<p>karenindallas, which LAC? PM me- if for some reason you would prefer not to post the name publicly. I'm just curious.</p>
<p>bhg, if a student is contemplating dropping an AP, or any course for that matter, they need to call and discuss it with the admissions office of the college. All acceptances are based on satisfactory completion of coursework in progress at the time of the application. Satisfactory completion means, with the same marks that helped them be admitted to that school. It's a mistake for kids to think they can slack off or drop courses once they're admitted. They're playing a dangerous game.</p>
<p>Senior year is definitely the hardest in terms of classes, so it's not necessarily slacking if a A/B student gets a C in an AP class. I'm working very hard right now in AP English and AP Physics just to get a B. I got A's in all AP classes last year, but they were more spread out and I had more time to do all the work. Still, there's really no excuse for letting the grades slip.</p>
<p>question: if i drop physics after the midyear report goes out...do they see it?</p>
<p>and also, do adcoms ever see my third and fourth quarter grades?</p>
<p>The college gets a copy of your final transcript as proof that you have graduated. This is where they will see if you went on a downward trend after acceptance.</p>
<p>To post again what Little Mother Previously said</p>
<p>If you've been showing an upward trend in your grades from freshman year, you definitely will want to continue demonstrating that to your college of choice. After all, they're betting that you will complete that positive skew. When your grades slump during second semester of senior year as a result of senioritis, colleges will infer that, because you have already been accepted into college, you do not necessarily take your schoolwork seriously if there's nothing at stake. They then could assume that you may not take your college work seriously when there are fewer consequences or constraints, e.g., no parental units looking over your shoulder.</p>