<p>How negatively will my senior grades impact me?
I have always been a straight A student... until senior year.
Freshman year:
Honors World History/Geography A A
Honors English 9 A A
Honors Math Year 3 A A
Honors Biology A A
Spanish 2 A A
Symphony Band A A
Honors Academic Decathlon A A</p>
<p>Soph year:
AP Human Geography A A
Honors English 10 A A
Honors Precalculus 11 A A
AP Biology A A
AP Chemistry A A
Honors Physics A A
Honors Spanish 3 A A</p>
<p>Junior year:
AP US History A A
AP Language and Composition A A
AP Calculus AB/BC A A
AP Physics C A A
AP Psychology A A
Honors Science Research A A
AP Spanish 4 A A</p>
<p>Senior Year (projected first semester grades):
AP US Government B
AP Literature and Composition A
Honors Multivariable Calculus/ Differential Equations B
Engineering 102 (high school course taken through state university)
AP Spanish 5 A or B (its in the border)
AP Statistics B</p>
<p>I'm applying to WUSTL early and schools like UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Northwestern, etc. regular.</p>
<p>You’re taking difficult classes and getting B’s in them. Especially during the time when you’re stressed with College apps. </p>
<p>Try to make an inference as to how college adcoms are going to think about you in terms of that situation. You’re not even applying to Ivy’s so relax.</p>
<p>Relax, I do not think these will have much of any impact. For things to really impact an application, I would say C’s would be a little alarming and less.</p>
<p>I really do think it won’t make a difference. It’s not like you took Cooking class your senior year for an easy A and got a B. The classes you’re getting Bs in are AP/Honors (aka HARD).
You did say these are your projected grades, though. I’m guessing that means you still have time left, which could also mean that one 100 could bring your grade back up to an A.
If that’s not the case, though, it won’t kill you.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to this:
“Ivy League” doesn’t directly translate to “the only schools in the world that are super-selective”. All of the schools in the sports conference just happen to be selective.
By this logic, someone who is applying to MIT but has a few Bs shouldn’t be nervous because MIT, although less selective than a few Ivies, is not a part of the sports conference!</p>
<p>No. That is not the case. The schools you are applying to are only marginally less selective. These schools don’t just accept anyone with perfect grades and perfect scores. With that said, they also don’t just reject anyone who isn’t perfect. Like I said, your Bs won’t kill you. You just have to make sure you stand out in other ways (like your essay(s) and recommendations). Acceptance into schools like these is never a certain thing. You have to make yourself the best candidate possible.</p>