Top 40 Schools with a C?

zephyr15
Tue, 22 May 2012 17:01:59 +0000

I’m not sure how to answer your question. Will one “C” matter – incrementally, of course it will (it lowers your GPA slightly, lowers your rank slightly, etc.). Does one “C” mean that you can’t go to a top 40 school? OF COURSE IT DOESN’T. Given all the other courses you take, one course doesn’t move the needle that much.

Lower end of the top 10% – would be tough to get into schools like HYPSM, less for some of the schools ranked 30-40. However, if there’s a school or two that you really really want to attend, APPLY. Odds may be slim, but are infinitely greater than if you don’t apply.

Bust your ass for the rest of school – that would be my advice almost no matter what you had written in the first part of your email.