What impression do you get from these grades?

<p>Freshman 1: A A A A-(h) A A
Freshman 2: A A A A(h) A A
Sophomore 1: A(h) A A A A(AP) A
Sophomore 2: A(h) A- A A-(AP) A A B-</p>

<p>If you look at this long enough, the A’s don’t look like A’s but the B- stands out like a cankle. The reason it is a B- is that I lost my chance to take Honors Biology that year, so instead had to take Biology with the DUMBEST and most annoying people I have ever met. I couldn’t stand it for a second semester so I switched to online, which was HORRIBLE. I learned nothing from it and my grade suffered because the assignments made no sense and the tests were so short and irrelevant. But it just shows up as Biology 2. I don’t know what to do about this. I believe that I can maintain mostly A’s and some A-'s for the next two years but that B- will always be there. </p>

<p>Please look at it from an admissions officer’s perspective. How does it make you feel? Imagine a bunch of APs with A’s and A-'s and a bunch of extracurriculars and a hell of a lot of recordable animal rights activism and environmental friendliness enhancements to my school in the following years. Does it make you feel like I stopped caring? Or that the APs at my school are easier than the normal classes? Does it make you feel sorry for me? Ashamed? Violated? I know the CC community expects better. I’m striving for uPenn, Duke, Stanford, UCLA and other schools below those. thx 4 ur hlp l o l</p>

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<p>So melodramatic!</p>

<p>Get some perspective. This will have absolutely no effect on anything. Admissions officers won’t care. You seem to be okay with A-minuses (i.e. not having a perfect GPA)…how is this any different? You don’t have to have a 4.0 to go to a top school. </p>

<p>And quit blaming other people for this grade.</p>