanford though. sorry. :(</p>

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<p>If you think one B and one C out of 21 different classes is bad, your crazy. I’d actually say congratulations on your academics as a whole and that you have nothing to be worried about.</p>