<p>ok, so I talked with my counselor and she told me that colleges know, at least for my school, that two individual term grades of a a semester are averaged into a final semester grade, it is in favor of the higher grade (ex. A + B = A). But I am taking IB classes, which do not give out semester grade, because IB classes are year-long, unlike year-long AP that is split into 2 semester, each technically being its own course. </p>
<p>My 2nd term grades are worse than my first, but since colleges know how semester grades are averaged, will they take this into account?</p>
<p>IB English HL- A,B
IB Math HL-B,C (idk how this class is taught at your school, but it's insanely hard here)
IB Chemistry HL-A,B
IB History of Americas SL-B,A
IB Theory of Knowledge-A,A
AP Physics C-A,B (This class will show put into my transcript as an A)</p>
<p>Also, if you think about it, when college see midyear reports with all As, it's possible, that the student got all As the 1st term and all Bs the 2nd term. IF you average my grades, it'd be 5 As and 1 B (that looks great right?). Also since IB courses are year-long, I have another semester to do well; I just suffered through a rough term, but it should not have a monumental impact on my final performance.</p>
<p>Lastly, our county does not give out numerical grades: all As (90-100) aer the same, all Bs (80-89) are the same, etc.</p>