<p>I have a question. My school puts 1st Semester, 2nd Semester, and Final Grades on our transcript. My problem is that what if they see the upward trend from 1st Semster to 2nd Semester but Final Grade still comes out to an 88 or something how do they view that? BTW, how many B's are too many? What grades(fr. soph jr. sn) count when they view your transcript? Any advice will do.</p>
<p>any advice</p>
<p>It's basically impossible to say. A girl from our school who has around a 4.6 weighted GPA (straight A's, including A's in college level math courses beyond multi-variable calc) got deferred for EA at Harvard. Certainly you can't get more stellar a record than that, but it apparently didn't cut it for them. Why? Who knows.</p>
<p>Conversely, another person from our school got into Stanford early with at least two B's per year (and this semester he ended up with almost straight B's). </p>
<p>Grades are really evaluted on a case by case basis. I'm sure schools take into consideration the classes you're taking, the school you're at, the oppertunities you've been given- that kind of thing.There isn't one number of B's that you can get, and I bet Harvard even occasionally takes people who have a C here and there.</p>
<p>There's just no way of predicting, although the concrete answer would be to just work your hardest and get as many A's as you can. I would think Harvard understands that sometimes things happen (your grandparents die during finals time, your teacher has a personal grudge against you, you were out ill for a month) and that applicants aren't perfect. They certainly don't fill their entire class with straight A students. </p>
<p>No matter how many B's you have on your transcript, I think you just need to have the attitude like "This transcript is what it is, it can't be changed. I worked as hard as I could and this is what came of it. If Harvard feels the need to reject me for doing my best (which is a B), then that's their problem and their loss." There is no use crying over a grade that is already final. You can only make peace with it and continue to work hard and try your best.</p>
<p>Very well stated.</p>
<p>"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."</p>