midyear report grades?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>so throughout my entire high school career, i've received one B in a summer school spanish 2 class (keep in mind i'm asian so it's not my native language!). with time (lol) i've reconciled with that one B that marred my record but with finals coming up, i've come to realize that i'm gonna get the 2nd B in my career for 1st semester AP Calc BC :(</p>

<p>how much are midyear grades worth? btw, i will have all As in AP Lit, AP Macroecon, AP Bio, Journalism, and my sport.</p>

<p>thanks for helping with my paranoia :/</p>

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<p>^ I second this question. Ironically, I've got a B in the exact same class...first B ever.....89.3.......................GRRRRRR haha</p>

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<p>boo our calculus classes :(</p>

<p>someone please help us by answering the question?</p>

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<p>got a B in calc BC too.</p>

<p>too many people have asked about this in the Brown forum. Nobody knows the answer...</p>

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<p>^ I think that's true for a helluva lot of questions on CC haha.</p>

<p>The vast majority of us (aside from interviewers or college reps with CC profiles) have no idea about certain intricacies of the admissions process. It's a delicate art, and we're total n00bs :)</p>

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<p>if your application is already strong, a B will not do anything...</p>

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<p>it's not going to matter.</p>

<p>you're only human, and calc is a tough class...they know that</p>

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if your application is already strong, a B will not do anything...

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<p>Though it is usual on such threads to provide soothing reassurance, "don't worry, everything will be fine", things didn't seem so fine on the Stanford Slaughter ED thread, in which scores of strong applications were rejected. It must be so, for with 30,000 applications to go review, the Adcoms have to reject 28,000. </p>

<p>When you want to beat your dog, any stick will do. * Stanford Adcoms *have to beat 28,000 dogs, as it were, and are in want of sticks. They've got what like what, 7 minutes to review each application? Doesn't a Senior Year B hand a sorely taxed Adcom reviewer a convenient, valid, defensible and timely reason to reject?</p>

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<p>though i see your point, JW, i highly doubt that's how the process works.</p>

<p>otherwise, you would only see people with 4.0s getting in, and that obviously is untrue.</p>

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<p>thanks so much for the responses guys! anyone else wanna add input?</p>

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<p>I agree with 2legit. Even though it may be possible that the adcoms DO use that process to weed out weaknesses, I don't think they use that to shoot you down -- it probably acts more of a magnifying glass that puts everything else in your application at 2x importance. If they see that weakness made up in other parts of your app, then it'll be of benefit to you if the weakness is recoverable (i.e. no jailtime, drugs, suspensions, etc). If no, well then...we probably all know the answer...it will happen to 28,000 of us in two months.</p>

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<p>omg i think i still remember your columbia picture, you are so cute!!! <_<</p>

<p>anyways...</p>

<p>Iono I'm starting to think they just have the midyears so that they can see we aren't slacking off with senioritis affliction.</p>

<p>GPA doesn't really mean **** I think.
Me and this other girl got 2+ B's on our transcripts but were the only 2 to get deferred at our school over 15 others, many who never recieved anything less than an A on their transcripts. So yeah, don't worry I guess</p>

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<p>haha I usually stay away from the stanford threads because honestly they make me feel inadequate, but I'm glad there are people in the EXACT same situation as me... 89.46 in my first semester of BC calc... hah it's a bummer but it's not like I was expecting a stanford acceptance anyway.</p>

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<p>I wonder how many 4.0 students are the victim of calc? I am!</p>

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<p>^i'm so opposite. i got a B in algebra and yet an A in calc ....... calc is just more fun LOL</p>

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<p>I think a fluctuation in rank would be weighted much more heavily. </p>

<p>I hope so, anyways. I went from 6 to 2.</p>