Stanford Admits...how many B's are too many?

collegehopeful44
Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:50:58 +0000

umm…harsh words there? perhaps we could be a bit mopre encouraging to the poor underclassmen who visit this site. I definitely feel as if my hard work has paid off…not like I won a big crapshoot. Is it a crapshoot? Yes. But you have to work REALLY hard to get into it. And if you have good enough EC’s and Grades and scores, you’ll probably get into at least one of your top choices.
Anyways, to answer this thread. No, there’s not “too many” B’s. It all depends on your school. For example, at my school, (semi-rural public school that doesn’t get too many people into top schools) even 1 B might be enough to do you in…even if you are taking 6 AP’s. But I’m sure if you went to Gtown Prep or something, a B+ would be seen as great.