Hi y’all,
So I’ve talked to people about retaking classes and my school says that you can retake classes you’ve earned a D or F in, but I know people who were allowed to retake classes they’ve got C’s in so they could move onto the next level of the class. ((Apparently sketchy things like that happen at my school?))
The reason I’m asking, I know I’ve mentioned this before, is I was living with an abusive situation my freshman year and I was suffering from depression as well. My close relative physically and mentally abused me, and I was forced to live with my grandparents to escape the situation. My mind was just completely fogged up and I got a B- and a C in Algebra 2 Trig Honors , and I’m honestly wondering if there’s any way for me to retake this class or if I should look into ways and maybe ask around to see if there’s any way for me to retake it? My GPA is already low enough because I got a B sophomore year, so I have 2 B’s and a C, and it could help me a lot if I retook the class, hopefully online.
Do y’all think there’s a possibility they’ll take an exception to the policy due to my situation?
If the policy of your school is that the class needs to be failed in order for you to retake, then I doubt you will get an exception. Be aware that in most cases, even if you retake the class and the new grade is used to calculate GPA, the original grade will still appear on the transcript. But it all depends upon the HS.
Focus on doing the best you can from this day forward.
If you have two B’s and a C, does that mean the rest are A’s? What grade are you in? Because that sounds like a pretty good GPA to me.
Are you frustrated because you have to retake the class? If so, I empathize; that’s really rough. Still, it doesn’t sound like there’s much you can do except move forward and try to continue to stabilize your home life.
Either way, I hope things get better for you soon.
You need to ask them. What we think doesn’t matter. Our school only allows retakes for Fs and only offers courses required for graduation and only offers them at the regular level so we don’t have college-bound students trying to improve their GPA by re-taking classes and I would guess that’s a pretty common policy, so I’m sure there are many other students out there who like you had some kind of personal or health issue that brought down their grades… Your GC can explain the situation in your letters so I wouldn’t worry too much about it one way or another, as long as you are in a better situation now and able to perform better.
I looked at your other posts and you know, I think you really need to just accept your grades and move on. You are a rising junior and you’ve asked about this before, months ago, but apparently aren’t going to ask your GC about it. What is the purpose of repeatedly asking about this on this forum?
Apparently after you got out of the bad freshman situation, the issues didn’t end. Here http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1904078-my-teacher-wont-answer-my-emails-i-dont-really-know-what-to-do.html#latest you blame a math teacher for a B+ you didn’t like and went so far as to in a very entitled way serve him with a petition to just hand out higher grades because you want a higher grade. Here you’ve only got a 90.5 because your Spanish teacher is horrible. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1832664-i-have-the-worst-spanish-teacher-how-do-i-not-die-in-her-class.html#latest.
You say that you are in the top 10% of your class, and that is good enough for top schools, but it’s not good enough for you, you want to be ranked in the top 10 students. And you keep posting about replacing grades, ways to get teachers to improve grades, ways to have a miracle on finals, etc. I think you need to stop trying to blame and game, stop obsessing about grades, and just do your best and accept your grades.
Your attitude matters a lot more than a few Bs and I can guarantee it has not gone unnoticed.
It’s really redundant to retake a class to improve one letter grade. That’s just a lot of work on your part and it’s role in your college apps is nominal.
I’m in a similar situation - my mom abuses me but I can’t get out of my place right now. I told my GC about my situation and she helped me get back on track and emailed my teachers whenever I needed her to. Also, whenever I couldn’t do my work I told my teachers (not indulging them on the details, of course) and in all circumstances they gave me a later deadline or excused me from the assignment. I managed to pull off a C+, two B’s, and four A’s last school year (and I’m not retaking any of my classes). You might be going through some things, but there is a lot you can do to lessen its impact on your grades.