<p>I'm a little confused at this point about your class rigor and grades.</p>
<p>If it's clear you've worked hard throughout HS and challenged yourself and your recs make clear that you are a top student at your school, 1 C will not take you out of the running.</p>
<p>I've taken the most rigorous courseload available, but my greatest fear is that I haven't got any sort of excuse for the dip in performance. I got a C for perhaps the worst reason possible - sheer laziness. </p>
<p>This thread has proven to me that I've taken quite a shot in the arm, but I may not completely be out of the running yet. In a way, that's really all I needed to know. Once again, hmom5, thank you very much for your contribution to this thread.</p>
<p>Good luck, my youngest is a freshmen at Dartmouth and loving it (maybe a bit too much)!</p>
<p>Burnout is all too common among today's teen superstars. However, I think that in the case you describe, it's too early to throw in the towel.</p>
<p>The roughest thing for you will be the "trend" factor -- grades slipping in senior year after such a great record. Do you get mid-semester status reports? If so, and assuming your status report is more consistent with your pre-senior record, you might ask your counselor to send that report to your targeted colleges as an update to your applications, or include it with your midyear report if the timing permits.</p>
<p>Good luck on your applications!</p>
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<blockquote> <p>I guess it's just so hard to believe that one semester is weighted so much more heavily than 3 years of solid work.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>It isn't that so much as it is that you are thrown in the pool with thousands of kids who didn't get lazy after putting in 3 years of solid work. One C may not kill you at HYPS. But if you are on the bubble, that first semester could be the deal breaker if not explained away.</p>
<p>so if one is ALREADY accepted, would 1C and a few Bs get his admission revoked?</p>
<p>geek_mom, that's a fantastic suggestion! I'll be sure to ask my counselor about it when I go back to school later on in the month.</p>
<p>ellemenope, I know all too well that there are a bunch of responsible applicants who were diligent enough to maintain their grades into senior year. That's why I said that the weighting given to the midyear report is hard to believe... but very, justifiably true. Luckily, though, I'm not exactly an "on the bubble" applicant. Besides the senior year grades, my application is reasonably competitive (reinforced by my deferral from Stanford) and the essays are pretty well done because I am a strong writer.</p>
<p>neonblue, for what it's worth (I've read a lot of threads on the same topic), I think the consensus is that one should really avoid D's more than anything. Apparently, it is very rare for admission to be rescinded on the basis of grades.</p>
<p>Bump, just in case anyone else would like to take a shot...</p>
<p>im in a very similar situation to you
might get a c in mv calc and my a in ib physics is looking like a b.
but lets just keep hope, alright?</p>
<p>i also applied to cornell</p>
<p>I also am in a similar situation.
I've kept up my course load rigor for Senior year, taking 6 academic classes, 7 total, and 5 of which are AP.
But I'm looking at a roughly 70% chance of getting a C in AP Art History, as this is the first time our school has offered this course and it is definitely more than I expected.
I also took on more extra curricular commitments than I have ever had in high school this year which just intensifies everything.
I'm just really concerned about this affecting my admissions to UC's although I applied to privates as well because the UC's include my safeties.</p>
<p>i saw somewhere the ucs dont even want a my most times and if they do they just require a 3.0 uw</p>
<p>Yeah, I know they don't require a midyear and that the minimum to keep your admissions status is a 3.0 uw, but I was wondering if the first semester carried just as much weight as the second semester in keeping your status, since they most likely won't see my grades til the end of the year</p>
<p>if they are stuck between a couple of people, they will look at your midyear. First semester is still important everywhere, unless you have already gotten in somewhere EA or ED.</p>