As I am applying for a couple of competitive schools (Ivies and other schools), I wonder does having a C on my mid-term report grade will fatally hurt my chance of being admitted?
I have a 4.0 GPA last semester and this semester I am taking full number of classes that my university allows per semester and all of them are really challenging. Yet this term I am taking computer science class and I had never coded in my life so I struggled a lot, leading to a C in my mid-term report.
I am applying for engineering major.
So my question is does having a C on my computer science hurt my chance of being admitted?
Should I report the mid-term without the CS grade?
Or should I keep it until around late March when I got another grade for Comp Sci which I hope will improve my chance to a B. Does that sound the best solution?
I am in a similar position as you, I have 5 classes and As in all but a C+ in one. Can’t afford the course materials so I can’t turn in a good 1/2 of the homework/out of class assignments. My professor agreed to find an extra booklet since we have to rip out pages and turn them in + give me credit retroactively for the missed assignments + require extra work to “make it fair” but in the meantime my grade suffers since midterms are in.
Although I have not talked to any admission office, I feel like the best solution now for both of us is to find a way to improve our grade on that subject, perhaps through the score from an incoming assignment?
I agree. That C+ for me is set in stone, the Midterm report is not going to be modified so I have to weigh whether or not I want to send it, but I really have to since I need it to make the case of my overall story of improvement. I know I will finish the class with an A so all we can really do is work hard to make sure we finish with that A or even A- so that it doesn’t hit our GPA and doesn’t raise questions about whether we can handle the courseload.
Work hard to get a B or withdraw from the course, challenge the course again in the next semester. If your school does replace the W with the new grade.
For universities that require mid-term reports, you will be expected to submit them, regardless of the grades.
As for the answer to your question: it depends. Computer science is closely related enough to major that a C on a mid-term report may raise some eyebrows. However, if all of other mid-term grades are still stellar, I can see them overlooking this.
