<p>Hey guys, March admissions are rolling around and I wanted to see what you thought about my chances despite a deferral in December. FSU is my top choice so I'm really hoping I'll get in.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:
IMPORTANT - I got an F in Calculus junior year. I don't know why I took it; I want to major in sociology. Regardless, this was the first thing I was told when I called admissions, so I'm assuming it played a big role in my decision. I had replaced the grade with a B well before I applied, but the replacement hadn't registered (wish I would've known). Anyways, the transcript should show a B now, no F's.</p>
<p>Hispanic Male</p>
<p>SAT: 2020
Math:660
Reading:650
Writing:710</p>
<p>GPA (bit low):
UW - 3.1
W - 4.15
FSU - 3.3</p>
<p>Service Hours: 284
Extra Curriculars - Varsity Lacrosse 3 yrs, held jobs (McDonalds & Walgreens) all throughout junior and senior year, in a couple of clubs but nothing too special.</p>
<p>Essay - solid</p>
<p>Senior Courseload - AP Gov/Econ, AP European History, all honors besides that.
Senior Year Grades -
My 1st quarter grades are not yet set in stone, still have some talking to teachers to do. Ideally though, they'd look something like this:
A A B B first quarter
A A B+ B second quarter</p>
<p>How exactly did you get a grade completely replaced? I might be wrong, but I thought it was policy to show both grades. I’m pretty sure at least that FSU has access to both. I could be mixing up policies here though, honestly I’m not 100%.</p>
<p>Also, I’m with hghschjunior, why did you not know exactly what was on your transcripts before you sent it to FSU? </p>
<p>FSU may now get your new transcripts and compare them to the old ones and question the grade change.</p>
<p>Even if you retake a class, the old grade will still appear (also told to me by my guidance counselor). The only thing that’s getting replaced is the F in your GPA-- you’ll still have the old grade on your transcript along with the new one. That’s how my transcript was also, an old grade along with the grade I got when I repeated the class.</p>
<p>Calculation of High School Academic GPA
The Office of Admissions recalculates all grade point averages. We do not use the GPAs listed on the high school transcript or report card. Only academic subjects will be used in the recalculation. Grades of “C-” or better in dual enrollment, AICE, AP, and IB coursework will receive one full bonus point in the recalculation; grades of “C-” or better in honors, pre-AICE, pre-AP, and pre-IB will receive one half bonus point. For repeated courses, we will only forgive a low grade if the exact course has been repeated (i.e. Algebra I will not replace an Algebra I honors grade; both grades will be used in the recalculation). </p>
<p>I found this on the website stating that both grades will be used in the gpa calculation. Did you actually order your new transcript to see if the original grade was removed? Different high schools may have different policies which could vary by county and private vs public.</p>
<p>If the transcript now shows your new grade, don’t think you’re screwed! I had an F on my transcript, and got in summer. You definitely still have a shot once you show improvement.</p>
<p>I’m going to reapply for summer. Also, I was planning on sending them a final letter or something explaining that they’re still my first choice etc…I was wondering if I should include that the admissions date is my birthday? :O</p>
<p>Well I’m pretty sure they won’t consider letters haha, but like I said, improvement REALLY counts. I’m 100% sure I would have been rejected from all the colleges I applied to if I didn’t get my grades up so well junior year (all As). Showing that you care has to count for something…
There’s still a chance, good luck! :)</p>
<p>An F in Calculus is an F in a core course, and also might suggest to FSU’s admissions that you aren’t prepared to handle higher level courses in college. </p>
<p>Also, FSU doesn’t care about (or receive) quarter grades. All they get are semester grades. While it looks like your semester grades are decent, it’s not set in stone that it would be enough to get you into FSU. They have gotten much more strict about things this year in regards to low grades, even going so far to outright reject people from being admitted, something that is extremely uncommon during the first admissions cycle.</p>
<p>Calculus honors is not a core class, it is an elective; I wasn’t required to take it but it was the next math on the list. I’m hoping that since it was a higher-level math course and I have a sociology major it will be somewhat irrelevant when they decide on me.</p>
<p>It’s a math class, which FSU counts as a core class. Just because you took it in high school as an elective doesn’t mean it gets counted as one at FSU. </p>
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<p>And even if you don’t have to take Calculus as a sociology major, it’s still factored in. Taking courses that are college-prep level is something FSU looks at heavily- academic course rigor is one of the biggest factors FSU takes into consideration when you apply. It gives FSU an idea if you’re ready to tackle college course rigor or not. </p>
<p>I’m not saying that it’s definitively going to keep you out… If you have much better grades this year than last year you’re likely to get accepted.</p>
<p>I think the major you chose doesn’t factor into it because they know students change majors. Also your high SAT scores would seem to offset the calc grade. The only thing I can think of is the discrepancy between your high SAT and 3.3 GPA.</p>