<p>Yeah I know how you guys are feeling. I got a 93 in my first semester of AP Calc AB, but only because she ended up calculating our grades without our midterms, on which i scored a.....(wait for it).....57! Great I know. Actually one of the higher grades. The lowest was a 42. I guess I'm just glad it didn't get factored in, so by the time final grades come out, it might not be so bad, and it will matter less.</p>
<p>first of all, midyear grades don't even go on your transcript, contrary to what someone said ("first b on my transcript"). second of all, columbia would rather have you making b's in ap's than a's in non-ap's. plus, ap's weight your gpa anyway. so chill out, there's nothing you can do about it at this point.</p>
<p>I agree with emilylime16's last point. I was really stressing because I did not do as well as I wanted to on my midterms. But it's all said and done and there is nothing I can do about it now, so everyone might as well start relaxing and anxiously waiting for the colleges to respond.</p>
<p>My school sends our the midyear grades on transcripts. They just take the transcript, and add the grades to the respective section (AP Calculus to the Math section, under last year's Pre-Calc, etc.) So like, they see how I went from, say, 95 to an 85...in almost every class.</p>
<p>This sucks!</p>
<p>But the good thing is that they don't send my report card (with my absences, latenesses, ohhhhh boy lol)</p>
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<p>Um, no. Stanford used to have a Q&A that went something like:</p>
<p>Q: Is it better to have A's in easier classes or B's in harder classes?</p>
<p>A: Most of our admitted students have A's in the hardest classes.</p>
<p>haha...according to Stanford: don't worry, just get A's in the hardest classes...hahah</p>
<p>What's so funny? We're talking about the top colleges in the land. They're cherrypicking the best and brightest HS seniors at the thousands of competitive high schools. There are a sufficient number of HS seniors across America who have taken the hardest classes and who have earned mostly A's. There's no need for most top schools to have to choose between the kid with a 4.0 in basketweaving and the kid with the 3.2 in APs.</p>