<p>so i got a D in my sophomore honors math class.but i think i have a good reason. I was sick with a stomach flu and missed more then 15 days of school, also my teacher got pregnant and left with two months too go, and the sub (a former math teacher) got sick, so i had a sub for a sub who knew nothing about math teach us by putting overheads on the projector and making us copy them. this coupled witth the illness brought my grade down to a D.</p>
<p>is that a good reason? will colleges buy it?</p>
<p>Talk to your advisor. This is the sort of thing that sounds much, much better coming from an advisor/counselor rather than the student, simply because students make excuses all the time, and it’s hard to know who to believe, but the counselor is a much more reliable source.</p>
<p>from what I’ve heard just about the only credible way for you to address this is to have your guidance counselor mention these circumstances in her report. You may want to additionally shore up your credentials by getting your letter of rec to be from your jr. year math teacher, hopefully after making a very good impression on him/her. </p>
<p>And your post takes on an entirely different meaning, using the CC meaning of D:
help! I got a D! I don’t know how this happened! And in my sophomore year too. One minute my teacher’s pregnant, the next thing I know, I have a D! ;)</p>
<p>woohoo!!!: is ummmmmmm alot better then so?
citygirlsmom: i brought it to a b next semester and an A junior year</p>
<p>i go to a large public school and i doubt the counselor remembers this happened, as it was 1st semester last year. And my math teacher this year really likes me so ill have a really good rec letter.</p>
<p>will this keep me out of most prestigious schools?</p>