<p>Please do not tell me nothing is going to happen, I'm losing my valedictorianship over this and for no reason other than deciding to take the harder language class in our school. This is going to be a rant, but I'd really like help from someone out there who's had the same issue and figured out how to fix it. </p>
<p>Basically I've worked incredibly hard to get into AP French. Started out in French 1 freshman year instead of taking Mandarin 3 like every other Chinese person in our school. I did extra book work, took a French 4 class at UC Berkeley (which is most definitely harder coursework wise than the class I'm taking right now, but has a much more reasonable teacher) and finally got to skip a grade to get into AP French. Now I've learned that my grade's dropped 3 percent because my French teacher posted a project grade that's worth 25% of my grade into the homework section by accident and finally fixed the mistake. One fricking 15 point project that counts for as much as my final managed to drop the A I've spent countless extra hours working on to a B two days before my final. I am so incredibly ****ed right now and I'm really worried that this small thing is going to be what gets me rejected from my dream college as I have no Nobel peace prize winning ECs nor a perfect SAT score. There are only 5 people in our AP French class (no I'm not in a small school, there are 35 in AP mando and 60 in AP spanish). I've arranged study groups for the French 4 kids so they can do better on their tests. I'm in charge of a club to help the AP French class supplement their coursework and get more practice. I make all the worksheets and study guides for the club and I'm one of like 3 people that bother to do the extra work she suggests even though there's nothing attached to it. I've never tried so hard in my life to get this A and it's just not going to happen. </p>
<p>I want to ask my counselor to explain my situation in my midyear report, but I'm afraid that it's going to do more harm than good. I know I sound really grade obsessive, and I feel like colleges wouldn't understand that it's not just a B to me, it's a lot more. Has anyone been stuck in the same situation?</p>
<p>Ever try working your ass off in a class to just get a B, and then have the teacher give you a triple daily 0 on the last day of the semester? Thus dropping you to a 79 because she didn’t think you did enough work on the review and frankly didn’t give a ****. </p>
<p>Most of these teachers bro, they don’t care about you or me. They resent their jobs or just can’t fathom the stress we’re under to try and get into college. They make their classes ridiculously unfair, and rant about the importance of ‘learning’ and how it shouldn’t matter if they make it impossible to get a high grade that reflects the work you put in. I feel u man</p>
<p>I think it had more to do with the fact that the OP worked really hard to get that A and circumstances wouldn’t allow it. And I don’t know what it’s like, but I bet it hurts to lose the val title over something like that</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve cooled down a bit now. I’m going to ask my teacher for an opportunity to up my project grade, because it’s honestly unreasonable to make 50% of the grade based on one project and one final. Who knows what will happen And I’m not really bitter about the val thing. My co-val is awesome and smarter than me and he’s got his hands full with the newly revamped AP Bio course. I’m just kicking myself over not taking Mando like I should have. </p>
<p>@SAT man that sucks. You should have argued it with your parents or something.</p>
And where is that written? Wait until college, where some classes may have just a midterm and a final, or perhaps a class where your whole grade is based on your term papers? Since you took a class at Cal, spend a few minutes perusing course websites there. Here’s what they say about your grade in English 45C
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<p>Also, I have a hard time following your explanation of what went wrong. Are you saying that when the project was worth the homework amount of points you had an A i the class even though you didn’t have an A on it, but when it got its full weight then your grade dropped?</p>
<p>@mikemac, the project grade was accidentally inputted into the homework section, so OP must not have noticed it. Then the teacher corrected the mistake, moved it to the project section, thus upping its value, and left OP with a B.</p>
<p>At OP, I feel your pain man. I feel that some of my former teachers resented my achievements, and tried to negatively bias my grade.</p>
<p>I’ve learned my lesson, and been much more attentive to my work, and have made friends with my current teachers.</p>
<p>That sucks but remember, it takes more than just grades to get into a good college, plus a B is not that bad. But trust me, i know how that feels.
Dedinitley talk to your teacher, they may understand if you do
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And I’m not really bitter about the val thing. My co-val is awesome and smarter than me and he’s got his hands full with the newly revamped AP Bio course. I’m just kicking myself over not taking Mando like I should have. </p>