I’ve already submitted my applications and the semester just ended, but I want to drop AP Gov since I am already taking AP Calculus AB and AP Microeconomics. I want to drop it because I am struggling. I passed the semester with a C and I passed economics with a B. I am doing way better in economics and I have the same teacher for government. I also have a yearbook class with deadlines I need to meet. Calculus isn’t a stuggle for me. I really don’t want anything lower than a C on my transcript. I want to be able to focus on those two AP classes so I can pass them as well. Is it better to drop it than worry the entire year of having over a C? I just don’t want to have to worry about cramming everything in. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I applied to CSUSB, SDSU, CSU Long Beach, and CSU San Marcos.
You are a senior and your applications are already in? Drop the class.
Most colleges require you to inform them before dropping an academic class. It may not have much affect with your schools since they are not in the most selective category, but you would still want to check rather than have an acceptance rescinded.
Disagree with @astute12 College have the right to rescind an acceptance if the final transcript does not match up with what was on the application. I agree with the above post that you would need to let the college know that you are dropping the class (I’d do so in writing so you can keep a copy). You may first want to try to get a sense of if dropping the class would hurt your application.
But I do agree that you need to keep your grades no lower than a C.
@happy1 I only needed to take one of the two or half of gov and half of econ. But if I chose one of the AP courses, then the other wasn’t required. So I am taking it as an extra class if it makes any difference.
If the classes you take match what you said you would be taking on your application then you are fine. If you drop a class and your final schedule is different from what you told the colleges you would be taking then IMO you must notify the colleges or risk having an acceptance rescinded. I’d talk to your guidance counselor as well.