Is it worth it to retake a C- in an AP class? Colleges will not see the improved grade, only the C-, because I can only retake this class second semester of senior year. Will colleges see it as me trying to improve, and will it make the C- less of a disadvantage?
Unless you take a gap year and apply after finishing high school, the only college/university that would ever see that improved grade would be the one that you have actually committed to, because that is the only one that will get your final HS transcript. So either find a way to arrange an incomplete in that course now, and raise the grade by doing whatever it is your teacher requires you to do over the summer, or just accept this one blot on your academic record and move on.