<p>Is it? I got one C in my freshman year. Will my application be thrown away because of this?</p>
<p>In your response, please note whether you are just speculating or if your info comes from a reputable source.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Everyone who answers this will be speculating.
You should take a look at the average grades of admitted students and compare yours etc. etc. etc. I depends blah blah blah.
If that is your one C among all A’s then it’s probably not a huge problem. if you are showing every letter they offer with your grades it’s probably a bigger one.</p>
<p>Anseio: Thanks, that’s what I’m hoping too. I’m just concerned because a friend of mine claimed she spoke to a Stanford admissions officer who told her that they check for C’s as a basic criteria before even reading the essays.</p>
<p>Simple answer is no. There is not ONE single thing that will cause Stanford to throw away your app without reading it in entirety.</p>
<p>Everyone has that anecdote that an admit officer told them. Go ahead and bring it up in your interview/meeting. I wouldn’t worry too much, they are probably just trying to be honest about it. Again, the difference between the student with all A’s and that one C is a lot different from the A/B student who was reaching anyway and then got a C.</p>
<p>What your friend said probably applies more to the core classes. I think they can overlook a C in P.E. more than a C in AP chem</p>
<p>@ccuser95 - I mean, if you got like a 1000 on your SAT or something… I think that would be the ONE thing that would make them throw it away!! But other than EXTREME stuff like that, they’ll read your whole app.</p>
<p>My mom tells me every school does this…</p>
<p>FWIW, I have read on several threads that Stanford doesn’t look at Freshman year grades at all. Was your “C” as a freshman?</p>
<p>If they really do toss out ap with a C I would be surprised, that is idiotic om so many levels.</p>
<p>It does sound pretty silly to me. I can’t imagine a school claiming to evaluate your application holistically chucking it into the bin because of a C. I really wish all of the gossip surrounding college admissions would stop – there’s another silly-sounding one that claims colleges check your Facebook, which I’m doubting.</p>
<p>Can anyone with first-hand experience with admissions at any college comment on colleges using this practice (using grades to pre-filter apps) in general?</p>
<p>Edit: I can understand them chucking out apps below a certain GPA. I just can’t imagine them throwing out an app with all A’s and one F without reading the rec letters and essays that might justify the F.</p>
<p>We were told at our info session that they don’t consider freshman year grades. I can’t imagine that this means they don’t look at them, but I doubt that any school will reject a student for one C. Common sense tells me they look at the whole GPA, test scores, essays, recs, etc.</p>
<p>Muta: Let me break the news to you: you’re mom isn’t the all-seeing Admissions eye of Mordor.</p>
<p>She’s overstating things.</p>