I am predicting that I will get 4 Cs(maybe even a D because I’m doing horribly in Calc) and 2 Bs. Will I get rescinded? I am taking 3 AP classes. I never was a straight A students but was an A-B student with the rare C. Still, this semester I caught senoritis real bad and my grades slipped down significantly. I got accepted to Chapman, Earlham, and IU-Bloomington.
Theres a bit of a chance yes. Most likely not, but you never know. I have heard stories of schools calling to check in to make sure students are performing. Just kick yourself into gear and get those grades up! You still have time. Don’t throw away four years of hard work because of one semester! The C’s probably aren’t the end of the world, but tacking on a D or 2 wouldn’t help your case. Best of luck!
You still have a LOT of time to bring up your grades. Aim for at least straight B’s. I don’t think you will be rescinded, but you could. I know you mention senioritis in your post, but if you have any other problems that have been affecting you academically (for example family illness) you should tell your guidance counselor so s/he can communicate that info to colleges if they ask about your grades.
So you enjoy risk-taking? This isn’t senioritis. This is self-sabotage. Yes, you could be rescinded. So cut it out and get your act together. Or accept that you may have a gap year coming up and the opportunity to reapply with a lower GPA next year.
@EYeager , senioritis isn’t real. You’re cured now, time to recuperate before you get Unintentional Gap Yearitis.you have time to get your grades up. Get working, and good luck.
You could. What are you thinking by slumping so much? You could be putting your last three and a half years of hard work at risk. Play time is over and it is time to buckle down. You definitely want to avoid any D’s.
I’m sure I won’t get any D’s. If my grade drops really bad in Calc, I’ll just drop it since I take it for DE(in college you can drop at any time as long as it is before the deadline).
I talked to a couple of my high school teachers the other day about my grades. The problem is that since the AP exam is in May the class is pretty much just reviewing old materials to prepare for the AP exam. That means that there won’t be any more tests or grades(AP teachers don’t collect homework). They told me that after the AP exam is done the class is pretty much over and we won’t need to learn anything else…
Uh… do teachers get paid on what their students get on the AP exam because it seems like that is all they care about…
So yeah, they told me that I am pretty much stuck at a C in the class. I won’t go down or go up, limbo.
You already know the answer to your question. You already know what you should do.
What can I do? It is mathematically impossible to get my grades up to B’s at this point :(.
I even begged my teachers and they gave this long lecture about life or something and how I waste my potential…
I would go to the guidence counselor (GC) and try to elicit the GC’s support. Discuss what you can do and see if the GC is willing to call the school that you are considering most strongly. See whether there is anything to be done to improve the situation. Your willingness to involve the GC and put in extra effort would probably be viewed positively.
Do everything you can to raise them!! I agree with the poster above, talk to your GC and get them on your good side. Also talk to a trusted teacher about this situation and see what they can do
If you drop calc that could also be grounds to rescind your acceptance assuming you had the course listed on your college application.
You posted this question because you wanted to know how much you should worry. Right?
You’re getting a lot of advice that doesn’t answer the question. Do this, don’t do that, blah
Obviously, do your best for the rest of the year.
Yes, colleges might rescind their offers based on the grades you have. So yes, you should worry a little.
For most schools, C grades will be OK. But maybe not all schools. And the number of Cs will matter. And lower grades will matter a lot more. So you want to avoid them.
Really, the best answer is this: no one can predict the future, so do the best you can.
But you knew that already, right?
AP Teachers generally have to give grades for the last quarter of the year. Ask your AP teachers what they base the grades on. At some schools, students turn in papers or projects. Ask your teachers if there is anything you can do to raise your grade for the fourth quarter and if there’s a project or paper possible, take it incredibly seriously.
And as for dropping a course, that could be a problem for many schools - you would have to either clear it in advance or let each college know that you’ve done it.
WasatchWriter, about this… “You’re getting a lot of advice that doesn’t answer the question. Do this, don’t do that, blah” and then this: "Really, the best answer is this: no one can predict the future, so do the best you can. But you knew that already, right?’
Right, I think that was implicit in (at least) my response. Some of us provide some very specific suggestions about how to improve a situation when a student expresses concern about it. Obviously if it were no concern the advice from me and others would be “Don’t sweat it.” But there is cause to be concerned despite nobody knowing for sure-probably not even the colleges would answer that question at this point in time. So we offer the best advice we can given the situation. It’s not “blah”.
There will be one project but it won’t be worth as much as a test. So it won’t affect my grade that much.
So if I drop the Calc course, I should email and ask the colleges if it will cause me to get rescinded or not? Will they even answer me if I ask them like that?
How’s that buckling down to business going? You can pull this out.
I strongly advise talking with your guidence counselor before contacting the colleges.
Lostaccount is correct - first, you have to talk to your counselor. It’s pretty late in the year - if you drop it, would it show up on your transcript for the first two semesters anyway? What would your grade be? You need to know how the school accounts for it because dropping the course might not change the grade and might look even worse on your transcript.
After speaking with your counselor about logistics, and assuming you get a positive response of some kind, you could either send an email or call the various colleges. Do not ask if it would cause your acceptance to be rescinded. Explain that you are an accepted student who has not yet made a decision, and say that you are considering dropping your Calculus course (and you would probably have to give some reason, but don’t say because you’re doing so badly). Ask if it would make a difference to your acceptance if you dropped the course.
Just as an aside, I believe that IU requires 7 semesters of math, so unless you have that, dropping the course could be a real problem. And in general, I think that dropping the course will not go over that well.
Finally, if your grades are so precarious, any project could help them, so I would work like crazy on the AP projects that might be coming up.
If I drop the course it won’t show up on my transcript.
I already have 8 semesters of math since I took Algebra 1 in 8th grade and I took Pre-calc in 11h grade. I’m also taking AP Physics 1 this year so I guess I am doing something math related senior year?