<p>I'm honestly in a panic. I'm currently taking four AP Classes, two dual enrollment. One regular class.
Last semester I ended one class, AP Calculus with a D plus. My overall semester GPA was still above a 5.0, but this time around, I think I might also get a F in a dual enrollment class this semester also. What can I do to avoid getting rescinded? I'm so scared, I don't know what to do.</p>
<p>you will have to call the school and tell them ASAP</p>
<p>I was told anything below a C would give you a chance of getting rescinded. There really isn’t much you can do because it’s not like you can give them a good excuse as to why you have a D or an F</p>
<p>@annabelle0924 Wow is that true? Because I heard of some people who got into FSU with an C average GPA. </p>
<p>I’d like to believe FSU had a good reason to admit students with a C average GPA lol but yeah that is what I heard. It makes sense too…getting D’s and below once you have already been accepted makes it look like you stopped trying. No college would want a student to just drop the ball like that. </p>
<p>I think FSU won’t ask to see your grades until your final senior grades. So if your overall grade for those classes are like a B or A, you should be fine. </p>
<p>You basically get automatically deferred anymore as a freshman applicant with any grade below a C on your transcripts. </p>
<p>If you are already accepted and are having to send in your senior year grades to FSU, any grade below a C is grounds for having your acceptance rescinded (though technically, any drop in grades is technically all they need to do it). </p>
<p>If you have an F on your transcripts from this year, I would honestly expect to be rescinded. I don’t see how you have a D+ and still get a GPA above a 5.0 (granted, a GPA above a 5.0 is supposed to be impossible anyway). </p>
<p>In your case, if you have a D+ one semester and an F the next semester, I see you getting rescinded. Even if it’s an AP class.</p>
<p>Can you withdraw from the dual enrollment class and bring your AP Calc grade to a B ( for a C average - you won’t get rescinded for a year average of C)?
These two actions would be enough to keep you from being rescinded since FSU will only see your final transcript, not your current one.</p>
<p>So you think I might be okay if I get a B for me second semester grade? Wouldn’t that be a D and a B? So it would be a C?
No, it’s too late for the dual enrollment course: But it’s not an F, it’s a D.</p>
<p>The 5.0 is my weighted GPA; also a semester GPA only. My weighted GPA is around currently. 4.6/4.5.</p>
<p>My unweighted GPA is a 3.2. FSU wanted my weighted though but I’m still so scared. </p>
<p>How important is the essay part of the application? If you can write a stellar essay explain your situation of what you been through throughout school, can they possibly accept your C average grades?</p>
<p>Why on earth did you take 4 AP courses and two dual enrollments. At my son’s HS (one of the best in this NE state), the best students take 4-5 AP courses in HS, total Sounds like that in many southern HS’s AP courses are equivalent to our honors’ courses. That said, colleges do not like to rescind acceptances. In my opinion, you are fine. Don’t worry. I would not contact the school and highlight the bad grade.</p>
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Keep in mind, FSU sees whatever is on your transcripts. If you are in a Florida high school, that means that you’re likely sending in semester grades, so they’re still going to see that D. I would check your transcripts, if possible. If you have that D on there, you are at risk of being rescinded. </p>
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Coupled with a D from the first semester, that’s still bad. You have two grades below a C. One grade below a C for the semester would make me wonder about being rescinded. Two grades below a C and I would begin to expect to be rescinded. </p>
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Just because they don’t like to rescind people doesn’t mean that they won’t. If you slow a drop in your grades and you have multiple bad grades, they WILL look at that and they will likely rescind you. There is no harm in contacting the school about it if you know that it’s happening- in fact, it’s actually encouraged with FSU. </p>
<p>FSU doesn’t want you to hide your bad grades. Being proactive and contacting the university asking whether you’d be in trouble shows initiative for accepting your mistakes. That’s something FSU likes to see and can actually keep you accepted instead of rescinded. </p>
<p>My concern for anyone is that Dual Enrollment courses are college courses. If you are struggling massively in them right now, FSU may see it as a red flag that you can’t handle a college-level course load. Yeah, you’re taking 5-6 “college” level/college prep courses, whereas you’re probably only going to take about 4 in college, but if you can’t handle it now, that may suggest that you won’t be able to handle it next year.</p>
