<p>Hey so I am nearing the end of my Junior year, which is basically concluding all classes that will matter for my transcript and class rank. I have all As, except of course for an A- from Honors English 9. When I got the A-, I didn't think too much about it. I mean, I was going to take many more harder AP classes and so there "was no way that I could maintain all As anyways". Well the thing is...I have. Ever since then, I have gotten all As and have taken the most possible AP classes that my school allows. By senior year I will have taken all of them available (which I don't believe has ever been done before at my school). Anyways, this just makes me feel worse about the A- from my Honors English 9 class. It wasn't a hard class and the AP classes I took afterwards were by far worse. Yet, I still managed to lose my 4.0 to that class and have lost my #1 class rank. Is it weird or awkward if I talk to my Freshman teacher and ask for her to give me something to do over the summer so that I can change it? I know the teacher very well and she was our advisor for our Honor Society. I was Secretary there so I did get to know her outside of class. </p>
<p>Should I give it a try? And how should I go about doing it. I only have one shot at this.</p>
<p>I would really advise against that. It just makes you look like a point-grubber, especially when you’re already a junior. Honestly, colleges won’t care about the A- AT ALL if you have gotten straight As through the rest of high school. And some high schools don’t even count +/-s into GPA, so it’s not that big of a deal.</p>
<p>What is the risk to trying? She will not be a person who will write a recommendation for me as she is a Freshman teacher.</p>
<p>Honestly, it would just make you look kinda bad. I know exactly what your teacher’s going to say. “You’re almost a senior and you expect me to change your grade because you ONLY got an A-…? Are you kidding me?” It honestly doesn’t make a difference…at all… If it was a C, I could understand more, but just deal with the A- you got in the least important year of high school. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>I think asking for the grade bump would be a really bad idea, especially because that was from a Freshmen year teacher… Colleges like to see upward trends anyway. Plus you’re definitely not going to get rejected from a school just because of one A- freshmen year… Asking for it will probably affect your relationship with this teacher in a negative way.</p>
<p>My friend got his parents and he begged to the student council to let his ap classes from the 8th grade count towards his high school gpa so he could be valedictorian.</p>
<p>Grade bumping happened like that in another school close to where I live… there were like 11 valedictorians as a result.</p>
<p>omg stop freaking out. frankly, it’s too late now and it just seems petty. life goes on, people get C’s–just be glad you only got an A-</p>
<p>Don’t ask for the grade bump. Honestly, an A- is not leagues behind an A and most colleges will not look down upon that A-. The bigger differences are between A’s, B’s, and C’s of course, so you should not worry about bumping that A- to an A, especially since it has been so long ago.</p>
<p>Additionally, the A- vs A debacle is not that huge. Of course, if your transcript is ALL A-/B+, then it shows you are a borderline student. But remember that A- means different things at different schools: some are 90-93, 90-92, 89-93, 91-94, etc. </p>
<p>If your transcript is a mixture of A-, A, and A+ (if your school gives them out), then you are all good! And it sounds like you have ALL A’s or A+'s with 1 A-…not a big deal! A good quantity of Ivy League admitted students even have a B or two on their transcript! Don’t be worried about that A- :)</p>