<p>How many B’s would you say is too much before you become a long shot at Tufts? I’m comfortably within the top 5% of my class, but I already have had 1B+ freshman year(h bio), 1 B+(h history) and 1 B(h geometry) sophomore year, and im forseeing possibly 3 B+s (AP US, AP French and H Physics) for junior year, not to mention a B+ probably in AP Chem and possibly AP Psych next year. So…what is that…around 8 B’s…that seems like an awful lot and I’m starting to feel weary about even applying. Am I correct in this feeling?</p>
<p>All you can do is try your best. A few B’s aren’t going to kill your application. Grades are just one dimension of your application. If you like Tufts, work hard to get the best grades you can and when application time comes around write great essays.</p>
<p>I got in ED and I had a B+ in curriculum 1 English Freshman year, a B in curriculum 1 English sophomore year, and B+'s in curriculum 1 English, honors Spanish, and AP bio junior year.</p>
<p>Just keep trying hard and make sure that you’re doing everything you can (within reason) to get good grades. A few B’s won’t kill you, especially if they’re in challenging classes.</p>
<p>im just hoping that since im still in like the top 15ish (of 334) that they will not hold it against me that much. and i did really well on the psats which is a good sign for the sat hopefully??</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering the same thing too. I’m probably going to get B’s in my math class and in AP chem this year (junior year), but I’m currently 1st/185 and don’t think that will drop since most other people have the same amount of B’s in my school.</p>
<p>Totally depends on your high school. Asking others about their experiences will completely mislead you. There are schools that have such rampant grade inflation that one B stands presents a notable hurdle. There are others where you can have straight Bs and still present a powerful transcript. Obviously, I’m mentioning both extremes, but it’s important to understand how much of the academic evaluation is contextual based on your high school. </p>
<p>I won’t ‘chance’ you, but I will encourage you to look at yourself within the context of your high school. Are you one of the higher achievers? Do you push yourself academically? Have you taken advantage of a great many of the opportunities available to you within your high school? If the answers to those questions are yes, then the number of Bs isn’t necessarily relevant anymore.</p>
<p>Take Dan’s advice at heart. I came from a school where our valedictorian’s average was a 91 – WEIGHTED. That made my 89/90 quite good, no?</p>
<p>Well i take the hardest schedule possible, so some of the people that take slightly easier schedules have less B’s. Like I said, I’m around 10-15 in my class.</p>