I am a senior right now. So it looks like in ap physics C, i wil be getting a D. The concepts are just hard and I cant do well on the tests. My classmates share the same problems. I was accepted to the following colleges EA
Rutgers
Univ of pittsburgh
NJIT
Temple
My senior year mid year grades are:
ap calculus ab:B
Advanced topics in computer science: A
Ap physics c: D
Consumer economics: A
Principles of engineering: B
Language arts:B
So yea if i keep up these grades and try to bump the D to a c in second semester, will i be okay?
What will happen if I get a D for the whole year? Im really worried
Thanks
You can ask admissions if they would mind if you withdrew from Physics - of course make sure you don’t need the credit to graduate before you do so. And realize the withdrawal will stay on your high school record. Explain it is a difficult class that you think you will be better off taking in college with acollege professor. They won’t rescind the offer because you ask. One of my Daughter’s friends last year asked to withdraw from her physics class and admissions said yes right away.
You can also stay after with your physics teacher on a regular basis and do everything you can to bring up your grade. Even if it stays at a D level your physics teacher will be able to tell admissions, if necessary, how hard you tried and the college will know the bad grade isn’t because you slacked off.
If everyone in the class is struggling, the right thing for your teacher to do is grade on a curve - that is after all what most college professors do. My D is in many AP classes and the grades are low for everyone but it seems none of her teachers grade on a curve. That is very different from my son who’s at an IVY where most grades are on a curve. Last semester a 50% on a midterm for calculus 2 was equal to an A on the curve. It should be the same way in high school when the class is a college level class.
I agree, just email admissions. My friend got into JHU ED and ended up emailing them to see if he could drop out of some AP classes for various reasons, and they were very open to the idea. Simply sending the email should not make any difference, it’s always worth a shot to ask. And even if they say no (which I doubt), a C on your transcript definitely would not be the end of the world and I doubt would have much bearing (if any) on your college acceptance.