<p>I'm going to be a college freshman this fall. If I end up deciding to transfer (not planning to at the moment since I love my school), will second semester senior grades be heavily considered?</p>
<p>I made all A's and A+'s and was ranked at the top of my class through the first semester of senior year. I was basically told by colleges and everyone around me that I could chill out and get B's and that a C+ wouldn't be bad either, so I made a few B's and did end up with one C+ in an AP class (I ended up scoring 5's on the AP tests that I took for these classes, though). </p>
<p>If I want to transfer, will these grades hurt? What if I get a 4.0 first semester of college? There's a certain program at a top Ivy that I'm really interested in right now (that isn't available at my school - I've only started to have a heavy interest in this field this summer) so I've been considering a possible transfer but since top schools have incredibly low transfer acceptance rates I'm not sure if a C+ and a few B's due to senioritis will kill me. Everything else (previous grades, test scores, hopefully first semester senior grades) is stellar, and I am certain that I could well articulate the reasons I would want to transfer.</p>
<p>So could a C+ and a few B's b/c of senioritis kill a transfer app? </p>
<p>If so I wouldn't want to waste my time (and money) applying.</p>