I got the hard calc teacher & it's gonna cost me UofM/Ross

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<p>There are two ap calc classes at my school, both the "same" level, but one is WAYYY harder than the other. Naturally, I got the hard teacher who went to Harvard and writes all his own crazy problems. Everyone does horribly on the tests and kids drop out left and right, but he claims every single one of his 28 kids got a 5 on the exam last year. Meanwhile, almost everyone in the other class has an A (and this is not exaggeration -- I've seen their tests and it is a pure juke compared to ours). I work my butt off for a B/B- and am learning so much, but it just drives me insane that there is no way for Michigan or Ross (pre-admit) to see this. I need to do something about this, so I am seeking advice on what. The 3 possibilities I have thought of: </p>

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<li><p>have my calc teacher send in an additional rec. for me. He knows how hard I work and would be willing to do it, but I doubt he would get the message across about how much (unfairly) harder his class is. </p></li>
<li><p>have my stats teacher send in an additional rec. He also loves me and would write a great rec., which would hopefully indicate that I am not so bad at math after all. </p></li>
<li><p>if my guidance counselor is willing, have her send in a letter explaining my situation (although I doubt she'd want to do this). </p></li>
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<p>Michigan and Ross just mean so much to me that I am desperate. (The Ross website says that they VERY much care about senior year math grades). Thank you so much for all the advice and I am open to any other suggestions as well.</p>

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<p>wahhhh wahhh wahhhhh… no one else has hard teachers but me wahh wahh wahhhhh</p>

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<p>^ this. </p>

<p>Have your calc teacher send in a rec. Getting a B in Calc probably won’t hurt your chances at Mich. Ross is probably a reach regardless.</p>

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<p>If you really are a good student, then your rank in the class should reflect that, and your teacher can say so. He can also emphasize that he has very high standards that lead to less-than-perfect student averages.</p>

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<p>First, one grade won’t make a difference. Second, the vast majority of Ross admits gained enrollment after their Freshman year; and admittance meant a lot for most of them as well.</p>

<p>In other words, carry on.</p>

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<p>What you learn belongs to you. Grades? Meh.</p>

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<p>If you do get a 4 or 5 on the AP Calc test, you don’t have to take any Calc at Michigan your freshman year to apply to Ross (or if you are a pre-admit). The calc classes are sometimes a stumbling block to getting a high enough gpa for getting admitted to Ross after freshman year.</p>

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<p>Your teacher went to Harvard?
I’m guessing you go to a competitive private/magnet high school? If so they might take that in mind.</p>

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<p>Unless you are a junior, if you are applying EA these grades won’t have any effect anyway (unless you get deferred).</p>