Graduation Emergency!

Just an update for all the concerned parents who took the time to reply and give advice… My counselor checked the policy and a pass is a pass. It will reflect on my high school transcript as a C. Thank you to everyone. You were all helpful!!

Best possible outcome - great!!! :D/

I don’t know what your intended major is but you might want to retake precalc in college before moving on to calc. A D is not indicative of mastering the material.

But I’m glad that you are able to graduate.

I guess your high school didn’t want you around for another year. :slight_smile:

@mommdc I definitely plan to retake. I’m even considering taking a step back and just taking a college algebra class and then moving forward if possible. Dual enrollment has been a learning experience. In high school, you can get by and keep moving after minimally mastering material. I found the basic calculus to be easier than the actual algebra stuff that I really should have mastered earlier.

Medical schools specifically include college courses taken while in high school and their grades in your college record and GPA. See page 23 and 35-36 of https://www.aamc.org/students/download/182162/data/amcas_instruction_manual.pdf and https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181676/data/amcas_grade_conversion_guide.pdf .

@happymomof1

Not necessarily. Only one of my PhD program apps required community college transcripts.

ucb, the OP doesn’t want to go to med school. Why do you keep bringing it up?

OP, good news! Glad it worked out :slight_smile:

@romanigypsyeyes

My own experience with multiple transcripts was that I was almost booted out of a grad program when a routine audit of the files (before a pending visit by the accreditation team) found one transcript missing for a summer course taken nearly 30 years earlier that was listed as a transfer credit in my undergrad transcript. At the time of application I’d assumed that having the credits on my other transcript was good enough. Fortunately, I was able to save my enrollment by pleading ignorance with the sympathetic souls in the Registrar’s Office, and getting a transcript to them. During our conversation, I learned that as part of the visit of the accreditation team the team members would randomly select student files to pull and to check for completeness. Even just one missing transcript in one enrolled student’s file could cause threatened loss of accreditation. That is when I realized this really isn’t about the applicants - it is about the colleges and universities playing nice with each other.

I can think of several reasons why your CC transcripts might not have been required (I’m sure there are others) 1) If you had already been a student in another degree program at one of those universities, they would already have had those transcripts in their files. 2) If they were all within the same state system, that state system might have a way of recognizing credits that are posted as transferred from a CC on a state U’s transcript. 3) The transcripts might not have mattered at admission, but might have mattered later and could have been required once you were formally matriculated, or as part of a final audit before you graduated. 4) These programs have indeed determined that only the junior and senior year courses and grades matter at all, and have decided that it isn’t necessary to look at anything from before then, and have cut some kind of deal with the regional accrediting agency to that effect.

Happymom, I don’t know what to tell you. All I know is that I applied to two different programs at the same school and only one required the CC transcript (which apparently I never sent- just looked, was still admitted).

I don’t remember whether or not I sent my CC transcripts when I applied for MPH programs.

Perhaps it is field-specific. Perhaps the rules have changed. Perhaps there are a million reasons why. I’m just telling you my experience.

ETA: From the Rackham (U of M Graduate School) site:

http://i.gyazo.com/674718126561e2430598f213470cd4ca.png

http://www.rackham.umich.edu/prospective-students/admissions/transcripts

Thanks for letting me know about that! In future, I’ll take this into account when answering the “what about my multiple transcripts” question.

@romanigypsyeyes I think UCB brought up the med school grade tracking based on the OP’s screen name (futuredoc). It was in a later post that the OP stated he had changed his goals.

OP, please do restart back in Algebra if you aren’t solid there. IMO that’s a building block for basic logical thinking needed for Calculus and beyond.

OK, are you “assuming” that you won’t graduate because of failing the math or were you “told” by your counselor that you wouldn’t graduate because of the D in math? How many years of math have you already completed? I ask because there are many districts where only 3 years of math are required. There are also districts that will count Algebra and/or geometry that is taken in middle school towards those requirements. My daughter went to a middle college program and even though they took almost everything at the community college, they were under the umbrella of the high school district and held to their graduation requirements.

As to whether your admission will be rescinded, that will depend on the college. You can call and ask. They may allow you to retake in the summer if it’s a deal breaker.

I will say that D’s private university accepted 7 of her community college classes for credit. They dropped all the grades. They aren’t included in her GPA. I’ve often heard (here) that the grades count for med school (which my D is not) but I think I’d actually verify that with individual med programs of interest than assuming generalized knowledge from a message board.

" I found the basic calculus to be easier than the actual algebra stuff that I really should have mastered earlier."

OP- Sometimes in high school the kids on the fast track breeze through material that they will need later on in college math classes. DS13 got tripped up with that in Calc III and had to do some fast relearning of some material he had in high school. If you aren’t sure that you have a good grasp of Algebra then either you should study up on it this summer or retake it in the fall.

Here are some math placement tests intended to help new college frosh see whether they are ready for calculus and what topics they need to review, or precalculus math courses they need to take:

http://math.tntech.edu/e-math/placement/index.html
https://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/placement-exam

Yes, Erin’s Dad, but then ucb continued to talk about med school after the OP said s/he wasn’t interested.