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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is in a big 3 school and a fairly good student in at least the top 3rd (if not higher) of the class.  During 9th and 10th grade most of her grades were usually [b]an A or A- with a couple of B's thrown in[/b].  Science is something she has always struggled with and this semester she got a dreaded C+ in her science class.  We're hoping this one "C" letter grade is an anomaly and the rest of her high school years will be As and Bs (fingers crossed).  DD is not looking to study science in school and is looking at an English or History major.  She will not apply to any Ivy League schools but may be interested in applying ED to schools like Duke or Northwestern or some SLACs.  She also likes Berkeley and UCLA.  Does one "C" letter grade in 10th grade impact her chances at these colleges.  DD has some great extracurriuculars including some competitive summer scholarships so she does have that going for her.

DD is upset about the "C" grade and we're hoping to help put this in perspective for her. And yes, we will ask the counselors but we don't have our first meeting until this fall.

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Even without a C, the grades are pretty bad.  Paying $$$ and getting that kind of grades.  Flush the money into the toilet.  Who cares it's a Big 3.  [/quote]

My son is at a big 3. He has similar grades but a few A+s as well. He also has a couple of Cs from freshman and sophomore year. He is now a junior and his unweighted GPA is 92.89%.  We just met with his college counselor. My son had not put any ivies on his list because of the Cs. His counselor looked at list and asked him why he hadn’t added x and y ivy as reaches but with reasonable chance of acceptance based on previous years’ acceptances of non-legacy and non-athletic students? He also took some reaches from the reaches list and put them as targets. All is not lost.
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