A B in a mandatory elective in art or music just means you’re not an artsy person. In a PE it means you’re not athletic. Those aren’t a negative on their own.

If there’s a series of B grades (such as you got a B in every math class) then there is an issue there and you need to fix it. Even then, it simply means you’re not a math guru.

Grades are an important consideration but they don’t stand by themselves. Exam scores such as ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, MAT, LSAT, etc… are considered with that GPA as well.

Your other activities will be weighted in there. If your application looks like you go to school and nothing else, you had best have a very high GPA. If it looks like you do a lot of extra-curric. then it can be a little lower (not low, just lower).

Saying “I have 5 B’s and the rest A’s” doesn’t help up analyze for you by the way. That could be 5 B’s and 2 A’s or 5 B’s and 100 A’s — very different results.

Apply wherever you want to attend. They can only say yes or no.

If you have that many Bs, I hope you made up for it in extracurricular activities and test scores. Especially in your extra currics. They’re more forgiving of grades if you’re off saving the world or doing some other spectacular thing.

Seriously A’s are REALLY important unless you have almost perfect SAT/ACT scores, and a high GPA, honors/AP courses, and a heck of an admission essay. But in case you didn’t know, nowadays the secret is out that an Ivy League education is just as good as almost any college, people just do it for the name.

well either way, it isn’t just about grades, there are standardised tests and extracurricular activities you have to factor. and also rec letters. but there are so many other great schools apart from the eight ivies (amherst, wesleyn, vassar)… i’m sure you can get into a number of them.