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@gamedev-and-bball
10 answers, 22 votes
 • 6 months ago •
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Will one unweighted B mess up my chances?
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Hi, I'm a freshman who's applying to Harvard and MIT for Computer Science, and I recently got a B on my first semester finals exam for English. I thought it was my strongest subject, but I suppose grading English can be very subjective. Long story short, I ended up with a B+ for English this semester, leaving my GPA at 3.85. It was the only B on my report card, and I'm really surprised I did so poorly. I know I can make up my weighted (taking 14 weighted classes) and unweighted GPA, but I'm worried that getting a B in an easy, unweighted class is going to look really bad on my college applications. If there's anything I can do to remedy this, please let me know. Thank you!

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@_KC_
38 answers, 60 votes
 • 6 months ago

Hey @gamedev-and-bball ! As a fellow freshman, I want to tell you, do not worry about it, your GPA does matter, but if you are also going to take Honor and AP later, you can get your weighted GPA, and if you can get A in your class in the 2nd semester, you should be higher than 3.9 if you get 4.0 GPA in the 2nd semester.

Another important thing I want to tell you is ECs, your academics matter, but if your ECs are good, your GPA being 3.85 will be fine, also 3.85 can easily be brought up since this is 1 semester.

In short, You are doing good, keep getting more As to bring your GPA up, and make sure to not forget about your ECs.

Best of luck!

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@gamedev-and-bball6 months ago

Thank you!

@_KC_6 months ago

Adding on to what @mmemememememem said, doing internship on college is pretty normal, but doing it on high school is much more rarer, if you do internship on high school, not only would it be a very solid EC, you would get experience of actually getting to work in a company, which will surely help you later on even after college, it will definitely be hard to get an internship, but if you manage to, you will do good.

@_KC_6 months ago

But as you know, internship is only one of many many more opportunities and ECs, just keep doing well, and good luck!

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@mmemememememem
5 answers, 2 votes
 • 6 months ago

yes, but you a freshman so just get 3.6+ GPA in the rest of high school and get a B at least in a hard AP class like calculus and you'll get into anything you want, try doing remote internships.

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@gamedev-and-bball6 months ago

Thank you!

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@Whitehouse
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 • 6 months ago

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