Would this transcript be very impressive (just wondering)?

Applying to College
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<p>9th Grade
Honors Bio - B
Honors LA - A
Geometry - A
World History - A
Spanish 3 (1 year adv.) - B
Accounting I - B
Study Hall and Gym </p>

<p>10th Grade
Honors Chem- A
Honors US History - A
Honors Alg. II - B
Honors LA II - B
Spanish 4 - B
Graphic Comp. Apps I and II - A
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<p>11th Grade
AP Bio - A
AP US - A
Honors PreCalc - A
Honors Monsters in Lit. / Honors Search For Self - A
Spanish 5 - A
Honors Physics - A
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<p>12th Grade
AP Chem - A
AP Euro - A
AP Gov. and Pol. - A
AP Calc AB - A
Honors Art of the Essay/ Honors Shakespeare - A
Honors Spanish C & C - A
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<p>I know that those grades in 11th and 12th grade would be extremely difficult on top of Varsity Athletics year-round as well as NHD, Volunteering, Amnesty International, MUN, Model Congress, Science Olympiad, but I think I've really began to hit my stride after a brutal first 5 marking periods (full freshman year and 1'st marking period of sophomore year). Would this save a transcript or will 9th and 10th grade marks doom an applicant?</p>

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<li><p>3 Bs a year will not doom you. You probably won’t get into Harvard that way, but you hardly need to go to Harvard for a good college education.</p></li>
<li><p>Junior and senior year get significantly harder. You may have hit your stride, but you simply will not get a 4.0 GPA from now until you graduate. Expecting that is only going to make you sad when it doesn’t happen.</p></li>
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<p>I’m not sure, Biology is my favorite subject and in Honors I had missed by only .15 of a percent! :frowning: I understand that it is much harder, but overall I’ve really improved my academics to a really good extent. For example, I had a D (gasp!) in Algebra first marking period, but 2nd marking period i finished with a 99! Even in classes such as LA II Honors where only 2 people have A’s in my entire school in that class, I have an 89. I’m not doing this to brag, but I know that I can finish very strong. Also, I have a nagging question about B’s. How bad do they really look on a college application? I’m looking at schools such as Stanford, UPenn, Brandeis, Rice (my fav ones right now) and I’m often worried about the impact of B’s on a transcript, and many answers are very vague. THANKS!</p>