<p>I had a C in geometry freshman year because my teacher never taught us anything, nor did she ever check homework. </p>
<p>Is this going to affect my chances at MIT?</p>
<p>Most likely not. As long as you still have an GPA of 3.8 or higher when applying. Also, grades aren’t everything. Colleges looks at rec letters, ECs, etc.</p>
<p>Depends on other scores</p>
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Where are you getting that from?
A 3.8 GPA would be substantially below the majority of MIT admits. Couple that with the fact it is a ‘C’ (in math, which MIT takes seriously) and you’d have to have a stellar application otherwise, not to mention some 'splaining to do.</p>
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What did your SATs look like with no Geometry teaching?</p>
<p>@justonedad MIT lists a 3.5 or higher as competitive for the majority of applicants. </p>
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<p>I don’t think this is true. MIT adcoms say you shouldn’t be able to spell anything with your grades and that mostly As and Bs are preferable. From what I’ve read, they look to see if you are academically capable of attending MIT and then move on to other things. They aren’t making final decisions based on GPA. I’ve also read that the stats of the average accepted student is actually slightly below the stats of the average applied student…but I may be wrong about that. </p>
<p>To OP, I don’t think one C freshman year will kill your app so long as you show improvement in the next few years. If you consistently make Cs in math, I doubt you’ll enjoy MIT very much.</p>
<p>FWIW I got in EA with about a 3.8 and I’m not amazingly steller (as you can see from my username 
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<p>I don’t think it will hurt you dramatically, of course depending on the rest of your transcript + everything else that goes into the application…
That being said, if you were only able to make a C in a high school level geometry class, the admissions officers may have doubts about your ability to succeed at MIT
a student should be able to teach him or herself as well, I think that if you are unable to self-study a high school level geometry class, there will be many more obstacles down the road, even with good professors </p>
<p>Atleast, you got c , i got f in my freshman year. But i will still apply to mit(possibilities of selection is always there).</p>
<p>One of my good friends got into MIT EA despite having a D first semester in AB Calculus junior year so I think your one C doesn’t hurt your chances at all. The rest of your application will determine your admission.</p>
<p>Whatever you do, don’t blame your freshman geometry teacher in your application. That makes you look immature and like you can’t take responsibility for your own mistakes or failures. Even at great colleges you can run into teachers whose style doesn’t work for you. When that happens you have to reach out to other resources and do whatever it takes to learn anyway. I agree that you can overcome the C and still be admitted, but not if you portray yourself as the victim of a bad teacher.</p>