<p>Hi everyone! I'm currently a junior and I've had 4 B's throughout my highschool career and they were all in gym. 8 semesters of gym are required in my school and I'm currently in my sixth semester. I luckily pulled throug with an A last semester and I'm proud. I have pretty bad asthma and get windswept pretty easily, but I'm expected to do the mile in under 7 minutes like evrybody else, and during every week we run the mile, and it accounts for around 20is percent of our grade. I'm in all AP and honors classes and get straight A's without much difficulty, but would those B's hurt me if I'm applying to top-notch schools?</p>
<p>it seems a bit ridiculous to me that if you legitimately have asthma that they would expect a 7-minute mile. it seems pretty unhealthy to be constantly pushing yourself that hard if it can cause further damage. is there any way you can get a doctor to write you a note explaining your situation to your gym teacher(s)?</p>
<p>Please don't tell me they count that in your GPA...</p>
<p>Colleges would be more accepting of that I think. (Actually, I doubt they would even care).</p>
<p>Ask if gym is counted the GPA at your HS, as RedStorm suggests, it's unlikely. If yes, the colleges will likely recalculate without the gym grades. Don't worry, gym grades are not going to get you into, or keep you out of, any particular college.</p>
<p>Maybe your school is like mine - gym does not count toward GPA.
However our gym classes are rediculously easy. We do the mile once a year, and as long as you do it under 15 minutes you're fine. So you can walk the mile and still pass. Grades are also only based on effort and attitude. So even if you suck at volleyball but you put in some effort and aren't whiney, you get an A.
Also I think most colleges won't look at gym grades anyway.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Bottom line, colleges won't care. If you otherwise have a good record, colleges will credit Bs to bad gym teachers and not to your possible lack of effort.</p>
<p>It might affect your GPA/class rank, but college would not care about gym grade.</p>
<p>A lot of colleges recalculate your GPA based only on academic classes.</p>