Will a single B+ ruin me?

anseladamsfan
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:24:15 +0000

Thank you everyone who responded - especially to those who were able to look over the inherent obnoxiousness of my question!

I have a pretty severe form of OCD, so… high school isn’t exactly the best place for me at the moment! Also, being a teenage girl, bouts of random insecurity are practically a part of the job description!

When I wrote this, I was freaking out because my college counselor had just informed me that I could not be valedictorian or salutatorian due to that grade (not the end of the world), and that I would need to fill out an already-filled schedule with more “impressive” ECs. Also, he went through my list of perspective colleges, and told me I could forget them all. This was particularly frustrating, as all I could do was sit there while he yelled through the speaker phone…

Needless to say, I am not exactly his greatest fan, but he is the one writing my recommendation for my college applications, so I just wanted to have a somewhat substantial backing to show that my “failing grade” (his words, not mine) was not some gaping hole in my resum