Senior Year Grades

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>How important are quarter grades for individual classes in my senior year (in my high school the year is divided into quarters)? By a fluke, I accidentally slipped on a calc test and lost my chance to get an A in that class this quarter. Now usually I would have a chance to raise that up to an A in my final grade, but since colleges get midyear reports they see everything...</p>

<p>I didn't think it was too big of a deal, but this has been really irking me. So now you know my situation, basically my question comes down to this: how important are grades in your senior year anyways?</p>

2

<p>Lol... very important for the first semester... try to talk to your teacher...
I'm planning to drop all the AP IB courses for the next semester... colleges won't see =D</p>

3

<p>Well Harvard asks for a Final Year-End Report which includes all of your final grades. They reserve the right to revoke your admission if you have huge changes in your schedule/grade; dropping all AP and IB classes will be very very suspicious. We all wish we could but I would be careful</p>

4

<p>On a scale from 1-10, senior year grades are about as important as your left ventricle.</p>

5

<p>A "B" in one class for one quarter in my senior year is gonna come back to bite me that much?!</p>

<p>Am I supposed to assume that almost every Harvard applicant who gets accepted gets straight A's every quarter?
This is a problem... T_T</p>

6

<p>One "B" most likely won't kill you.</p>