How Bad Will This Hurt Me?

Applying to College
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<p>Ok, so I accidentally took more AP classes than I can handle, and I have a C- in AP calculus right now. I'm having a really hard time keeping up with the class, not really learning anything, and afraid I might get a D, which would be absolutely terrible.</p>

<p>My questions are:</p>

<p>1) How bad will it be for college admissions if I just drop AP calc, do teacher's assistant instead, and take calculus at a community college over summer or something?</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>2) How bad will it be for college admissions if I drop AP calc and switch to normal calculus (my school offers a non-AP calc)?</p>

<p>I'm asking because the 2nd option is a maybe right now because there's sort of a scheduling/teacher switch issue if I switch to normal calc. Also, my ap calc teacher commended me on taking a step back and realizing that I need to go at a slower pace to better learn calc.</p>

<p>Thank you so much in advance</p>

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<p>Well… it depends on what type of schools you’re looking at. If they aren’t too competitive, just drop Calc altogether. </p>

<p>I had a C+ in Calc BC, but by then Yale had already accepted me by EA. I stuck with it and got a B range second semester. No reason sticking with something that you might get a D in… that would be far worse for admissions.</p>

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<p>The schools I’d like to get into are fairly competitive:
-Boston College (Carroll)
-University of Texas (McCombs)
-Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
-USC (Marshall)
-UCLA
-UCSD
-Claremont Mckenna</p>

<p>I’d have to send a letter to the UCs to which I’ve already applied to that I’ve dropped AP calc which could be more problematic than the other schools I’ve applied to maybe</p>

<p>I’ve already been accepted to Oxford College of Emory University.</p>