<p>So I have a question about Barnard and midyear reports. This year, I’m pretty overwhelmed with college applications and am more AP classes than I ever had. What would usually be A’s and A-'s for me have consequently fallen to B+'s. I’m worried that my midyear report is going to read:</p>
<p>AP Bio - B-
APUSH - B+
AP Econ - B+
AP German - A-
Latin I - A+</p>
<p>That looks TERRIBLE to me. Will it have a negative impact on whether or not I’m accepted? I know I’m not failing, but if I tried harder, ie; if I spent every waking moment of my life either at my job, doing college apps, or doing schoolwork, then I would have A’s. I hear that midyear reports are just to make sure that you’re not completely blowing off your senior year. You can hardly call B+'s in APs blowing my year off, can you? I’m worried that they won’t think I can handle their curriculum or something. :-/ But then my friend just got into UPenn, and they told her that as long as she doesn’t fail the rest of high school, she’ll be in at their school.</p>
<p>So in other words, how much do midyear reports count?</p>
<p>As long as you have presented a strong record in your transcript, you are fine. Barnard and all other colleges do understand that seniors have a ton of stuff going on. I totally get that having Bs looks terrible to you, but they're not bad grades in all reality (which is hard to convince yourself of that). I wouldn't worry as long as you put in a great application and you have shown them that you have been a good student.</p>
<p>Have you already been admitted ED or are you applying RD? I am not sure what effect it would have, if any for RD, but if you were already admitted, I am sure it would not matter at all.</p>
<p>Sorry I can't be of any more help. B-plusses are NOT bad, after all...</p>
<p>I'm applying RD, and I know they aren't bad...it's more or less the quantity. Plus it looks worse because of blockscheduling, which I have not taken to at all. Just a way to shove more work down our throats. But anyway, thank you all for the input!</p>
<p>Good to know I'm not alone, brandnewstate. Let's just hope that the rest of our apps outweighs this. My cumulative GPA for my first three years of high school is a 3.81, and for my senior year it's a 3.5.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry too much :) I'm sort of the opposite. I have really good grades for this year and last year, but my freshman and sophomore grades had some not-so-good grades. I think I actually have a C on my transcript from Freshman year, but I was admitted Early Decision. They definitely look at more than just your grades :)</p>