<p>Hey guys...are 9 B's (including freshman year) too many for Stanford? I got 2 B's freshman year, and 7 B's this year (sophomore year).</p>
<p>I got B's in AP Bio, precalculus with analysis (this is like honors honors precalculus, hardest math course in the school), and B in one semester of chemistry (honors).</p>
<p>Ugh...how does this affect my chances? If I get 4.0 junior year and 4.0 senior year?</p>
<p>I read that Stanford doesn't like that many B's...:/</p>
<p>I'm going to cry in a little corner now. :'(</p>
<p>It depends on your school. If you still rank high, say top 5%, it just means your school doesn't have grade inflation and Stanford is still in range.</p>
<p>conyat: hm I knew that Stanford ignores freshman grades, but thanks anyway.</p>
<p>Visirale: Don't get me wrong, I knew someone was going to say, "It is much easier said than done, especially if your course levels get harder," and I am perfectly aware of how true that statement is, but I am determined to get 4.0's junior and senior year. This year I was distracted for personal reasons, but now I am not. And yes, I'm going to take a [harder] full honors/AP courseload all for the sake of taking courses that I want to take before I finish my high school career, and, more importantly, to bump my GPA up.</p>
<p>Since they won't look at my freshman grades, they'll just see an upward trend, assuming I get 4.0 junior and senior year.</p>
<p>How does 3.82 unweighted and 4.75 weighted look? I've seen Stanford admit stats, and all the 3.9's and 4.0's are intimidating...</p>
<p>If not Stanford, how do my [predicted] GPA numbers look for Columbia, Brown, Georgetown, and UVA?</p>
<p>If that works for you great. You sound pretty determined. I was pretty lazy, and I accepted a few Bs. I thought after my super hard sophomore year that it would be straight A's from there, but once you get super involved in other stuff, settling for a B in a class that you know isn't your strongest doesn't seem so bad. </p>
<p>But yeah, keep on shooting high, nothing wrong with that at all.</p>
<p>Well, it wouldn't make sense or be fair if you discount freshman grades yet count, or look at, freshman classes...right?</p>
<p>Also, Stanford recalculates your GPA, right? I think they only calculate your academic classes? None of the required classes like phys ed, health, or tech and fine arts credit that my county imposes...</p>
<p>9 Bs is a lot for a school that recieves a lot of 4.0s (I'm not really one to talk though, I have 8 Bs, even though I made a 4.0 three out of six semesters in high school :(), but it's all in context. Cut out the elective Bs, and look at yourself in terms of class rank. GPAs aren't standardized across the board, but rank helps tell schools where you are.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, a lot of people say it gets iffy at the sub-3.8 level.</p>
<p>However, a 3.7 ranked 1/500 looks a lot better than a 4.0 ranked 48/500.</p>
<p>Your Gpa is still in their average I think if not just a little bit below average. But what are your other stats such as SAT and EC, I'm just curious</p>
<p>Murasaki: I have 7 B's sophomore year so far, and they're all semester grades and all academic classes. eek. </p>
<p>aznosamaboy: haha, don't I know it. Everyone seems to need a hook to get into Stanford. But the thing is, I need the right numbers (grades, scores) to get my foot in the door before Stanford looks at the rest of my app.</p>
<p>BeConfident: Well, I'm taking the SAT this fall and aiming for 2300+. I took a practice SAT recently and received a 2210, so hopefully 100 pts improvement over the summer.</p>
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<p>For all you know, the OP could be number 2 in the class with a 3.8 GPA. You need more info before you make statements as unequivocal as that.</p>
<p>btw, remember that Stanford's average is 3.9, meaning people have below 3.9 to bring down the 4.0s. Also keep in mind that hooked students make up the minority in the class, so they can't all be the ones (even if they all had sub 3.9's, which isn't necessarily true).</p>