<p>I got a smattering of Bs throughout my HS career including Honors Chem (Bs both semeseters) in my Jr year. And I declared that I wanted to be a Chemistry major. And I’m Asian! Gasp! How about that?</p>
<p>I got As in AP Chem my Sr year however. I was ranked about 10-12th in my class of 200.</p>
<p>I had decent (but not stellar) scores. But it was clear that I was a high achiever, taking the maximum load my urban school district offered. While I’ll never know what got me accepted (at Y and all other schools applied), if I look back, I’d say my “entire story” grabbed people’s attention: very solid academic achievement, Chinese guy in top student leadership in a majority African American HS, thoughtful essays about betrayal of friends secret.</p>
<p>OP: no. If one is accepted or rejected, it won’t be because of that B or two or the absence of them.</p>