<p>Does anyone know what it is?</p>
<p>bump.
current senior slide: 2 A, 3B-</p>
<p>i might end up with one or two C’s.
depends on my AP mocks next week.</p>
<p>I think I’m gnna end up with 2 as 2bs and maybe a d that’s why I’m worried , I’m gnna try to bring it up but yeah.</p>
<p>Oh an another c</p>
<p>dude,
i heard one or two C’s are fine,
but a D is essentially failing.
id try to bring that up to a C.</p>
<p>but even with a D, i doubt ud get rescinded.
it almost never happens.</p>
<p>and if its AP, then i think they cut some slack.</p>
<p>just rumor tho.</p>
<p>It’s APCalcBC and the Bs are APs as well, the C is in regular physics</p>
<p>haha im taking BC calc too…</p>
<p>after i got into Boston C, i haven’t learned a thing.</p>
<p>im pretty sure i forgot everything bout taylor poly’s…</p>
<p>personally, I’d rescind your app without a compelling reason for the grade drop. Senior-itis should be cause to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>would one C in AP calc be okay? the rest of my classes are As, with maybe a B in AP bio. So that brings down my GPA from 3.8 first semester to 3.4 this semester…</p>
<p>Dear CaliSun and themixedtapee : The discussion here is looking at your acceptance being rescinded based on poor senior year grades. However, I want you both to think about this from another perspective.</p>
<p>The Boston Marathon was this last Monday. The temperatures reached the mid-80s unexpectedly and scores of runners dropped out. Certainly, you would never consider running a marathon without substantial training, but the temperature just increases the stress on the body. </p>
<p>So, why does this apply to you? Let’s paraphrase that last paragraph and change the athletic example to an academic example.</p>
<p>Your Boston College experience begins in September 2012. The work load will soar unexpectedly as this is a Top 30 university nationally. Certainly, you would never consider attending a top level university without substantial academic training, since the quality of the academics and level of the student body just increases the competition.</p>
<p>Translation : Your AP course work is a training ground for just six months from now. Trust me when I tell you that college courses, including the Calculus course work, will be faster paced in a collegiate setting than in your High School classroom. So, press forward with your academic training now and be ready for September. Get your grades up and start applying yourself in these last few weeks.</p>
<p>If you are not cutting it at the AP level, how are you planning to succeed at the Boston College level?</p>
<p>@scottj You hit the nail on the head… I was wondering how to tell the youngsters without sounding like I was lecturing them on work ethics. Thank you for being so eloquent about it.</p>
<p>@scottj
My senior year second semester grades do not reflect my ability to succeed in any AP level course or in Boston College. I hope that before you make such assumptions that it is natural that a large majority of seniors do experience senioritis, as much as we shouldn’t, we do. With that said, if my ability to perform both well and highly in high school were not up to par to BC’s standards to begin with, wouldn’t that have led to my rejection from the college in the first place? I understand the amount of work that is headed my way, in college, but I made a few mistakes this semester, which consequently led to a poor Calculus grade, and my question simply remains, if said mistakes would lead to my rescission.</p>
<p>@CaliSun:</p>
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<p>If you can’t do it in high school (for whatever bogus reason you want to claim), how will the BC adcoms be convinced that you will do it when you get to BC?</p>
<p>Think of your 2nd semester HS grades as the 2nd part of your BC entrance exam. You passed the 1st part. The BC adcoms, on your acceptance letter, have stated their right to look at your continued academic performance and to revisit their decision if they choose to.</p>
<p>Here’s another way of looking at it. No one knows if you’ll get “the call” from BC telling you they changed their mind. (You’re sure giving them motivation to do so). If they do, you can tell them one of two things:</p>
<p>1: You can tell them that once you got accepted, you got senioritis. And that you wasted lots of time blowing it off, and/or asked your friends and strangers on college boards what the chances are that you will be able to sneak through this one.</p>
<p>2: Or you could tell them that once you got your report card - you “woke up”.<br>
From there you did the following:
-a: When to all your teachers and asked them to prepare the most aggressive “get well plan” they could.
-b: You regularly went for extra help before school, and stayed after school for follow-up.
-c: You studied every night till midnight, including weekends in order to ace everything your teachers could throw at you in those subjects.</p>
<p>If you choose “1” and you get the call, the outcome is predictable.
If you choose “2” and you get the call, your story, with validation from your teachers, shows a completely different kind of candidate.</p>
<p>I only mention option “2” above because I’ve been in your shoes. It may have been years ago, but it’s something one never forgets.</p>
<p>You screwed up and BC will see it. How badly do you want to ensure you’ll be at BC this fall?</p>
<p>@jpm50
Thank you, I appreciated your advice a lot more, as I felt scott’s was a bit passive aggressive. I’ll take option 2, and truly work towards pulling my grade up. Thank you once again.</p>
<p>When Universities state the average GPA of their admits on their websites we do not know if it is weighted or unweighted GPA. I think that many/most state the weighted GPA to show that they that they are selective, top notch and have very smart students in their freshman class. Thus if they have admitted you, you and your parents should feel good about you (as their child) and this fine University that they are about to pour a lot of money into. </p>
<p>If a Senior in High School during their 8th semester has 5 AP classes and because of senioritis received all Cs in these classes he/she will have a weighted GPA of 3.0. Now lets assume in two (2) of these AP classes that tie closest to their admitted Major the student receives a B. The students GPA would be 3.4. Therefore this 3.4 GPA is probable not much of a drop off (in the scheme of things) from what you stated on your application for admittance.</p>
<p>If a student in High School during their 8th semester receives a C or God forbid a D in AP Calculus and they are not a Science or Business major a University does not care and will not revoke an admission. The exception is very top Universities such as one of the University of Californias (UCs) 10 campuses then a D in any class will most likely cause you to have your admittance revoked.</p>
<p>I would do everything possible to obtain at least a C in all of your 8th semester High School classes! Go to teacher office hours, go early to class, hire tutors, do extra credit, retake tests if this is possible and start studying again (the studying part will reinforce what you will need to at college even with all of the distractions you will face there). Dropping a class is not an option. Most Universities would rather you receive a D in a class rather than dropping the class. I hope this helps.</p>