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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This really depends on your school. Mine are at a very competitive public magnet without much grade inflation. Bs are common. But there are still a few kids with all As. You can get by with a B or two in very hard classes and still have a shot at top tier schools with no other hooks.  But if everyone has all As or almost everyone does, then Bs are tough. [/quote]

+1,000.  It all depends on the school because the AO is evaluating the kids who have applied from the same school at the same time.  Does your kid have top rigor classes and do their grades still put them in or towards the top 10 or 20% of their class?  That matters more rather than the actual number of Bs.  I have a niece who had [b]all A's, but in less rigorous classes and got shut out [/b]of T25.[/quote]

that same situation happens over and over every year at our private, a self proclaimed "top 3" student vying for VAL is flat rejected ED ivy.  Then a kid who just missed top 10%--means one B+ or a couple of A-, rest A at ours-- but took every single hard course gets in ED ivy and students near the top cry foul, having no understanding that it is not about all A, it is about top rigor and still getting As or very close to all A [/quote]

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