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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child in TJ - current Junior and may end with B grade in AP Calc BC. I have heard all grades should be A being Asian to get into Ivy/MIT/Stanford. What are the chances for those schools for a Bio major with a B grade in AP Calc BC and remaining As or A- in Junior year. Overall GPA end of Junior will be close to 4.3; SAT 1570+; Good ECs[/quote]

It’s really hard to get into some of these schools but it’s even harder to stay in them. I had two friends at MIT that did not graduate because they couldn’t manage the classes after their sophomore year. One came back after 10 years and finished it up somehow and another is a dropout. I have several friends that just have a BA from MIT and other Ivy’s. They were too burnt out to pursue a professional degree.

Is your child getting a B in AP calculus because of lack of effort or is a B the best they can get? 
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That is outdated. Ivies have very high retention rates now and so do the grindiest schools, MIT and CMU and JHU. A lot has changed from the 90s. These schools are among those that send the most to phd/MD/JD, when undergrad size is considered. I have two students at two different ivies and colleagues with current or ‘24s who graduated Hopkins Stanford and Ivies. They are difficult but the median GPA is 3.7-3.8 now. Retention is 96-99%, even in Engineering. The small uptick in kids who could not hack it(probation data cornell and others released) was due to TO and that is now essentially over. 
Agree that OP’s kid is not likely a fit for these—they won’t get in so the point is moot. [/quote]

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