My Senior is taking an online full year course and he got accepted into two of the top colleges.There were a lot of problems with the teacher.We complained several times to the supervisor.They agree with us but that is the only teacher they have so nothing is changed.The tests have no content from the teaching and its not easy to access the teacher.Our school is willing to drop the course but we do not know how colleges would see this if we drop the course.The grade is still an A.Thank you for your help.
If the course was listed as planned/in-progress on his college applications, he would need to contact each school about dropping the course. I would not drop until he gets the OK from each school.
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Agree… dropping a course listed on a college application without the permission of the college could lead to an admission being rescinded. Your child needs to ask and get (in writing) permission from the admission department each college he has been accepted to BEFORE dropping the course. If your child has any outstanding applications those admissions departments would need to be notified as well.
It may be easier to finish out the class since your child is doing well (even if the grade drops to a B that is fine).
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Its not about the grade but its the stress that the teacher is causing everyday.What are the valid reasons that the college would accept if we drop the course?Its an AP course.
Check with the guidance counselor to see if their 7th semester reports, (mid-yr), have been sent out, (most have already been sent). If they have, then student is responsible for sending out notifications to colleges in writing. The colleges that I am familiar with will accept the drop, especially with the A grade without consequences if it was in a subject not conditional for acceptance to major, ex. bio/chem/physics for a nursing major, calc/pre-calc for engineering. Colleges would like to see that the student dropped course in order to focus on some other activity-sport/hobby/music, volunteer work or another class.
You should call the colleges before dropping. I have heard of a college denying the request to drop - better to know that instead of jeopardizing the acceptance.
Your son would need to contact each admission office to see if he can drop the course without negatively impacting his acceptance or application. The answer may be different at different colleges. If admissions officers approve the drop I’d be certain to get it in writing in case there are any questions down the road.
I don’t think complaining about a teacher would be a compelling reason to drop a class from a college admissions point of view.
FWIW a friend’s D was accepted ED at a top tier college. After the acceptance she asked admissions if she could drop down from AP Calc to Honors Calc and their reply was that if she made the change they would “re-evaluate her acceptance.” She decided to keep the AP class so as to not jeopardize her acceptance.
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Honestly, and it might’ve been just bad luck or a large university thing, but all of my kids had at least on class freshman year where they were frustrated with the professors for not teaching well and not teaching the content that was on the exams. They learned ways of dealing with it that came in handy throughout college. Especially online. They vented to me and then learned what they needed on their own utilizing office hours, practice exams, study groups…