<p>I'm a senior this year and am taking calc bc. Will getting a C in this class hurt my chances of getting in to Pitzer? I know that some UC's revoke admitted students because of C's. Just wondering if Pitzer does that.</p>
<p>oh and this will be my first C…ever…</p>
<p>Were you admitted ED?</p>
<p>i would do everything in your power to bring up the grade. i hear that some schools, if you’ve been a strong applicant already, will accept an essay/letter explaining the circumstances of a low grade. i would google some of these past essays and see how you can relate your C in calc to a positive learning experience, etc…may be worth a shot</p>
<p>No, I haven’t been admitted ED. I applied RD. It didn’t hurt my overall GPA by that much, but that grade just looks ugly on my transcript… :(</p>
<p>Oh, ok. I was just wondering because you mentioned rescinding admissions, which applies to candidates who have already gotten their acceptance letters.</p>
<p>I gotta agree with topher14 on this one. The schools want to know why the slip-up happened and do not want to have to assume that it was because of laziness. I would write Pitzer a letter/e-mail explaining your circumstances, but don’t sound whiny. Explain what lesson you learned from it (or make up a lesson…) but make it sound nice.</p>
<p>thanks so much for your input. so… would I be sending my “slip-up essay” to the office of admissions?</p>
<p>Yes :). Best of luck!</p>
<p>While I don’t know all of this OP’s credentials, I hardly think a single “C” in a challenging class like BC Calc, on an otherwise solid application, is going to have any impact on the admission decision. One grade, in one class over the course of a high school “career” is not going to make or break you in terms of getting into college. The idea writing an essay to the school explaining why you got a “C” strikes me as something that would likely hurt you more than it would help you. A letter explaining your “situation” would likely (in my opinion) make you come across as extraordinarily uptight and insecure. Talking about what you “learned from this expereince” is, frankly, silly—you got a “C” in a challenging class. Relax.</p>
<p>I think your argument definitely has merit; however, if it is a grade unusual from normal, then it should be explained. Calc BC is definitely a challenging class, but if you’ve never gotten a C before, then it is not a normal circumstance. That’s why I suggested a simple explanation.</p>