<p>From what you say i think the old Ruskey just hates you man and he is just trying to scare the c*** out of you :P</p>
<p>If what you say is true then I think you should definitely talk with other schools authorities about the absurd behavior of your teacher</p>
<p>You might get lucky and Cornell will see the kind of person the teacher is in his letter and simply ignore it or won’t take it too seriously.</p>
<p>OK, well to be sure I’m gonna talk to Cornell anyway to make sure to convince them that yes, my physics teacher is… a looney. O_O</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take the approach of saying anything bad about your teacher.</p>
<p>I would like to know what you could possibly say to Cornell to convince them that your physics teacher is a looney? Why don’t you try a few on us here and we’ll tell you how it sounds.</p>
<p>In my earlier post when I said you may need to contact Cornell is to be remorseful, reflective, and to convince adcom that you won’t be a slacker at Cornell. If you go with similar attitude when speaking with your teacher, he may just not send the letter.</p>
<p>I have advocated for my children since the day they started school, in my experience by bad mouthing teachers and not taking ownership on any mistake will get you nowhere.</p>
<p>If OP was my child, I would force him to take a gap year instead of wasting 55+k of my money, because with his current work ethic and immaturity I don’t believe he will succeed in college. There will be a lot of distractions in college, more excuses in not going to classes or doing work, unfortunately with few bad grades (lower than 3.5 gpa) would preclude you from getting a job, entrance to med or law school, or transfer to another school if necessary.</p>
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<p>Highly doubtful. It doesn’t make sense to me why Cornell would consider ‘ignoring’ a letter that a teacher wrote to them. I’d talk with Cornell before they find out from your teacher.</p>
<p>“I would like to know what you could possibly say to Cornell to convince them that your physics teacher is a looney? Why don’t you try a few on us here and we’ll tell you how it sounds.”</p>
<p>Not only has my physics teacher yelled at me for talking when I literally was not doing anything and has been generally very aggressive to all the students in the class, he deflated my midterm grade when I clearly earned an A, to a B+. On top of that, I’ve performed better on other students on OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS and received worse grades on those tests. Furthermore, he doesn’t grade our homeworks or labs, but instead uses those to curve our grades to his bias. His constant yelling, ridiculous expectations that we always answer his questions correctly, and impatience has become unbearable, and I am VERY CLOSE with all of my teachers and have developed possibly lifelong friendships with many - this is one I can’t reconcile with. Even my principal finds the man absolutely ridiculous and is investigating on my behalf and trying to convince him not to write this letter.</p>
<p>I also contacted Cornell and they told me withdrawing acceptances are extremely rare, and it would have to be a very serious disciplinary issue; they told me if I’m graduating with good standing, I really shouldn’t give it any thought. </p>
<p>“because with his current work ethic and immaturity I don’t believe he will succeed in college”</p>
<p>are you assuming I have no work ethic or maturity? I’ve dealt with administration and the township alone for years, building service projects and participating in many others. I had straight As junior year in all AP and honors classes, spent hours studying and doing work every day and on the weekends, went in for extra help, had study groups, and skipped parties to stay home and work. It’s also ridiculous to imply that getting below a 3.5 would hinder you from a job - what kind of parent are you? Wake up and realize that while grades are important, more important than anything is your charisma, the way you present yourself, your understanding of the job, and your work experience to prove it. You really think an employer would forsake all that because you’re not a straight A student? I understand you’re a parent and you give great advice on handling situations, but really take that stick out of your ass.</p>
<p>…your GC should have a good perspective on this. They will know if any current or past students have had the same experience with this teacher. If there have been other similiar situations then it strengthens your case, if not it puts it back on you. If you had a 95 midterm & he reported a B+ on the report card why didn’t you get your GC or school administration involved at that point? No matter what you think of a teacher, you never “give up on” a class. The only person who ends up hurt is you.</p>
<p>Go to Cornell’ career center web site, you will see applicants need min 3.5 GPA to apply for many finance jobs. I have been in that business for 25+ years. My older daughter just graduated from Cornell and went through the whole IB recruiting process. i have also done some recruiting at Cornell. </p>
<p>I am giving you some free advice here, feel free to ignore it.</p>
<p>Sorry sparky, but you do sound like an immature and whiny kid here. You fell asleep during a final which does not demonstrate a fabulous work ethic, even if you have managed to demonstrate one under other circumstances. And then, instead of accepting responsibility and being remorseful about it, you are deflecting blame on your “loony” teacher. </p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t know if your teacher really has treated you unfairly, or if you’re just another whiny kid trying to avoid responsibility for his senioritis. But even if everything you say is true, the mature and reasonable way to deal with it would have been to seek administrative intervention earlier, not go to sleep in his final assuming that it didn’t matter, and then start badmouthing him to your prospective college when he goes and does something that might actually matter.</p>
<p>I do believe adcom do read CC sometimes. Another free advice from me is be careful about what you post here. I don’t think it is that hard to figure out who is who. OP, you may want to modify your last post, especially the last sentence.</p>
<p>“Wake up and realize that while grades are important, more important than anything is your charisma, the way you present yourself…” </p>
<p>“I understand you’re a parent and you give great advice on handling situations, but really take that stick out of your ass.”</p>
<p>lol</p>
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<p>Hey, something similar happened to me. My ass of a geo teacher couldn’t get over the fact that I’m not actually a dumbass, so she effectively killed my grade (gave me a zero on my final as a last ditch chance to fail me, the computer still averaged my grade to a C), sent out letters to Cornell, and tried to make me out as a horrible student to the rest of the staff. Well, f*** her, I’ve already finished my senior year engineering project, am taking 4xxx classes, and won two CS engineering competitions here. Just don’t let your physics teacher get to you, ace the 1112/2213/2214 classes here, do the best you can, and ignore the living hell out of that ■■■■■■■. You’ll do fine.</p>
<p>I think the teacher sending letters to Cornell will catch their attention more than dropped grades, I know it happened somewhere else on this forum and the student was actually rescinded, I’ll try to find the thread. I called admissions today because I was worried about my grades as well (3 Cs, 1B, 1A but there were issues in my family). I’m in CALS and the woman I spoke to said that revoking admissions is rare unless something severe happens, and the most Cornell would do is send a letter in the summer for extra academic support in the fall or something like that.</p>