<p>help. im currently a hs senior and am in a dual enrollment course at my local college. i have recently found out that i may be on the verge of getting a D or F for my semester grade. However, all of my other high school course grades are above 95. the drop in my college course grade is due to the fact that i have missed about 1/3 of the classes with various college interviews and visits. during the classes i have missed, there were quizzes given an i am not able to make them up. thus my grade is suffering. am i going to have my admissions to my college rescinded? what should i do? if i explain the situation to the college, will they understand? this is the only blemish in my high school career. all other grades are A's.? please help.</p>
<p>First you should have talked with the school administration and your teachers before the absences. My D missed lots of classes because her college process involved many music auditions. She was able to get homework in advance and make up missed quizzes. You should go to the school administrators and teachers immediately.</p>
<p>yes. i understand i should have done that. but i talked to the professor and he said it was too late to make up the quizzes? any thoughts on what i should do? also, i talked with my hs counselor about my transcript. and she said that they could write that my grade for the course was UR (unreported). if this is UR is sent on my final trancsript to the college, will they inquire as to what the actual grade is?</p>
<p>DROP the class!!</p>
<p>is it possible to drop this late? on the college calendar, it says that the last day to drop class was in the end of january?</p>
<p>I don't think it really matters at this point. They will our grades in all the other classes, and they can probably figure out that there must have been some special circumstance that prevented you from getting a good grade. You could always talk to someone there and just explain the situation, but I would wait until they contact you first. They may not even have time to check up on your grade, or go through the process of getting you rescinded. Even if they did, I doubt they would do it over one grade, and in one sweeping motion. They will probably tell you that you are in jeopardy first, and that should be your cue to contact them and explain your situation. And I think it is too late to drop.</p>
<p>Talk to the school admin and your Guidance Councilor. Don't waste time!</p>
<p>The problem with this is that it is a college class, not a high school class. It may seem to the college you hope to attend that while you can handle high school classes amazingly, you have a tough time with college courses. I would contact (probably via phone) your admissions counselor at the school you are attending in the fall and explain the situation.</p>
<p>you are going to be fine, seriously. straight A's in high school curriculum is more than enough to make up for a D caused by college visits. Just call and explain, you have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Agree with the "dads"....</p>
<p>One thing to note is that your college transcripts are a permanent record. </p>
<p>For example, I enrolled in a Certificate program last year and the university wanted transcripts from EVERY college I've attended (and like you, I took community college classes in high school).</p>
<p>You reall yhave no valid excuse, you made very bad choices to not talk to prof before had, why in the world did you not do that? If so, you probably could have pulled out a C, but the professor has every right to give you those grades</p>
<p>I just don't understand the idea of just not bothering to show up without taking care of it before hand, and that shows a problem for colleges</p>
<p>If I was the prof, and I had a student who jsut didn't bother to show up and never let me know, do you think it would be good to just let you drop the class this late....if so, los of college kids would just try and drop....</p>
<p>Petition for a late withdrawal with a non-punitive grade of "W." These are usually reserved for students with medical or family emergencies so it may not work out, but it's worth a try. Talk to the Dean of the school about circulating the petition. In addition to finding out how to proceed, it'll give you a chance to make your case with the person who'd ultimately have to sign off on the withdrawal.</p>
<p>Your unreported grade might be the best option. You can try for what the last post said (about the W, but it's a long shot since more than likely you are now past the withdraw date - if you withdraw after the drop date, it is usaully recorded as a WF which is figured into your grade point average just like an "F" would be.).</p>
<p>This is a learning experience. It's a rare person who misses 1/3 of their classes in college courses (regardless of the reason) and still does well. I think you will find that most professors are unforgiving in this regard. Missing even a couple of classes can create problems - once you make it into to college full time, remember that if you want decent grades. </p>
<p>Failing all "unique solutions" - just be honest and up front about it if asked and let them know that you have learned from the experience.</p>
<p>What I see as a red flag is that you got almost perfect grades in highschool while taking a college class and failing that class, which shows you were capable of attending the HS classes,a nd dealing with that work, but blew off the college class, showing it little respect, and maybe using it to bolster an application...</p>
<p>I don't think thy will rescind you, but learn from this</p>
<p>You are extremely lucky to have acceptances to guaranteed BA/MD programs. Otherwise, the D or F you could possibly get in this course will haunt you 4 years down the line when you apply to med school. </p>
<p>Lesson #1 of college: Professors are not very forgiving of stupidity.</p>
<p>Looking at your "excuse" I wouldn't believe it....was the class on a Saturday?</p>
<p>Trying to exlain it away to a college won't fly, you need another strategy</p>
<p>I would go for the unreported grade. It will be a blemish, but not as much as a "D." Besides - if you have straight A's anyway, they might assume it was a "B" and you didn't want to ruin your precious 4.0 or something....</p>
<p>Check and see if it is possible to withdraw from the class. The calander date for withdrawing may be the one for withdrawing and getting money back. My son once got dropped from a class for missing too many classes - right before finals and he had an A in the class - grrr. He talked to the teacher and was able to have it be a W rather than a w fail. It is worth a try anyway. Good luck.</p>
<p>I am in an almost similar situation (Except this involves an AP Course, not an outside College course). I have a high school course that I'm currently getting a C in (AP Physics). I got accepted into NYU and I don't want that to get my acceptance revoked.</p>
<p>I got a B+ for it in my first semester, and the rest of my classes I got all As or A+s. (These include classes like Japanese 4 Honors, AP Calculus, AP Brit Lit, etc.)</p>
<p>This past marking period, I got a C. I MIGHT be able to average it out into a B if I get like an A or something for the 4th marking period, which would be hard.</p>
<p>There is no excuse for getting such a bad grade other than my classmates and my disinterest in the class. Our teacher ends up falling asleep on us on a daily basis (he's like 72+ years old) and we just jerk around, which means we do bad on the quizzes and stuff he gives us.</p>
<p>thank you so much for your replies. i understand that this situation is completely my fault and i should have acted before. however, i did take another course at the same college during the fall 2006 semester and received an A. so, in my mind, i like to think that i am very capable of handling a college courseload. this was just a freak mistake. the biggest of my life. but thanks again.</p>