<p>I got a D in Ap Physics and Ap Calculus for first semester. I applied to UCs, Harvey Mudd, Purdue, Carnegie, Case, Rennselaer, MIT, GA Tech, and VA Tech. What should I do? Wait untill admissions? or send them letters now?</p>
<p>send them letters now</p>
<p>what do you mean, send them letter?</p>
<p>to let them know you got two D's?</p>
<p>can you talk to your teachers about it....?
Yes, send them letters.</p>
<p>MIT with D's in math and science?</p>
<p>the teachers won't help and neither do the guidance counselors. How should the letter be formatted?</p>
<p>I have this issue i think to I have to talk to my ap biology teacher because i think he forget to add something to my grade. AHHHHHHHH my life sucks!</p>
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I have this issue i think to I have to talk to my ap biology teacher because i think he forget to add something to my grade. AHHHHHHHH my life sucks!
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At least your problem could be fixed if he forgot something. Your life sucks because you have to <em>gasp</em> talk to a teacher? ;)</p>
<p>Alex</p>
<p>This link might be of interest.
<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/my-grades-are-awful-can-i-save-my-college-acceptance.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/my-grades-are-awful-can-i-save-my-college-acceptance.htm</a></p>
<p>I second that, MIT with a math and science D?</p>
<p>Hopefully things turn out ok because I really want to go to BU or NYU</p>
<p>assuming you are in CA. You need to talk to your GC. For the UCs it is my understanding that a D in a required a-g course will disqualify you for admission to any UC. You may have to look into retaking those classes. Again, this is what I have heard..check immediately with your GC.</p>
<p>I got a D in classes that are not required and that I have no interest in really I want to be a journalism major I have no interest in the sciences.</p>
<p>then why were you taking AP?</p>
<p>Because my counselor told me that I should in order to be competitive and stuff. But oh well I have a tutor now so I should do well this 2nd semester I sent a letter to my colleges telling them this and how i did not slack off. Also how i would be willing to send my 3rd quarter grades to show my improvement so hopefully I should be ok. :/</p>
<p>Why are you applying to all those tech schools if you want to go into journalism? </p>
<p>And GCs do not always know best... </p>
<p>make sure your letter is not "whiney", just honest and straightforward.</p>
<p>Oh I am not the other person is I am applying to a lot of the UC's and BU, NYU, Tufts, and USC.</p>
<p>Send a letter to college explaining why you got these two Ds and get your grade up. I hope you have some good excuses or else these two Ds could break your application in half depending on the competitiveness of the school you applied to.</p>
<p>Well the reason why i did bad in the class is just because for the simple reason i just could not grasp the subject I even got a tutor and studied all the time and it just did not work but I got a different tutor now and I am confident that I will pass both of them that I will send my quarter grades to the colleges.</p>
<p>To the OP, I think you had better sit down fast with your GC and come up with a back up strategy for safety schools that you can still apply to, because those 2 D's will kill your chances at most of the schools on your list. The only purpose of sending a letter would be to explain extreme extenuating circumstances for the D's- such as you being very ill, or some trauma such as a parent dying, etc,etc...</p>