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<p>heyyy (:</p>

<p>okay so im a sophomore in high school (in Georgia if that matters at all), and I'm taking AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>I love the course as it is challenging and interesting, and I understand the material, but the tests in my class are <em>impossibly difficult</em> and I just cant seem to do well.</p>

<p>anyways, the semester is almost over and there is NO way I can have an A in there. tests are weighted 65%, and, since im NOT doing well on tests, my grade's at a solid 86. with any luck, the final exam on Tuesday can bump me up to an 87.49.</p>

<p>will a B in HS look crappy on my college app? especially to ivy league schools such as harvard or princeton? or will me taking APCalcBC as a sophomore balance that out?</p>

<p>thanks for any support you can offer (:</p>

<p><3 Little Miss Worried</p>

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<p>The significance of the B is relative. Does 90% of your class get As, even if they’re juniors? If so, the B is really bad. Is it more like 20% get As and 50% get Bs? That’s better. Its significance will also decrease a lot if you do much better next semester, pulling your grade up to a B+ for the course. (If that’s the case, hopefully your transcript will show grades for each semester, not just each course; I know mine did, but I don’t know if that’s true everywhere.) It will also decrease a lot if you take some sort of continuing math (not statistics) next year and do well in that, too.</p>

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<p>Okayy thanks (: I should do well on the exam. It’s just that my teacher makes harder ?'s to challenge us. I already have a B+ btww.</p>

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<p>That’s pretty discouraging.</p>