<p>Hello CollegeConfidential</p>
<p>Haha! Stupid online classes--they are very inconsistent and have plenty of problems with their curriculum. They make you learn more subjects not taught in regular classes (conic sections, calculus limits/derivs/easy stuff) and hold you to a higher standard than your average high school teacher.
/end<em>of</em>rant</p>
<p>IF I finish the course, I will get a B+ or A-. I don't want to lose my 4.00GPA from taking other rigorous classes (AP, Honors, etc.). Should I:</p>
<ul>
<li>TAKE THE CLASS PASS/FAIL</li>
<li>ASK FOR A CURVE</li>
<li>COMPLAIN TO THE TEACHER</li>
<li>WAIVE THE CLASS</li>
<li>TAKE THE FINAL AND SAY HOORAY I GOT THE CREDIT</li>
<li>SUCK UP AND TAKE THE B+/A- LIKE A non-harvardgraduate....</li>
<li>DROP THE CLASS LIKE A .. nevermind</li>
<li><em>insert other solution here</em></li>
</ul>
<p>Freshman Year (most rigorous):</p>
<p>Freshman English
AP World History
Trigonometry Honors
3rd Year Spanish
Lifetime Fitness
Systems of the Earth (Physical Science)</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:</p>
<p>Sophomore Honors English (same):</p>
<p>AP Calculus
AP Biology
AP Psychology
4th Year Spanish
Health/PE
3D Art
Digital Art</p>
<p>Tl;dr: AHHH I WANT TO KEEP MY 4.00!! :DD What should I do? Are there any other solutions to keeping my 4.00 or should I just throw it away and settle for a 3.97? Will it affect admissions by much? Affect or effect?</p>
<p>Keep the class and finish the best I can is what I would do, no question. That kind of gpa protection in hs is just grim or sick, really. I would not go grade grubbing.</p>
<p>4.0, 3.97…a difference of 0.03 will make practically no difference for admissions. </p>
<p>Affect. </p>
<p>As I used to tell my son, a school that denied him on the basis of a 0.03 lower GPA is not a place he’d be happy at. </p>
<p>At some point in your life, you are going to be less than perfect and discover that it doesn’t make all that much difference in how things turn out. Might as well get over it and take your B+/A- rather than trying to postpone the inevitable.</p>
<p>@yoshifan88
You could ask your instructor for extra credit. Regardless, the lack of a 4.0 GPA won’t make or break your admissions.
Also, what class is this? College Calculus II?</p>
<p>
Please do not do this. That just conjures up all types of negative stereotypes.</p>
<p>Finish the course. Do the best you can. A 3.97 will not make or break your college application.</p>
<p>I really want to take the class pass/fail. Will this look bad?</p>
<p>There are a lot of stresses in this class, it’s precalc and you have to learn so many concepts not covered by a regular precalc class at our school. </p>
<p>How are you taking precalc after taking AP Calc?</p>
<p>I am taking precalc before AP Calc.</p>
<p>Edit: @Fredjan and @Surfcity</p>
<p>Taking it pass/fail will make it look like you were about to get a grade a lot lower than a B+.</p>
<p>Soooooo it looks like you are just a rising sophomore then? You have three more years to “risk” your perfect 4.0 then. </p>
<p>I think you should concentrate on learning and educating yourself. Worrying about a GPA to this extent is silly IMHO. </p>
<p>" Taking it pass/fail will make it look like you were about to get a grade a lot lower than a B+. "</p>
<p>^^^This</p>
<p>lololol only on CC</p>
<p>@skieurope
It’s just a suggestion, but it sounds like something the OP would do.
I wouldn’t do it myself, nor do I believe that the difference between a 3.97 GPA and a 4.0 GPA is significant. Heck, it’s freshman year; colleges don’t expect perfect grades there.</p>
<p>@yoshifan88
Finish the class and do better on future math classes like AP Calculus. You’ll want to use supplemental material (Barron’s, Princeton Review) to ace the class comfortably. Colleges don’t really mind seeing B freshman grades on transcripts as long as your grades reflect an upward trend and you’re in the top 10% of your class.</p>
<p>@Fredjan Are you saying that I should just go with the class’s grade and move on to higher math courses?</p>
<p>I might have the option of taking the final and getting a PASS grade. It seems reasonable, as some other math students at my school just take the final and pass it, giving them essentially the same grade. I HOPE that colleges won’t recognize a PASS grade as a C+ of some sort…</p>
<p>I’m saying this because college adcoms usually compare students from one high school with students from the same high school. Usually if they take the final they would get the same PASS grade as me, and it wouldn’t look much different. Also they would see that me taking AP Calculus would be more rigorous (and better?) than taking pre-calculus sophomore year.</p>
<p>@surfcity It is silly. I just am trying to make it through high school with the highest grades possible. If an A is possible in that class, why not get it? Seems silly to me to settle for something lower UNLESS the class is a heavily-curved college course or hard in difficulty.</p>
<p>@skieurope That is the last thing on my mind. Thanks for the advice! It seems really silly to do so.</p>
<p>@all<em>others</em>who_participated Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>I really want to take the class for PASS/FAIL or negotiate a better grade with the teacher. The other significant option is just taking the final and hoping for a PASS grade, or curving the grade along with the other students in the class. </p>
<ul>
<li>I MIGHT CURVE the grade because there are other students taking the course and are having to deal with the ambiguous questions as well.</li>
</ul>
<p>It’s an online class, ask teacher:
Can you re-do homework?
Can you re-take a quiz or test?</p>
<p>Do not do it pass/fail that’s ridiculous</p>
<p>@Sohoist The homework is not really graded. It’s just marked as completed, and none of it counts towards your grade. The tests can’t be retaken (hanging at a 92% on semester one and 90% on semester two) BUT I probably will ask the teacher to curve the grades as they are very rigorous. Since the teacher is somewhat lenient, she may let me retake the tests because others have retaken their tests. But the questions are ambiguous and often incorrect at times, in which I have to report the scores as being inaccurate…</p>
<p>If you guys are wondering, the program is Edmentum/PLE/Platoweb/etc.</p>
<p>Edit: @guineagirl96 Aww. I really love it. It’s the only reason why I can say “yes” when my aunts and uncles say “you got all A?” xD But really, it’s just one of those things where you gotta keep it perfect or your world comes crumbling down.</p>
<p>"it’s just one of those things where you gotta keep it perfect or your world comes crumbling down. "</p>
<p>Not at all…not at all…</p>
<p>@Lilliana330 Maybe the next thread should be: “AHH How do I say good bye to my 4.00?”</p>
<p>There are so many CC students that have 4.00s… makes me jealous. :(</p>