I’m a second semester senior now and I had a lot of personal/family problems going on last semester that significantly impacted my grades. I missed a lot of school, and some teachers showed less mercy than others. My teacher gave me an F in my elective class (it’s an independent study class where we create our own assignments) because I missed too many deadlines when I was absent. I’ve tried everything I could and he’s not raising it… I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve been a straight A student for all of high school and now I feel like this random elective will ruin my chances at getting into my top choices (Chicago and Northwestern). I’m just really sad:( I plan to send in an explanation of my grades, but will that even help? Do you think there is any hope?
You already asked this question on another thread and were warned not to make multiple threads on the same topic.