question about transcript for admission

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Hello, on the Stanford website they say "Our most competitive applicants often have 4 years of English, 4 years of math (including Calculus), 4 years of social studies, 4 years of science (including Biology, Chemistry and Physics) and 4 years of a foreign language." And for their recommended preparation they have this: <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/1_2a1_acaprep.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/1_2a1_acaprep.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I only have 3 years of foriegn language and 3 years of history/social science so I fufill the recommended prepartion, but not what they said before. Would this hurt me?</p>

<p>Also, In 10th grade I got 2 Bs one 1st semester and one 2nd semester in AP government, but in 11th grade I got all As with taking the hardest courseload. Also, in 11th grade I did not take any history/social science class since I did not have any room. Would those 2 Bs hurt me or would they show I can't handle the rigor of history/social science classes?</p>

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<p>it's a freaking B</p>

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<p>If you are a STAR with an incredible HOOK, no problem.</p>

<p>Otherwise, it sounds like your schedule was not planned very well. </p>

<p>There was always the possibility of taking extra social studies and languages at a community college or with independent study. </p>

<p>Without them, you are not "most competitive."</p>

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<p>I was in the same position. I'm a physics major at Stanford how, so social sciences/history and foreign language weren't my top priorities. It depends which classes you have taken and how advanced those social sciences/history and foreign language classes are. I took French through AP French Language which I imagine would be perfectly fine (it's the equivalent of 4th year language after all). For social sciences/history I did debate and MUN, then took the required regular history class for 9th grade plus AP US and AP World History. Maybe a bit weak in social science/history... I ended up taking 6 year-long science classes plus a year of computer science instead, so I guess that was ok?</p>