<p>Hi I'm a senior who's applying Stanford RD.
I'm taking three classes this semester (that is the max # of classes for our school's weird "block schedule" of finishing a regular school's year long classes in half of a year)
Anyhow, I managed to get straight As in SPANISH 4, AP ENGLISH LIT and AP STATS on the first "semester" (or quater in regular school system)
However, I'm currently working on the second "semester" grades for the same classes, but I'm getting an A in Spanish 4, B in AP English Lit and B- in Statistics... (this is just progress report, and real grade will come out next january...)
Would these two grades hurt me if I had been a 90% A and 10% B student so far?
How importantly does stanford look at the midyear report of 1(possibly 2) A and 2 Bs for admitting a student??</p>
<p>hey dude. don't spam all the threads. just post on the college admissions main forum.</p>
<p>that didn't answer his question..</p>
<p>from what i understand, your second "semester" is still part of your mid year report. so you have 4 semester technically, right? in that case, stanford would probably consider it. from what i've heard from adcoms, they concentrate on 10 and 11th grade grades. but senior year first semester is considered too for RD. i'm sure it's not the bulk of their decision, or the bulk of the GPA they formulate on their own, but it'll count i'm sure. </p>
<p>what i mean about the GPA thing is that they actually take your grades and transcript and create their own GPA for you. first they take out useless classes like PE, home ec, typing, etc. then they take your grades in "real" classes and calculate their own GPA for you, unweighted.</p>