D+ in AP Spanish Language and Culture

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Hello everyone, I’m new here and I’m hoping I’m posting in the right place. A little background info about me: I am a senior in high school, I’m in 2 AP classes, 2 honors, and one regular, and all from freshman through junior year, I got all As and Bs, with nothing below a B-. My senior year has academically been rocky. Currently, I have an A+ in English B- in AP Euro, D+ in AP Spanish, C in Honors Pre- Calc, and a B+ in honors PLTW IED. The biggest reason I think my grades are rocky was the fact that I was in AP Chemistry and dropped, just in a knick of time too so it won’t be put on my transcript. I was focusing all my time and effort into that class that I did not leave enough time in my other classes, plus I was getting a D and not doing that well.

As for Spanish, I am not that good at it. I struggle a lot with the speaking and reading sections and most of the practice tests we have done I’ve gotten 2s with an occasional 3 here and there. Every time we have some sort of test in that class it frustrates me because I know my grade is going to drop. We just wrote an argumentative essay this past week and my teacher gave me a 2 on it which she puts in as a 10/20 in the gradebook. Also, I had this same teacher in Spanish 1 and 2 and always got a B and when I got a different teacher for Spanish 3, I got an A, so I don’t know.

Now my teacher did say for our final if any of the sections are higher than our previous tests, they will get replaced in the grade book, but I feel like it won’t make a difference since I keep getting 2s.

Anyway, what are your thoughts? Should I switch to Spanish 4 dual credit after the end of the first semester or stay? Any insight is appreciated and sorry for the long post. Thanks!

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Switch to dual credit 4.
D’s and Fs are radioactive to colleges so staying may jeopardize any college admissions you have.
If you’re not aiming for economics/business, you might want to switch to precalculus regular.
What colleges did you apply to?

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I have already applied to Iowa State and Iowa and have gotten in. I have also applied to Purdue (not counting on this one), Bradley University, University of Illinois Chicago, and MSOE. I am going to either major in chemical or manufacturing engineering.

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Bradley will likely request midyear grades.
Iowa and Iowa State can rescind for a D or an F.
Better safe than sorry.

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What is the progression in your Spanish classes? Did you go from Spanish 3 to AP?

I’m just curious really, because dropping to 4 would not be an option in our HS as Spanish 4 is a pre-requisite to AP Spanish. All our Spanish 4 classes are dual credit to begin with, though, but they are not weighted.

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Groundwork2022, yes, I went from Spanish 3 to AP. My Spanish 3 teacher said that she thought that I could do AP and my older brother who also took AP Spanish encouraged me also.

The only problem is that it is too late in the semester to switch, and I would have to wait until 2nd semester. Also, I was really frustrated because we had a class discussion on Tuesday that I prepared very well for and participated decently and my teacher did not take it for a grade -_-

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It has been a month since I have posted, and luckily I was able to get my grade up all the way to a C+. I ended up doing well on a retake which replaced some of my grades, and so did the final, so things did not turn out as nearly bad as I thought it would.

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Good job! :slight_smile:

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nice!