<p>Hello All! Right now I am a Junior in high school with extrordinary grades and standings except one thing, I am in AP calc BC and have a 71 in that class. Almost failing. I was wondering if I should keep taking it next semester.</p>
<p>1) Will colleges look down upon me dropping from BC to AB because techinically it is repeating a class (the first semester of BC is ALL of AB)</p>
<p>2) If I do end up failing the class, am I autimatically rejected from all good colleges (such as UGA, GAtech, chapel hill, duke etc..). </p>
<p>3) If I fail the one class though everything else is great, am I still doomed to very bad colleges like Kennesaw State (look it up, it's bad) or Georgia Southern?</p>
<p>1) No, they will not look down on you. It’s just one tiny point in 4 years of classes, test scores, essays, letters of rec, etc…Do what you need to do to ensure mastery of the material so you can build on a solid base in college.</p>
<p>2) Failing a class (getting an F) generally indicates a student who didn’t identify an issue in time and get sufficient help. If you are getting tutoring, using your teacher’s office hours and putting in the effort, you should be able to scrape at least a D and hopefully a C. Schools are rightfully wary of students who didn’t identify a problem until it was too late and didn’t seek out the help they needed to get past the challenge. But one bad grade - and an otherwise stellar record - doesn’t automatically disqualify you.</p>
<p>3) Of course not, if you have extraordinary grades (and I assume decent test scores and recommendation letters.)</p>
<p>Drop the class. I am telling you that its better to drop. if your gpa goes down because of one really bad grade, whats the point? example: i had all honors classes in the beginning of this year. However, my physics grades were so bad that i had to drop and there was no other way. i just got my report card yesterday with regular physics in it. When I calculated, my GPA for the first quarter was 93. I also calculated what my average for the quarter had been IF i stayed in honors and failed physics. It was 85. Yes, it was that bad. So, I am advising you to drop out. It will help you.</p>
<p>If you live in Georgia, you also need to be concerned about not losing the Hope Scholarship. This opportunity will become more real and valuable to you as you get closer to attending college. Go to this site- <a href=“https://secure.gacollege411.org/[/url]”>https://secure.gacollege411.org/</a> and review the requirements.
If you are not clear on something go see your High school guidance counselor. The vast majority of students that get in Georgia Tech and UGA have met these requirements. I would also try to remain positive and open-minded about all Georgia colleges until you see how things work out for you and your friends.</p>
<p>Moreover thanks for that (: However I am not converned about hope. my GPA (if you don’t include calc) is 4.0 so it won’t bring it down that much.
Also the only schools I’ll go to in Georgia would be tech or emory. if not those, I am not doing UGA</p>
<p>Many things can happen over the next year and a half. Believe me, I have seen all the high school attitude about where you are going, big fish in a little pond, not concerned about the Hope etc. I am just saying that is better not to look down on any school or at least keep it to yourself at this point. Your best friend might be dreaming of going to UGA, do you really want to put them down? They also might go and love it while you transfer from your first college. You might find out you don’t have 50,000+ needed for Emory, Duke etc. Just work hard in your classes, EC etc. and be kind to your peers. Keep a nice range in your applications and see how it all works out.</p>
<p>Yonahblock - do sit down with your parents and find out how much they are ready, willing, and able to pay for your education. Then run the Net Price Calculators at the places you are interested in, and at the public universities in your state. If your parents haven’t looked at the numbers lately, they may be horrified, so have some soft tissues and maybe some adult beverages handy. Once you know about the money issue, you can start thinking about where you might like to go.</p>
<p>Thanks Happymomof1, however this thread has nothing to do with costs. It wasn’t in my original question. I am fortunate enough that money is not at all an issue, my parents make more than 7 digit salaries combined.</p>