<p>Discuss which one looks worst(to colleges)!
Option 1:</p>
<p>Freshman year: One C
Sophomore year: Straight A’s
Junior year: Straight A’s</p>
<p>Option 2:</p>
<p>Freshman year: One B
Sophomore year: One B
Junior year: Straight A"s</p>
<p>Option 3:</p>
<p>Freshman year: Straight A’s
Sophmore year: Straight A’s
Junior year: One B</p>
<p>I would assume that two B’s are equivalent/ are like having a C altogether. I’d say Option one is worse… But of course, I wouldn’t know :P</p>
<p>That’s too general of a question. Colleges look at the classes to reflect on the grade.</p>
<p>…none of them can really be considered ‘bad’ at all.</p>
<p>assume in each option the person takes the same classes. Assume the grades(that weren’t A’s) werre earned in AP classes.</p>
<p>oh and also assume that the person took the most rigorous courseload (while skipping a few classes during the summer) possible.</p>
<p>IMO:
Option 1 < Option 3 < Option 2 </p>
<p>Option 1: Icky, unless there are extenuating circumstances that caused the C. It looks like laziness…obviously this person is capable of getting very good grades, so what happened?
Option 3: Still fine, especially if the class was really hard, but upward trends are better.
Option 2: Not even bad. They’d have a 3.9 and that’s pretty much the same as a 4.0.</p>
<p>The difference between the three options is barely perceptible.</p>
<p>But it depends on which subjects you study each year. I personally studied in greater breadth as a freshman and in greater depth as a junior, so for example I think a C in Latin among several freshman classes (followed by A in Latin 2-4) reflects something less consequential than B in Latin 1 and 2 (followed by A in Latin 3-4) which is even less consequential than a B in calculus which was one of very few junior classes.</p>
<p>Usually, the later you go in high school, the more strongly each class represents how prepared you are for further work. But the difference is so small that it would be foolish to make any kind of decision based on it.</p>
<p>I think it’s option 2 > option 1 > option 3.</p>
<p>IMO upward trend doesn’t really count if you only have one bad grade. If you have all A’s in the rest of your classes, then it doesn’t seem like something bad happened to you during that time.</p>
<p>1, since it’s freshman year and you get to rock an upward trend. They’re all very good.</p>
<p>@yakisoba: is that from best to worst or worst to best?</p>
<p>worst to best. </p>
<p>Oops, mixed up the signs. lol</p>