So my final grade isn’t in yet, but I’m pretty sure I got a B in my AP Bio class. I’ve never gotten a B before, and I’m worried. I’m taking 4 APs in all this year, as well as 2 last year and 1 freshmen year and am trying to get into UCLA. Does it matter if I get one B? For reference, I’ve gotten all A’s besides this one semester B, a 35 on the ACT, and a 770 on the Math II subject test. Would love some input on whether this would drastically affect my chances of getting into UCLA.
If you get rejected from anywhere, it will not be because of one B.
Prepare yourself for the likelihood of it happening in college.
in the same position! from what ive heard on cc and through friends, we will be ok
Your test scores will more than make up for one B
You can play around with the UC GPA calculator to see what a B does to your GPA. https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
The average UC capped weighted GPA for acceptance for UCLA is around 4.25. If you’ve taken the normal 5 a-g classes per year, that’s 20 semesters worth of classes for 10th and 11th grade. You have 6 APs so that is 12 semesters of honors. Your GPA with 1 B and the rest As is 4.35. 2 Bs is 4.30, and 3 Bs is 4.25. As such, one B won’t hurt, but more than 3 might hurt. Play around with the numbers.
The difference between a 4.000 and a 3.991 isn’t going to “drastically affect” anything. A quick search finds a published middle 50% unweighted GPA at UCLA of 3.38-3.90.
You will be admitted or not admitted based on a broad variety of facts and data. This one has zero impact.
A friend of mine freaked out over his 1st B in the first quarter of senior year. He graduated from Harvard, so it worked out OK.
3.38? Not sure what you are looking at, but the 25% percentile is 4.16. That’s a UC capped weighted GPA, which roughly translates to around 3.85 unweighted.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/ucla/freshman-profile/index.html
I’ve heard a student getting their first “B” in life no longer makes headlines. Seriously, you’ll survive the B and it won’t impact on your college plans. And maybe you won’t spend all 4 college years focused on B avoidance but will learn instead.