Question for All Incoming Freshman to Top Schools

<p>Thanks for all the responses :D. Any more?</p>

<p>I got a B- in Honors Trig, and a B+ in Spanish and Honors Biology</p>

<p>I got into Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Wesleyan</p>

<p>Seriously, you don't need a 4.0... although it probably helps :)</p>

<p>mine was a weighted 4.29 senior year which translates to roughly a 3.7 (several APs and honors), and junior year, i'd say it was a 3.6 (3.85 weighted)</p>

<p>Going to ND, but had a lot of other things going for me (legacy, brain surgery at age 16, dad dean of admissions at ivy league school)</p>

<p>Why not go to that Ivy League school, then?...and congrats on ND!</p>

<p>Because I liked ND a lot and I think it's more about the individual experience than the prestige/namebrand of a school. Also, I know kids who have been dying to go there since age 4 and why take that spot just "because I can"?</p>

<p>when I said I had a lot of other things going for me, I meant things that would look good on an app, not things going on outside of that</p>

<p>and thanks!</p>

<p>7 B/B+'s</p>

<p>ND, NU, Gtown, Berkeley, BC</p>

<p>Wow, thanks. So a couple of 84s won't ruin my chance at HYP?</p>

<p>nope, got into duke with soem B's</p>

<p>I got into two top 20 schools (without any hook) with 3 C's and 2 D's on my transcript. Grades aren't everything.</p>

<p>Got into Cal Berkeley (OOS) and Dartmouth with a B in APUSH first semester. Then I went into regular US history and got an A (I was never a history buff.)</p>

<p>I had a B in 9th grade Latin I and a B in 10th grade Pre-calculus honors (even though it was an 89.98%... .02% from an A). I was accepted at Columbia, Olin, Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, and Cornell, waitlisted at Yale, and rejected from HPS.</p>

<p>I had a bunch of B's, and maybe a C+ semester. Subjects ranging from math to foreign language to drafting. 3.67 overall GPA. Pomona College 2012. Non-athlete white boy.</p>

<p>bumpppppp=)</p>

<p>I have my high school transcript right in front of me actually. Out of 7 classes a semester for 4 years, the total number of semesters would be 56. Out of those 56 semesters, I got 32 B's and one C. I had next to no extracurriculars, I was not a legacy, and I got around 640 on every section of the SAT.</p>

<p>I got into a number of schools (did not want to go to UMD), so I went to the University of Mary Washington. I got one B each semester (rest As), and transfered into UVA still without any extracurriculars.</p>

<p>So now, I attend the University of Virginia.</p>

<p>D got straight As...and had good test scores. She applied and was rejected from Stanford, Yale, Princeton. Admitted Harvard, waitlisted Brown and Penn (go figure). I doubt many Ivies take students with many Bs and Cs. It is hard enough getting in with straight As. If you think you have a shot and are not legacy, minority, or athlete...apply to as many schools as possible. That will increase your chances. Good luck..It also helps to have done something other kids you know haven't done... that will make you more interesting to the admissions committee. Good luck!</p>

<p>Through junior year, I received five B's: Honors Geometry, Honors Chemistry, Honors World History, AP Physics B, Spanish 2. Now, Class of 2012 College of William and Mary, out of state female.</p>

<p>Thanks. Any more successful stories?:D</p>

<p>^ haha it's actually 28% but same diff.... =]</p>

<p>I had 4 B's through my junior year (1 freshman, 1 sophomore, 2 Junior,) and I was accepted to Northwestern and WashU (waitlisted at Hopkins, and on a 'shortlist' for UChicago)</p>