<p>One thing colleges like is keeping a very low dropout rate, especially for freshmen. FSU could be wary of someone struggling in college-level classes now. It’s a huge red flag.</p>
<p>Dual Enrollment courses are college courses that will be on your college transcripts, forever. So if you receive a D in a Dual Enrollment that will be included in your college GPA. You mentioned that you are taking two Dual Enrollment classes now. Depending on your grades in both classes (plus previous DE classes, if any), your college GPA could be close to a 2.0 before you even arrive on campus. Below a 2.0 you are on academic probation. FSU does not have grade forgiveness and classes don’t count for your major or a requirement unless they are C- or above. Pasbal is correct, college what to keep a very low dropout rate. They will and they do look at your senior grades. When my daughters was applying 3 years ago, the admission officer stated that they rescinded 300 acceptances the previous year for grades. I would contact an admission’s officer and speak to them about your situation. </p>
<p>@16apache You do realize how offensive what you said was, don’t you? “Sounds like that in many southern HS’s AP courses are equivalent to our honors’ courses” As much as you northerners criticize southerners’ education and intelligence, you sure are quick to come to our universities.</p>
<p>Ouch^</p>
<p>Lilemo it is just the ignorance of 16apache. Just about all of her advice was dead wrong. We recently moved from the NE area and it is true, all their schools and teachers try to tell you their system is the best. We have found this to be completely incorrect. the AP and honors classes my children have taken down here are as rigorous as the classes they had up north. It is just one of the many lies they tell themselves to justify being so miserable living up there. I was guilty of the same thing. That said, there are bad schools in every state…but if you do your homework and find the right schools, the curriculum is just as challenging.</p>
<p>exactly. We have one of the best public HS in the country here in Florida and by the my older son graduated as will my younger son, each took, and will take, 12 AP’s and 4-5 IB’s. Very rigorous</p>
<p>Seems I struck a nerve. Ay my S’s HS you can’t even take AP courses until junior year and half of all AP courses can only be taken senior year. Yes, I was wrong about dual enrollment because we don’t have that nonsense in NE. Our AP courses are “real” college level courses. It would be impossible for a student at my S’s HS to take 4 AP courses and 2 dual enrollment courses. The administration would not allow it. By the way, the students with the highest SAT scores are from MA ,CT and NH. Most of the best colleges and universities are clustered in NE - sorry.</p>
<p>@16apache If most of the best colleges are in NE, why isn’t your kid going to school there? How would you even have any way of knowing whether AP courses in the South are “real” college level or not? If dual enrollment is nonsense, then so are your “real” college level courses. Obviously DE classes are the most “real’ since they are actually taken at colleges. If your son’s school’s administration doesn’t feel that its students are capable of handling that many AP courses, or any DE courses ('real” college level) then that doesn’t speak well for them. Actually, in 2013, the highest SAT scores did not come from any NE states. NH was ranked 24th, MA was 25th, and CT was 30th. Among the Southern schools ranked higher are TN, KY, AL, MS, AR, and LA. University-wise, yes the Ivy Leagues are some of the highest ranked schools, but let’s consider why. They encourage as many students as possible to apply to ensure that they will have the lowest acceptance rates in the nation. This combined with the inclusiveness, money, and “prestige” keeps them in the highest rankings. You can get just as great of a college education outside of the northeast, regardless of what the bogus rankings say. However, if you Yankees want to continue living in your delusion that you are so much more advanced and intelligent than Southerners, then feel free to keep your snobbery up north.</p>
<p>@16apache How is it impossible for someone to take 4 AP courses and 2 dual enrollment. Guess what? I’m currently a senior, and I’m taking 5 AP classes and 2 dual enrollment classes. I don’t get much sleep, nor have much of a social life, but yes, it is completely possible to do that and yes, I’m involved in several clubs. If you know anything about AP courses, all AP classes have to have a very similar curriculum and all AP teachers have to send their curriculum to College Board for approval. Maybe its not possible at your son’s high school, but not every high school is the same. As for the comment about the best universities being located in the NE, I agree with lilemo. Due to the overwhelming amount of applications that they receive, it creates a low acceptance rate. Next time, try not to be so inflammatory.</p>