One B ruin my shot?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, if I plan on majoring on biomedical engineering, but I received a B in IB biology 1 my sophomore year, does this ruin my shot? My school is IB and there is IB Biology 2 which I plan to take my senior year. If I do well on biology 2 senior year, my sat II biology subject test, and get a research position at a university, will this be enough to compensate the B I got in IB Biology 1? My other grades (math, physics) are very good (chemistry is ok), it is really just that biology class.

I have all the other factors pretty well covered (High act, overall good gpa, leadership positions, lots of good ec, some statewide awards, lots of volunteer hours)
I know there are many factors that go into an admission decision, but from a grades perspectives, do I still have a shot at:

Umich
Georgia Tech (rip)
UVA
Northwestern
Purdue
UCLA
Cal (rip)
BU
Northeastern

Basically I’m asking if the B I got in sophomore year in biology ruined my chances everywhere.

Thanks

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nah u good

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You’ll be fine.

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looks like I’m just overthinking, thanks @jackoneill @zbthsjunior

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nah the b isnt gonna be a major factor but some of these schools are a crapshoot regardless so

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Just get over it and study hard for S2. Don’t take AP bio if you cant handle it (that course is pretty notorious at my school)

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Perhaps my personal experience can help. I got my one and only B my junior year in AP Calculus BC (albeit only the first semester). I’m now a senior, and I’ve still gotten in early to UMich and Berkeley, for Ross and economics respectively, so no, 1 B will not hurt you! And since you’re a sophomore, you will have junior year to show that that 1 B did not affect you. A lot of my classmates got their first B sophomore year, and I’m sure they will all be fine.

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@0x0001 by s2 you mean the subject test right? And our school doesn’t have AP Bio, just IB one and two

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To answer your question: no.

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No… I got into UChicago with a couple Bs. (And I’m Asian (Chinese)) It doesn’t make any difference.

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@kjake2000 haha both sat II bio and semester 2

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Definitely not!