Rescinded for poor grade in BC Calc?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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Hi guys – I haven’t been accepted (deferred, rather), but UChicago is my dream school and it would mean the world to mean if I got in. It would also crush me if I happen to be rescinded after working so hard to get in…

I’m a second semester senior struggling with my BC Calculus class. I have a low C as of right now and that could very well drop to a D by tomorrow (we get our tests back and I didn’t feel great about the last one…). I think I can pull through the semester with at least some kind of C, given that I’ll have to put in a lot of effort, but even that makes me uneasy. My grades so far (the ones I applied to colleges with) showed B’s in my mathematics courses and A’s in everything else. I can most definitely finish with all A’s in my other classes, but will that one C or a D in BC Calc be enough for colleges to rescind any offers?

If it means anything, I applied as an English or Psychology major and am also looking at other big name schools, Ivies included. How would these other schools respond?

Another option I have is dropping BC Calc and going down a lane to AB Calc. In this arrangement, my grade would not be an issue (there is a BIG gap between difficulty levels at my school and I would only keep my homework grade if I dropped); however, I would have to notify all my colleges of the drop, which they may or may not approve. Could I also be potentially rescinded for dropping down, even if I’m an English/Psych major?

Thanks!

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I think if you do get accepted and then if you do end up with a C in Calc BC you will not be rescinded. However I would suggest concentrating on doing as well as you can and learning as much as you can, irrespective of the grade you get. This is because if you do end up at UChicago you will have to take a couple of math courses as part of the core requiements and learning as well as you can in your HS Calc class will no doubt help you.

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I think you do have to worry about that calc class as a deferred applicant, it might swing the acceptance once you reported. If you were admitted, you should not mowing over one bad grade, but you have not.

Try to get at least a C, best of luck.