Did I just hand myself a rejection letter to most of my schools? >__>

College Search & Selection
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<p>Senior here. Always been a good student. A's and B's, with a 90 GPA. Decent SAT (1660). But amazing extras.</p>

<p>Im an English/Humanities guy, so I had one C on my transcript from honors physics, but other than that I'm pretty solid.</p>

<p>Now I'm a senior, and I'm doing pretty well other than, well, you know...</p>

<p>My first failure ever <___<</p>

<p>It was in AP economics. My school limits AP's so this year was the first year I can take an AP class. I got a 99 in AP English, but Economics kicked my ass. It was a difficult class, and everyone struggled with it. But I had it really bad. </p>

<p>We took the last test of the quarter, all I had to do was pass with a 70 and my average for the quarter would have been just barely passing, MAYBE a 70 or so. </p>

<p>My grade on this test? A 26 <__<. I thought I did good, too.</p>

<p>Meaning, I fail with about a 57 average on the first quarter.</p>

<p>Other than that, straight 90s. I want to be a journalism major (93 in my journalism elective and a strong background/extras in the field of journalism). My dream schools are BU and northeastern, those are the most competitive I was applying to, though</p>

<p>....simply put, how much am I screwed by this one bad grade? .___.</p>

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<p>What kind of schools are you applying to?</p>

<p>Also, if this class isn’t required, drop it.</p>

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<p>Well the SUNY schools I applied to, and I’m EOP eligble (though grades/SAT might be too high)</p>

<p>Oswego
New Paltz
Plattsburgh
Fredonia
Albany
Buffalo State </p>

<p>As far as the private schools?</p>

<p>Boston U
Northeastern
Marist (eop)
Emerson
Ithaca </p>

<p>And a couple of others I’m still considering.</p>

<p>Ruh roh?</p>

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<p>M2CK is right. If you don’t need it, drop it. What is your class rank? You are a reach at BU and Northeastern based on your scores. If your class rank is pretty high that might balance it out.</p>

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<p>Do I need it? Technically, no.</p>

<p>But my school also won’t let me drop it (strict/small private school) and I need to take it. </p>

<p>I’m not sure what my exact rank is since they were shuffling things around since a couple of students left and some other things. But it’s in the top 13%. Last time it was 19/161</p>

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<p>I don’t think you’re screwed. You’ll get into some of the schools you listed.</p>