Grades after acceptance?

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<p>Okay, so my grades since my acceptance at Penn haven’t been so great. Senioritis is partially to blame, they all started slipping a bit before my decision came out, but it’s mostly because I’ve spent all my time since December 10 working on scholarship apps, not homework. I got practically no financial aid, without them having seen the Fafsa yet. </p>

<p>First quarter was fine. I had 3 A’s, 1 A- and one B+. Now, they are mostly all B+ except for AP Calc AB which is steadily turning from a B+ to a C+.
I just took the midterm and I really don’t think it went well.
Is Penn gonna send me a letter about this? What if I get it up to a B minus? </p>

<p>I know that Wharton has a heavy math emphasis so that might make this even more problematic. I DO intend to repeat the class.
I think I might even be able to negotiate some leeway with my math teacher if I were to explain my situation, I just need to know what the danger zone IS. </p>

<p>Any thoughts? I’m stressing like crazy :(</p>

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<p>try to keep everything above a c, then you should be fine. maybe you should call penn and ask if you can drop calcab considering you do not get any credit for it.</p>

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<p>Above a C, I can definitely do.
I doubt they'll let me drop, though I wish that could happen. Even the teacher sucks.</p>

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<p>hey guys, if my weighted average is above an 89% (unweight.), but i have say one C, will it matter? (i have some nice excuses - like never being in school because of ECs and some fam stuff).....i actually have a 92% unweighted right now, which is above my high school avg. lol, but that may drop......</p>

<p>one more thing....are FINAL grades all that matter or does each MP matter a lot too?....l(i had a 96ish in calc 1st MP but have a low B right now....if i get a C or something in a MP but get a B+ for the year, they wont care, right?)</p>

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<p>depends on when they call I have a feeling</p>

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<p>when they call?</p>

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<p>Hmm.</p>

<p>If i have 2 A's (A.P. Econ, A.P. Psych) and 4 B's (A.P. Physics, A.P. Calc BC, A.P. English, and A.P. Spanish) do you think thats ok?</p>

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<p>Yes. It's ok. Notice, Stetson goes on a "D-Scholar" search at the end of this school year...so, STAY AWAY FROM C-'s to Ds...</p>

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<p>Are you mocking me, upandcomer, or are you just being dumb?</p>

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<p>where is info on this stuff....i would like to see it</p>

<p>thyanks</p>

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<p>tubg**l.com</p>

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<p>Yeaaaahhh we don't say dirty words like "girl" on collegeconfidential heh</p>

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<p>actually, if you go to that website you'll see why it's blinked out.</p>

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<p>I <em>would</em> have put the whole thing but I know hte administrators here are against the right of free speech... so I blanked out stuff.</p>

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<p>Hey I was deferred Ed from Penn, I am sure that I am going to have all A's in my 5 AP classes, but I was wondering what else could I do to improve my Rd chances?</p>

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<p>there are a few threads about this. i haven't checked them though.</p>

<p>i guess write some more essays, call them, get great grades, extra currics, etc...</p>

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<p>Do a camp-out on Penn Admissions' doorsteps, send your rep flowers, beg...JK. </p>

<p>I think Pandy's right. There're only so many things you can do. Good Luck.</p>