<p>It's my senior year and I've never gotten a D before. I am so lost in that class I don't know how I could survive second semester. My GPA isn't wonderful, its a 3.2, but I also go to the top public high school in Colorado. The rest of my schedule is very rigorous and I am worried that this D affects my chances of admission or rescinding. Should I drop it??
The colleges I applied to are: Wheaton (IL), Marquette, Colorado State (already accepted), Valparaiso (already accepted), Montana State (already accepted), DePaul, and Wisconsin-Madison.
HELP!</p>
<p>Go talk with the instructor first. Ask if there realistically is any way you can recover in this subject. If in his/her opinion there isn’t, then drop the class.</p>
<p>If you would get a grade penalty (F) for dropping the course, I don’t really see a difference (between a D and an F). Try to stick with it: go to your teacher for extra help, study harder for exams and quizzes, form study groups.</p>
<p>Sounds like you haven’t mastered the material presented this semester, so there is no point in struggling through another semester. I would drop down to a less challenging level of math for the next semester. No school is going to rescind you because you moved down from the ‘most challenging’ level of math to a less challenging level, but a ‘D’ might have an impact - you’d need to check.</p>
You can find plenty of similar clauses at other colleges. </p>
<p>And seeing as how University of Wisconsin-Madison (one of the places you have applied)** specifically** mentions you can have your admission withdrawn for dropping to a less rigorous schedule you should consider this step carefully.</p>
<p>I should add advice on what to do next. Its unfortunate you didn’t post about your problem with Calculus earlier in the semester when there would have been time to rescue your grade; but by the same token its better to take action now when there may very well be time to rescue your admissions than waiting.</p>
<p>The longer you wait the fewer options are left. Right now you have next semester in HS and the summer in front of you to make this up with a different class if that’s what the schools ask for. Wait until the end of the school year and only the summer is left, wait until they get your final transcript mid-summer and nothing can be done to work it out; its as if you’re calling their hand to find out what they’re holding. I hope its clear to you that they are going to find out eventually (some people seem to think if they don’t say anything it will “slip” by). People who honestly face up to their problems get credit for their maturity in doing so. This is true whether we’re talking about this issue or something that comes up once you’re out of college and working So count this in part as a valuable practice & learning experience. </p>
<p>What you need to do this week is email the places you’ve applied (assuming the semester has ended and its the official grade) and let them know. Then ask if this has an impact on your admission, and if so if there is some remedial action you could take. </p>
<p>Maybe they’ll say you have enough math and it doesn’t matter, which will be a load off your shoulders. Perhaps they’ll suggest taking an easier math class or substituting some other class next semester, or retaking it this summer at a CC. Maybe they’ll tell you they want to reconsider your admission, but if so they’ll also let you know what you need to do to get back in. The worst news would be to be told your admission is off, but it is unlikely all will say that, and so isn’t it better to know which one(s) compared to the alternative not contacting them and consequently enrolling in one that rescinds you?</p>
<p>“Be aware that a change that results in a less academically rigorous course of study may jeopardize your admissibility or offer of admission.”</p>
<p>yes, mikemac, many of them say this - but I have yet to hear of a single case where someone was rescinded because they moved from a AP to an honors class at the semester, or from an honors to a regular level. The schools rightly don’t want to see kids gaming them by showing a courseload of AP classes that subsequently all turn into something else. But if you are failing a course, moving to a lower level obviously doesn’t meet that criteria. D did it because it wouldn’t fit in her schedule (and she didn’t send a letter to anyone explaining it - she just changed it). After 3 1/2 years of a sufficiently rigorous program with good enough grades to get an admission, changing one class isn’t going to result in getting rescinded. Getting a D or an F is a another matter entirely.</p>