Will my B's in electives hurt me?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I currently have all A's in my classes except for chorus and Art, where I expect to end up with a B+, possibly an A-, and a B-.
Do colleges consider electives just as much as academic classes? Will it hurt me when more selective schools, or any school in that matter, look at my transcript?</p>

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<p>A B in general isn’t going to kill your chances of getting into a college, no matter how selective it is. The admissions people will look at your transcript and notice the B, but since admissions uses a holistic approach, they’ll be looking at every part of your application. In the scheme of things, a B is not going to hurt you that much… as long as you don’t get too many.</p>

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<p>electives are considered the “easy” classes (definitely not easy though), but you should figure out why you have a b. Perhaps more effort would help?</p>

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<p>When selective colleges look at your transcript, they re-calculate your gpa to only include core classes (the main subjects) so electives really don’t matter. If the elective classes are factored into your gpa to determine class rank, then it could effect your chances if it brings it down. That’s the main worry if any at all.</p>

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<p>The classes don’t count in my GPA, so I’m not worried about that part, I was just concerned that colleges would see them on my transcript and would bring down my chances of getting accepted. </p>

<p>I have a B+ in band/chorus because we have tests out of 10, and it’s hard to get a perfect score on playing a piece perfectly. We also have very few tests so it’s hard to raise our grade. In art, it’s because I’m not the best artist. I mean I’m decent, but there are a lot of students in my class who have a lot more talent. </p>

<p>I do give effort in both classes, the grading is just more subjective than academic classes so simply “studying” won’t give you a good grade.</p>

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<p>In middle school, I always got an A-/B+ in Art except in 8th grade when I got the awesome teacher. I’m sure colleges don’t mind as long as you get A’s in the academic classes.</p>

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<p>Yes.
Colleges look for students who are well-rounded–for example, who are good at the arts. </p>

<p>/sarcasm</p>