<p>Just received interim report from D's AP Calc teacher--she has a D.</p>
<p>What is likely to happen if she doesn't raise the grade?</p>
<p>No prestige schools--good public university and less competitive Jesuit school have accepted her EA.</p>
<p>Contact the schools and ask. If the class is needed to meet a requirement at the public university (I.E., the UC's), she may have to make it up in summer school at a community college. Probably won't be a huge issue at the Jesuit school (depends on the school though) if her GPA is still going to be within range.</p>
<p>Xtx, my S is in the same boat. Most schools who have accepted early do not require a Midterm report. After sniffing out the situatution at her particular schools, if it is a problem, you may want to hire a good tutor. That is what we are doing, as I am sure it could impact S's college's decision if the grade does not go up for year end. Don't you just love senioritus?</p>
<p>Definitely check with the school. A girl in our town had her acceptance to an Ivy rescinded when she failed calculus senior year.</p>
<p>First of all, this is just an interim report. I would talk to the Calc teacher, see what's going on, and what are the chances for d to pull up her grade. Sometimes a teacher may only give 2 big tests in the first part of a marking period, and one mess-up can really foul things. If there are still several quizzes/tests left, the grade can be improved.
Can she seek extra help from the Calc. teacher after school, or as in our school, go to the NHS students, who are required to do some amount of tutoring.</p>
<p>A few years ago one of my kids was accepted ED to a top Ten university. He slacked off and received a D final semester in AP Calc. I waited for the call from University Admissions but it never came. When I met someone from Admissions at a Parent Reception at Fall Freshmen Orientation, I inquired about poor grades last semester of high school. I was told that one or two kids had their admissions rescinded; a few others were required to take the course over the summer and then were eligible for fall enrollment at the college. They could also retake the course in the fall and enroll for the second college semester. Colleges might be taking a tougher stand now cuz this happened a few years ago.</p>
<p>I agree with Chocoholic about the interim report thing. It all depends on how the teacher is teaching the class. My Sophomore S brought home an interim report with an F in English (bringing to mind a quote from an old movie "How can you be failing English? It's your native tongue"). Turns out the teacher hadn't given any major tests yet, and my unorganized son had been lax about turning in his homework. After reading the riot act to my son about doing and turning in the homework, he ended up doing fine on the tests and through the rest of the semester and got a B+. You need more info.</p>
<p>The biggest concern for a college would be a student having a failure on a final transcript (sent in June to the school in which you are enrolled). At that point, student might have to take the class during the summer...Basically a college would be looking at, did you receive your hs diploma or not? If not, you need to complete the course to get the diploma & thus be admitted for college come Sept.</p>
<p>I wondered about this too. The school son was accepted to said what only matters is the core requirements- like if he needed only 3 math and 4th is AP it doesn't count at all. In fact, he could withdraw from the class or get an f, it doesn't matter, he's in.
Of course, it benefits the boy to stick it out and stay there, even audit the class. Having some problems with son as he doesn't like an AP teacher and all his friends dropped out . Call the university your child wants to go to and ask admissions.</p>
<p>The've lost about 1/3 of the class in AP Physics and a quarter in Calc BC at my son's HS. Rough classes to encounter when you're hoping to enjoy your senior year!</p>