Will my 1st semester senior grades hurt me??

Applying to College
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<p>My senior class schedule was
AP Calculus AB: C-
AP Literature: A-
AP Art History: A-
Intro to Law: A
Physics: B+
Government: B+ </p>

<p>Both physics and government I was really close to an A but my teachers wouldn't round, I had an 89.7 and an 89.5. It was so frustrating!!!! </p>

<p>I'm worried about the Calculus, but I find that subject extremely hard and I was happy to pass.</p>

<p>This was my first C ever. </p>

<p>Before this semester, I had a 3.8 or 3.9 unweighted and a 4.1 weighted. I only got 3 B's in high school before this semester.</p>

<p>I applied to Santa Clara, USC, UC davis, UC berkeley, Uc santa barbara, san jose state, and Stanford. </p>

<p>Which colleges may look at this semester as a potential deciding factor??</p>

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<p>You’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>bumping time</p>

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<p>Yes they will. I would cross Berkeley and Stanford off of your “may get accepted to”-list, and probably Santa Clara and Stanford on top of that. It doesn’t matter how happy you are about your AP Calculus grade; these schools don’t accept C students and they may accept students with a very little amount of B’s.</p>

<p>Too bad you slacked up. You will regret it.</p>

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<p>^UC Berkeley doesn’t look at midyear reports. None of the UCs do, for that matter.</p>

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<p>Dont listen to wallrus. From what I’ve read he/she is incredibly rude in their posts and had no idea how to communicate thoughts in a respectful manner. </p>

<p>What is your GPA from grades 9-10? I had a similar concern where I’ve had all A’s thus far but didn’t do so hot mid-year wise. My counselor said I should be fine.</p>

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<p>Cross off Santa Clara because of one C?</p>

<p>Is that a joke?</p>

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<p>Sorry for the mistake! You should have a great chance for Berkeley and Santa Clara then (I also thought Santa Clara was harder to get into.)</p>

<p>I would still say Stanford is an extremely high reach, but I guess everyone has at least one of those.</p>

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<p>“What is your GPA from grades 9-10? I had a similar concern where I’ve had all A’s thus far but didn’t do so hot mid-year wise. My counselor said I should be fine.” </p>

<p>I had all A’s and 1 B from 9-10 grade. And I got 2 B’s in all of junior year.</p>

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<p>bumping time again</p>

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<p>Your grades show a negative trend. Unless you have a valid excuse, you will not get into Stanford; Berkeley might be a stretch.</p>

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<p>Negative trends are frowned upon.</p>

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<p>Again, the UCs ** do not look at midyear grades. ** I don’t know why you guys insist on ignoring this fact.</p>

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<p>sorry, I meant USC when I said Berkeley.</p>

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Hi, so you’re probably in college by now. Would you mind telling me what happened in the end? I’m in somewhat of a possible situation as this one and definitely worried about Stanford.

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