<p>So I'm aiming for an Ivy League school (Stanford) or most likely UC Berekely or UCLA. So far I've had 4 C's (3 C+ and a C-) in my pre calc/ calculus classes. I thought I would give BC Calculus a try but I have a C or a C+ which will be my final grade. My weighted GPA is a 3.8. I strive to do well in most of my classes and get A's or B's. I've done a lot of extracurricular activities and have been to many countries in (Europe, Asia, Africa, etc). My sister is a Stanford Alumni. I'm black, and live with my single mother (father died when i was two). I've volunteered at a homeless shelter ever since the 6th grade (I'm in 11th grade now). I got nominated for a leadership. Program that i did last summer. And Brown sent me a summer program letter that I'm probably going to enroll in.</p>
<p>Will this extra C hurt my chances of getting in to a good school? Should I just drop out of the class so this grade won't be in my transcript?
And honestly should I even bother applying to Stanford? Be honest about my chances but not to Harsh. I love the school very much and I would love to get in</p>
<p>We don’t have enough information mate. A C isn’t going to kill you, but without your SAT scores we can’t really say whether or not you’ll be getting in. If your a math/engineering major, the constant trend of C’s in math isn’t going to look good.</p>
<p>Also FYI : Stanford is not an Ivy League school. It is a fantastic and very selective university, but it is not Ivy League. The Ivies are all on the East Coast and it refers to a football league, if I recall. There are only 8 Ivies: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, and U Penn.</p>
<p>Without seeing all your stats I am going to assume those schools are unrealistic if your weighted GPA is a 3.8 (especially since you don’t want your unweighted GPA to be below a 3.8 for these schools). Of course they also look at your scores, rank, ECs, essays, recommendations and so on, but if you don’t have the grades needed top schools become unrealistic very quickly.
Adding to this, like others already said, one C won’t kill your chances, but if you already have four on your transcript, a fifth is not going to effect much (your transcript is already weakened by the other four Cs).</p>