<p>How bad are All A's and a D in Calc.</p>
<p>giving a GPA of 3.5?</p>
<p>^^^ this is worst case scenario, most likely I will be getting a B or C, but if I stop doing all my work my final grade will be a "D".</p>
<p>Is this worthy of academic probation , I know I will not get rescinded but will I have to explain my D?</p>
<p>Absolutely you would have to explain. And if your explanation is “I stopped doing all my work”, then you stand a decent chance of your offer being rescinded.</p>
<p>Think a D is enough to be rescinded. The general rule of thumb is 1. “a significant decline in grades” (i.e all A’s to all B’s); 2. two C’s on final transcript; 3. D or F on final transcript. They usually aren’t fooling around since there are plenty kids on the WL with better final grades (eagerly waiting for your spot). Also there’s a lot of research that backs them up–kids that tend to let grades slip at end of senior year, also tend to do poorly their first year of college. Believe me, I am not judging here as someone that was on academic probation my freshman year of college, but just thought you should know that this D would be extremely problematic (you need to do all you can to bring it up to at least a B).</p>
<p>ughh i guess I have to actually put effort into the class</p>
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<p>It seems like the solution is pretty simple to me. Don’t stop doing all of your work.</p>
<p>Actually, please do some deserving waitlisted student a favor and stop doing your work. The fact that you even consider this as an option means you don’t deserve UVA.</p>
<p>I know you’re exhausted, but yes you have to keep working hard to the end. Do talk to your Calc teacher and at least let them know you are going to pick it up. They’ll want to know that you intend to turn this grade around --take responsibility for the D (shows some maturity). Your teacher is more apt to want to negotiate extra credit, turning in late assignments, etc. Since you just had AP exams, they may take more pity knowing how much you have on your plate right now. Study, study, study for the final!</p>
<p>@jkiwmom </p>
<p>lol i knowwwwwwwwwwww ughh senioritis, </p>
<p>our school does not do extra credit and I have no late assignments but yeah I know what I have to do</p>
<p>3.5 GPA… Getting a D… Stop working…
I haven’t received a quarter grade below an A- since 7th grade. I have a 3.94 GPA. I have consistently worked my hardest. You are taking my spot? At this point I’m not even mad… It’s just funny</p>
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<p>Our counselor scared us into doing work throughout high school. She told us about a girl who got her offer revoked from VT because she had all As and 1 C in Calculus BC. If VT does that, imagine what UVA could do :O</p>
<p>Dude I feel you. My AP Lit teacher just assigned us a project where we have to collect pieces of our writing (with teacher comments) from as far back as we can into a scrapbook and then write about out writing. We have to have at least 15 to get an A. Everyone in my class is ticked that we have this in the last 3 weeks of school or so.</p>
<p>@plue00</p>
<p>lol ya my best friend’s mom , stereotypical Asian about academics, went off on me, shes like “unacceptab[r]e, you smart boy but you no work hard” sighhhhh* I’m just going to suck up to my teacher and get an A if there is one thing i learned in HS is that grades are subjective </p>
<p>@2fresh4flow</p>
<p>yes , after AP exam the class should be over, not an additional project >.<, fortunately my AP Lit project is easy, its just Calc is tedious and unnecessarily long</p>
<p>My school sends the final fourth year transcript, only the final grades are visible. So if I were to get a D in calc, the grade on the transcript would just be a B+ because that is what is averages out over the marking periods and mid term. How does your school do it? That being said, UVa is worth the extra work over these next few weeks.</p>
<p>@NJDevils2</p>
<p>Some people question if satan the devil is real, meet my math teacher, the devil teaches math.</p>
<p>I feel for you, I have exactly one week of school left and I am going to hit the books and study like ive never studied before for our final test. Notice how we are still taking test after AP exams.</p>
<p>My school averages but my grade in the class 3rd quarter was not an A so 4th quarter has the most weight.</p>
<p>“unacceptab[r]e, you smart boy but you no work hard” </p>
<p>Wow, really? How do latinos talk? How do blacks talk? I’m actually speechless and not only at the comment, but also at the fact that no one has said anything about it. I hope UVA teaches incoming first-years to be a little bit more culturally sensitive. The sad part about this is that most students graduate still showcasing this type of behavior–grossly stereotyping non-whites.</p>
<p>you need a life</p>
<p>you need not to be failing Calculus.</p>
<p>Thank you, wahoomb, for speaking up.</p>
<p>And can I make a comment to the remark made about “grades being subjective”…sometimes they are, other times they are not, but that attitude is likely to annoy any professor or TA with whom you interact. As a TA, there is nothing more annoying than a student who waltzes in and acts like they should get an A (or higher grade than they earned) because <em>they</em> believe they deserve better. It’s a terrible practice and it keeps you from pushing yourself to work harder and grow intellectually…you’d rather believe that you are correct than think you need to go the extra mile and do a little more.</p>
<p>And calculus…not all that terribly difficult. If you don’t want to do the work for it now, how are you going to handle the math/science requirements for your degree?</p>