<p>I’m a freshman in high school taking Honors Geometry. All considered, it’s certainly my hardest class and I struggle in it more than in my AP course. I recently got my midterm grade, and saw that I absolutely bombed it. I got a 74 as my raw score. This brought my semester raw score down to an 86. This grade crushed me, especially since all my other midterms were above 100 with weights (5% weights added for honors). How badly will this hurt my chances of getting into a high ranking college (my dream college is Stanford but I’m afraid a 74 on my transcript will bar me from it)? </p>
<p>Having a B for the semester in general will hurt, though Stanford is a reach school in general, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. How does this effect your GPA?</p>
<p>A single B your Freshman year will not hurt you - not even slightly. Its a semester grade for a subject that many people struggle with when they first enter high school - I know kids who got multiple Bs their Freshman year and ended up at UChicago, Harvard, and Brown – don’t sweat it. You have 3.5 more years left of High School to prove yourself academically. Don’t give yourself an anxiety attack over an 86.</p>