<p>I failed my health class a year ago because of a sickness, but I retook it and have a high A. Do you think that the fail will have a huge effect in the long run? Especially for Ivies?</p>
<p>How’d you fail it due to a sickness?</p>
<p>While my other teachers lightened the load so I could recuperate, my teacher dumped all my work on me even if I was in the hospital. I was a ninth grader. :/</p>
<p>Depends on your school’s grading policy. Talk to your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Including with your application an explanation from your GC would help.</p>
<p>Wow, a kid fails health class because of sickness. Calling Captain Irony. </p>
<p>I would first attempt to appeal the original grade before anything else.</p>