do b's look bad on transcripts?
434746
Freshman year grades are typically reviewed more leniently by admissions officers than your junior year grades. Schools understand that it takes some time to adjust to a high school curriculum, so a B or even two in your freshman year won't kill your transcript.
849975
There are, of course, negative consequences to failing a college course. A failing grade will likely hurt your GPA (unless you took the course pass/fail), which could jeopardize your financial aid. ... Then again, your college transcript may never come into play when you start looking for jobs.
1184379
Grades are only the half of it. As long as you have some A's and some B's in your highschool courses (and you're taking some challenging material, such as AP courses), you'll look good for decent colleges. ... Grades are only the half of it.
95526
However, repeated absences and truancy that results in lowered grades and/or disciplinary action will definitely be passed along on your transcript to the colleges you are applying to. ... I've never seen a transcript that mentions attendance.
1149474
Your 2L grades may not matter as much as your 1L grades, but they aren't worth less. You definitely don't want to try to explain why your grades fell off a cliff to your future firm, and many employers will ask for law school transcripts from job applicants even years after graduation.
378380
Occasional C's are not bad, per say, but depending on your academic goals getting too many C's may harm you. For example, if you wish to get into graduate school, you usually need a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in the upper 2 years on a 4.0 scale. ... It is a sufficient passing grade but you should aim for B's at minimum.
1225315
But to answer your question, some people will say that Stanford classes are extremely hard. ... In my personal experience, at Stanford, it's hard to get an A, and it's hard to get a B-. If you show up and do a decently good job on your tests and assignments, you'll probably get a grade in the B to A- range.
257029
Although your grades from transfer courses are used in making admissions decisions, they are not calculated into your GPA as transfer courses. Your transfer courses will appear on your official academic history transcript, but the grades you received in the classes will not count toward any GPA or class ranking.
1261738
Yes you can! If the C's were early in your undergrad and your academic record shows improvement over the four years, a lot of med schools will look on that positively and will put your GPA into perspective. If the C's were spread out or at the end, you will need a higher MCAT to balance this out.
71715
Most students in college are getting A's and B's (at many schools the average grade-point average is between B and B+). So if your quizzes and tests are coming back with C's and D's, be aware that you are learning virtually nothing in the courses you're taking.
925801
A bad GPA might keep you out, but a good GPA won't get you in, not without a good LSAT. However, a high LSAT score can and frequently does eclipse a low GPA.
281051
So if a destination school takes transfers on a course-by-course basis, D grades don't count, but if they take the degree as a block, D's do count. As an exasperated student affairs dean once told me, "D's get degrees." ... My grading was pretty numerical, so there was a set range of averages that equaled a D.
205662
No B's are not bad at all. To be considered for medical school you just need at least a 3.5 GPA. And even if you do get a few B's, take some upper division courses and Ace them. GPA and MCAT score are the usual cutoffs but its the reason WHY you want to be a doctor that is more compelling than just grades.
105683
The "WD" grade will not affect your GPA and will not appear on your unofficial/official transcript. If you drop a course during the Withdrawal period, a grade of “W” will be assigned to the course. The "W" grade will not affect your GPA, however, will appear on your unofficial/official transcript.
362807
The grades are somewhat like the grades you receive in school: A is excellent quality, B is good quality, C is fair quality, and D is poor quality. In general, poor quality cleavage stage embryos have few cells and a lot of fragmentation.
92320
Retaking a course may raise your student's GPA (grade point average). In many schools, if a student retakes a course, the most recent grade will replace the lower grade in the student's GPA. The earlier, lower grade will remain on the transcript, but will not be included in the GPA.
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Well, when you apply to university you will not have your A level results – only your predicted grades. However, universities are aware that there is a strong link between GCSE grades and A level grades. ... If you get B's you're likely to get C grades and so on. This is why they like to pay attention to your GCSE grades.