C in English my senior year. (rank 2 of 720) Is it going to kill me?

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<p>I currently have a C in English as a senior, which will drop my rank and my GPA pretty hard because I’ve never gotten more than 1 B a year.</p>

<p>I’m applying to Stanford, Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Columbia… think it’s going to kill my shot at those schools?</p>

<p>Argh. Everything was great until now.</p>

<p>Edit: If I do get into Stanford SCEA, is there any chance they’ll rescind my admission if I get a C (with the rest of the classes A’s)? Even if I’m taking 5 AP’s and have 3 jobs this year?</p>

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<p>Yeah, your chances are shot. You better apply to community college soon before all the spots fill up.</p>

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<p>I hope the sarcasm in your response implies that I am overreacting. </p>

<p>That’s good news.</p>

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<p>I don’t think it should be that much of a big deal…and your gpa prolly won’t drop too much…</p>

<p>cuz…if u have all A’s…one C will not really bring you that much down…</p>

<p>and also…college decisions come out much later…like around april…and they ask for transcripts at diff points of the year…if you get an A next marking period…u could be ok…</p>

<p>I don’t think this will have any severe effects…</p>

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<p>got some senior-itis? dont think it should kill you but you’ll probably drop in ranking by mabey 5, depends on the people 2-10 rank</p>

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<p>My D had all As in HS, then a C in Calculus junior year. It dropped her to #2 of 280, but she got into Harvard.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot of the encouragement. </p>

<p>I predict getting a C will drop me 2-3 rankings. No big deal (still will be top 1%), but getting a C is a bit different than getting 2-3 B’s… </p>

<p>Senioritis + stress + I’m burned out. Last year I took 6 AP’s and I’m just tired.</p>

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<p>how many ap’s u taking now? what u get last year wiht ur ap’s and where u think about applying?</p>

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<p>I’m taking 5 AP’s now and a college course at a local CC.</p>

<p>Last year I got straight A’s first semester and 1 B second.</p>

<p>I’m applying to Stanford, Yale, Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, USC, UC’s, Northwestern, Duke…</p>

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<p>why in the world would you have 3 jobs?</p>

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<p>^ probably to pay for harvard lol</p>

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<p>Bring that shet up to B ftw</p>

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<p>^ The OP only has a couple of weeks until the semester ends.</p>

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<p>Better just ace your exam.</p>

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<p>I explain that I have 3 jobs to support family (parents recently got a divorce).</p>

<p>I’ll try to bring it up. Teacher’s offering some extra credit and I have about a month left before the semester ends. We’ll see if I can do it.</p>

<p>Thanks for the replies.</p>