<p>I'm getting really worried. The third quarter is about the come to and end, and my grades are looking terrible. I suffered I concussion mid-quarter, causing me to miss a week and a half of school and be incapable of doing any homework for over two weeks. I spent the rest of the quarter catching up. During this time I was recovering from the concussion, I couldn't read, slept fifteen hours each night and couldn't focus on school work.</p>
<p>My first semester grades were as follows:
english- 92, psychology-92, physics-96, math-93, spanish-94.</p>
<p>My estimated third quarter grades are going to look something like this:
english-82, psychology-68, physics-84, math-75, spanish-90.</p>
<p>This is obviously a HUGE drop, and my concussion had a lot to do with it. I'll have to work extra hard next quarter so my 2nd semester grades are halfway decent.
I'm thinking I can make my overall 2nd semester grades look something like:
english-88, psychology-80, physics-89, math-84, spanish-92</p>
<p>Am I going to be in trouble? If I write a letter to my school telling them the circumstances, will they understand? Would I need a doctor's note or proof from my counselor about missed school? I also have a scholarship I don't want to lose :(</p>
<p>This is for a top 50 liberal arts school. Not an ivy league or anything.</p>
<p>That is looking pretty harsh, there.
However, if you do manage to bring your grades up like you propose, you should be perfectly fine (even without an explanation, though I would include it anyway).
However, I would definitely imagine your school(s) would be understanding about the fact that you suffered a concussion, so long as an official explanation is provided. It’s a legitimate explanation for the drop. I think you should be fine. :)</p>
<p>A concussion is a big deal. A letter from your doctor to the high school counselor should give the counselor enough information to write a helpful letter to whichever school you accept. </p>
<p>I had a concussion when I was in junior high, and I still remember how much it hurt to think and how poor my memory and concentration was for months afterward, though you couldn’t tell that there was any problem just by looking.</p>
<p>Wow, that sucks, but I think I can give you some good advice as I have been in a similar situation myself. I suffered from clinical depression and was put on sick leave for my entire second and third semester of the IB (there are in total 4 semesters), because I was so ill and unable to function. I was nearly institutionalized and taken out of school completely, but to make a long story short; I recovered miraculously and graduated, but with far lower grades than initially predicted.
What I was recommended to do by my college advisor was to get a statement from my doctor explaining the full extent of the illness and how that affected my ability to perform in school. You should definitely get that too, I spoke to some admissions offices and they told me they do take this sort of thing into consideration.
What perhaps is a little “strange” is the fact that your grades dropped so much, I am not trying to criticize you or belittle the extent of your injury, but you do not want to give admissions offices the impression that you get setback very easily, so I would be careful about how to phrase myself and you don’t want them to get the impression that you feel sorry for yourself.</p>
<p>Since your drop is medically based, I think you should be fine.</p>