Common App Additional Info

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<p>During my junior year, I took your average P-AP Chemistry class and ended up with one of the most harsh teachers in the school. To make a long story short, I didn't do great in the class, as I didn't have any interest in Chemistry and was enrolled in 5 APs as well, and my attempts at reconciling with the teacher went nowhere. I ended up failing the first quarter, and dropped out after my attempts to talk to her failed. I took the class later in a single semester online and ended up with a B+, but because I took P-AP Chemistry at the school (which I dropped out of) and regular Chemistry online, the only available one, it doesn't replace the withdrawal, but they both appear, so I've still got a WF on my transcript.</p>

<p>I'm generally an A/B+ student and have above a 4.0 GPA weighted, and have never gotten below a B for a final grade in any course. Some people have told me I should try to write a blurb in the additional information about how I didn't get along with the teacher and try to explain the WF while others have told me to just let the other grade speak for itself. Should I write anything about it, and if so, how should I go about doing it? I don't want to come off as whiny because I was at fault as well in this case, but I also don't want it dragging me down. Any advice would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>Bump. Anyone?</p>

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<p>Just focus on schools where your GPA matches the 25-75 range and don’t bring up this F. If you apply to a college that has interviews, you can try to explain it and highlight that you have re-taken the class on your own, but basically, in the end, regardless of the teacher, you own it. The fact that you can have a 4.0 unweighted while taking a pile of AP classes says you’re smart. The F in an AP class says that you have a little teenager emotion in you that allowed you to get eaten alive by this teacher and class. Some schools will notice it, some will not. Of the ones that notice it they may see that you re-took it and learned the material. It is what it is … you can’t change the fact that you have an F so don’t draw too much attention to it.</p>