so for the past freshman and sophomore year i’ve been getting high A’s and only on or two B’s.
And only 2 ap’s were available to us for freshman year and also for sophomore year and they have nothing with what i want to do in the future which is either with computers and art like animation or app design. so junior year was the first year i took ap’s so i took 3: APUSH, AP CALCULUS AND AP COMPUTER SCIENCE
Right now its close to the end of the year and close to AP testing and my grades arent really great so far.
Last fall semester i ended up with A’s in all my other classes but C’s in both APCALC and APUSH.
But, this year i have B’s in all my other honors and normal classes, a C in both AP COMP SCI and APUSH, but now an F or D in AP CALC
but the thing is my math teacher constantly changes her grading system, along with not teaching and having us teach each other in groups, for shes barely new to our school (her second year) and now over 70% of us have a literal F. So far this is our 15 week grade and the final 20 week is coming in 7 more weeks.
My question is, if i have this F, will i have to retake my whole junior year again? (cause I’ve heard that around school cause of freakin’ common core ugh)
But if not, how can i explain to colleges about this really low grade since it’s not that great of an excuse to say it’s my teachers fault.
My junior year has been packed with these 3 AP’s, c/o 2018 student body, and an Internship 3 days a week after school till 6 pm.
I understand your frustration and your worry about your future.
Take a few deep breaths and try not to worry.
It’s worth saying first that few on this forum find blaming the teacher to be persuasive and neither would an admissions officer.
There are three approaches to college that you can take.
Attend a lower level 4-year college, get As and transfer to your 4-year college of your dreams.
Start at community college, get As, save money because the cost will be cheaper than a 4-year and you’re living at home, transfer to 4-year college of your dreams. CCs have “articulation agreements” with some 4-year colleges. You may transfer into any four-year college that will have you. You are not limited by whether your CC has an articulation agreement or not with a college.
Take a gap year or two or three, earn some money, experience the world, allow your mind and body to mature, and then do #1 or #2
Talk to your counselor and see what’s up. He or she will be the one to talk to in this case.
I do wish you had asked about this earlier, as we might have been able to help you on a different level (outside resources to pass Calc, maybe).
But you didn’t so, I’ll have to settle with this:
Do NOT blame the teacher to a college admissions staff, as it will probably backfire.
Take a deep breath and try to bring it back up; you seem to be implying that you have some time left. Also, talk to the teacher outside of class WITHOUT pointing daggers and using anything but a sympathetic and reasonable tone. No matter how she responds, if you can be reasonable and show a complete lack of accusation, she may go easy on you and maybe give you some advice or favoritism. Feel free to look up how Calculus stuff works online, and learn well and good how to use your graphing calculator. Don’t be afraid to ask your top peers or even ask online. There are several people who ask me about Calculus (and CS) in school, and there are those who are thriving because they try to reason out every problem and understand the explanation and those who try to find dumb and irrational patterns of operation without wanting to understand what the heck is even going on or even how to replicate it in the future. Be like the first one.
thank you guys for your advice, and i have been thinking on going to community college first, even before my grades fell, due to my family’s financial status. I really hope i can bring this up since i’ve never had an F in my life thanks again!
thanks again!