<p>so this year (junior) I’m taking 5 AP/Honors classes and by the end of the year I’m predicting my final grades in each class to be as follows:</p>
<p>Honors Physics A
Honors German A+
Honors Pre-calc A
AP US History B+
AP English Lang A </p>
<p>my couple of other classes which aren’t honors (orchestra, gym, etc) are all As and A+s. </p>
<p>I’m considering applying early action to Stanford. My ecs, subject tests, sat score (hopefully based on practices) teacher recs and essays (most likely) are all good/will be good. My question is will that B+ in APUSH hurt me? (remember its not a semester grade but a full blown end of the year grade). </p>
<p>I wouldn’t really be asking this if I were to apply under regular decision but since colleges tend to say that early action applicants are normally the more qualified applicants I was worried that it would be foolish to pit myself against the “more qualified” group of apps. If I do well on the AP which I just took (hoping for a 4, a 5 is unlikely, but possible), will that offset the “low” grade I got? </p>
<p>Any thoughts? I know this probably sounds whiny and paranoid but I keep thinking about it…</p>
<p>Nope, I think you should look at your local community college. No way stanford is gonna take you…</p>
<p>Stanford SCEA tends to take the more ‘unique’ applicants; at least that’s what I’ve seen.</p>
<p>Please check the 2480281751 threads on the same question. 
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<p>An analogy: When someone considers desirable traits in say, a future spouse, he or she probably wants someone who is of similar intelligence to them, has similar attitudes or appreciation of education, and isn’t a bum. But he or she probably wants lots of other character traits – a “fit”. A future spouse will be worried if a potential suitor happens to be a Wickham, but when choosing between future life partners, is she going to automatically rule one out because one had a slightly lower GPA? </p>
<p>Okay, really extended analogy but think of it like this – schools are looking for a match. A tough and impressive transcript is important, because that demonstrates a fit. Stanford will demand the ability to succeed academically. But does that B+ demonstrate any less a fit? Think about it.</p>
<p>The flaw I think, is in thinking that adcoms view the admissions process as a competition. They don’t really. The students might, but not the adcoms. They are looking for fit, and after that, it’s really more of a dice roll.</p>
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<p><em>ahem</em> </p>
<p>This reveals a bit about why you really asked the question. :)</p>