<p>I already applied to Cornell ALS and HE ED and I'm not doing so hot in College French.
Since neither of the colleges I'm applying to requires four years of language (I already have 3), is it ok if I drop?</p>
<p>please correct me if my info is wrong btw</p>
<p>i would speak to your counselor about it</p>
<p>will it hurt my chances of getting into cornell?
or will they reconsider if i drop after they accept me?</p>
<p>like everything in college admissions, “it depends”. You applied ED with, hopefully, a rigorous senior year course load. And yes, an acceptance can be rescinded for unexplained course changes, and, btw, not doing well is not a good reason. Think about it: “hey, Uncle Ezra (Cornell), I’m taking a local college course and not doing too well, can I drop it to save my gpa?” Uncle Ezra will think, “hmmm, if this applicant is struggling in a course at his/her local college, how will s/he respond once in Ithaca, which is likely much more competitive?”</p>
<p>Considerations:
Do you have 5 academic courses, or 7+? If the former, dropping an academic course will lighten your load considerably. Thus, if you replace it with another academic core course, it probably won’t be a big deal. If you replace it with a study hall, every college, including Cornell, would perceive that as a negative.</p>
<p>right now im taking AP Calc, strings, AP Bio, American Law, AP English, and finally, French</p>
<p>If that’s all your taking, then I say keep French and try to get your grades back up.</p>
<p>But yeah, you should really talk to your GC about it.</p>
<p>ok thanks for the help guys ill talk with my guidance counselor tomorrow</p>
<p>if you are taking french at a local college, you will most likely get a transcript from it. you dont have to send it to cornell. more than likely, they wont even accept it as credits towards your graduation</p>
<p>^ Depends. I was able to get 12 credits transferred from CUNY Queens College, all of which were taken as part of my senior year curriculum through a bridge-year program with my HS.</p>
<p>you are right, it does depend on the cc. the credits i had received from montgomery college my senior year did not transfer at all.</p>
<p>technically, if you use any college course as high school credit, cornell won’t accept it.</p>
<p>Yeah, my credits were tricky. They were part of my senior year curriculum but not needed for a NY state high school diploma, so technically they didn’t count towards my graduation and Cornell did accept them.</p>
<p>in general, highly selective colleges will not give you credit for college courses taken during HS if it was part of a dual enrollment program, i.e., was part of your HS credit and transcript, or if the course is offered on your HS campus. Otherwise, they will.</p>
<p>OP: highly selective colleges like to see five academic subjects each year. Dropping French would leave you with four academic courses, which is not a good idea. See if you can get a tutor.</p>
<p>i decided that i would just keep french
i wasnt doing as bad as i thought, but this year will not be fun 
thanks for all your help </p>
<p>btw, the college courses ive taken go towards highschool and college credits, but like countryangel926 already stated, i dont need them for my diploma so ill see if i can get them transferred</p>