<p>So basically, I got a B- in chemistry this trimester and I'm completely devastated. The rest of my transcript looks fine so far except that...it's honors chem in sophomore year, is it okay to audit? Does it look bad to top tier schools? I'm planning to major in econ, not majoring in anything science related, if that matters. I really don't want this to destroy my gpa...</p>
<p>What’s done is done, move on. Auditing won’t show anything. Instead take AP Chem and ace it.</p>
<p>Oh gawd. I will NEVER take AP chem, I’m done with chem forever. I am taking AP bio next year though. I am confident I will do much better in that class. But does it look bad to have “audit” instead of an actual grade? Will colleges think it’s sketchy?</p>
<p>If not, can I at least “make it up” with straight A’s all next year in my junior year? Sophomore year has been kind of rough for me in several ways. I am absolutely determined to fix things though</p>
<p>I wouldn’t audit a class in place of taking another class. It says two things: 1) I’m afraid to take this class for a grade, because I will do badly, and 2) I wasted my time on a non-credit course instead of pushing myself by taking a full for-credit course load.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the past. Push on, get A’s, get in somewhere cool. :)</p>
<p>I don’t know, I’m still vacillating on what to do…I just calculated my gpa and it doesn’t look so great with the B-. I can’t afford to risk my ranking either. Wouldn’t a school like Cornell for instance, look at an audit and automatically assume I got a bad grade? So auditing it would just help my gpa/rank in the end? And if my guidance counselor wrote in his rec my actual grade in that class, they would know that I didn’t totally fail the class?</p>
<p>I have no idea what auditing means in HS (I didn’t even know it existed). For college, it simply means you sat in on the course, but you didn’t have to do any work and there is no indication that you got anything out of it. So unless it means more in your school, it essentially is the same as not taking the class.</p>
<p>Basically, you may audit a class in high school if you are not happy with the grade you received. It does not calculate into your gpa, but it still does show up on your transcript as an audit. No grade comes up.</p>
<p>I am not sure I understand your rationale for wanting to sit through the class again, for no credit…</p>
<p>instead of using the time slot to take another class, and in that class get a grade that will raise your gpa; or even just use that time slot to study to make sure that all of the grades in the classes you are taking will be excellent.</p>
<p>How is sitting through a class you already took supposed to impress the admissions people?</p>
<p>do NOT audit. it’s just one B. you’ll be fine</p>
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<p>Wow, what a poor precedent for your HS to set IMO.</p>
<p>You say that you got a B- in the last trimester, but what is your overall grade in the class? If you did well up until then, it seems like that would be better than a college seeing this definition of audit on your HS profile. Sorry, I’ve never heard of this before, so I don’t have any real experience with how colleges view it.</p>
<p>I don’t have to sit through it again- I’m just auditing it, which means I don’t have to retake it and it doesn’t go into my gpa. It simply says “audit” on my transcript; that’s it. I’m just not sure how this looks in the eyes of admissions officers.</p>
<p>There is no overall grade at my school- each trimester grade appears on the transcript. </p>
<p>I already have 3 B’s besides this one, but they’re B+'s. So auditing is a strong consideration for me.</p>
<p>audit does not look good. it basically shows colleges that you gave up.</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t give up…I worked my tail off, but chemistry is truly not my thing :(</p>
<p>I meant that by auditing the course, you’re showing colleges that you’re willing to take the easy way out when a class is/was too hard. if you audit, adcoms will probably think your grade is worse then the actual one you got anyways.</p>
<p>take that B- like a man :D</p>
<p>With the definition of audit on the HS profile, I’d guess that a college would think you got more like a D or F, rather than a B/B-. Seems like a large price to pay to avoid the hit 1 B gives your gpa; remember, you’ve just finished soph year, you have another 1 - 1 1/2 years of grades to add to the calculation.</p>