TJ - Dropping Math course in final month

[Anonymous]

DD is in Senior year - admitted to out of state college. Currently at a D in Linear Algebra and it has been a nightmare dealing with the Math department. What is the recourse now - any advice is appreciated. A few of DDs friends have dropped the course. No harsh comments please - DD's main worry is how this would impact the college acceptance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is in Senior year - admitted to out of state college. Currently at a D in Linear Algebra and it has been a nightmare dealing with the Math department. What is the recourse now - any advice is appreciated. A few of DDs friends have dropped the course. No harsh comments please - DD's main worry is how this would impact the college acceptance.

She needs to talk to her counselor and find out if it will affect her admission.

[Anonymous]

OP here - Counselor is non-commital and is asking her to reach out to the college

[Anonymous]

Shes a senior, shes admitted to college, just get the D and move on:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shes a senior, shes admitted to college, just get the D and move on:

Is the D fine? Can it affect the admission if rest of the grades are fine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is in Senior year - admitted to out of state college. Currently at a D in Linear Algebra and it has been a nightmare dealing with the Math department. What is the recourse now - any advice is appreciated. A few of DDs friends have dropped the course. No harsh comments please - DD's main worry is how this would impact the college acceptance.

No worries. She is ok. The college already admitted her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is in Senior year - admitted to out of state college. Currently at a D in Linear Algebra and it has been a nightmare dealing with the Math department. What is the recourse now - any advice is appreciated. A few of DDs friends have dropped the course. No harsh comments please - DD's main worry is how this would impact the college acceptance.

DS facing a very similar situation with a D grade but the course is TJ Calculus AB. DS can't even drop the course as it is required to graduate HS.

Can be changed to pass fail, without impact to graduation?

Started TJ with Geometry, having completed Algebra 1 in middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is in Senior year - admitted to out of state college. Currently at a D in Linear Algebra and it has been a nightmare dealing with the Math department. What is the recourse now - any advice is appreciated. A few of DDs friends have dropped the course. No harsh comments please - DD's main worry is how this would impact the college acceptance.

DS facing a very similar situation with a D grade but the course is TJ Calculus AB. DS can't even drop the course as it is required to graduate HS.

Can be changed to pass fail, without impact to graduation?

Started TJ with Geometry, having completed Algebra 1 in middle school.

Can he retake it?

[Anonymous]

Does the school allow changing the course grading to pass fail. The math department has a weird policy about retakes not being allowed and give the opportunity to make up only in the following test

[Anonymous]

Retakes place a burden on students by taking away valuable study time needed for other TJ subjects.

[Anonymous]

Retakes also are an opportunity for students to improve their grades when they are not doing well. So should the student sit with a bad grade and not be given the chance to improve if they want to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Retakes place a burden on students by taking away valuable study time needed for other TJ subjects.

Did u mean more of a burden on teachers for having to regrade !!

[Anonymous]

Sounds stressful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the school allow changing the course grading to pass fail. The math department has a weird policy about retakes not being allowed and give the opportunity to make up only in the following test

Retakes are allowed but last units are reassessed using the final exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is in Senior year - admitted to out of state college. Currently at a D in Linear Algebra and it has been a nightmare dealing with the Math department. What is the recourse now - any advice is appreciated. A few of DDs friends have dropped the course. No harsh comments please - DD's main worry is how this would impact the college acceptance.

No worries. She is ok. The college already admitted her.

It depends on the college and the possibility of merit aid offered. Some schools will rescind an offer if grades are bad or remove merit aid offers. I know that there are European schools that will make conditional offers that require students receive certain scores on AP/IB exams for the offer to take hold.

She needs to call the college and talk to the Admissions staff and figure this out. It is not on her counselor; this is on her. She is probably fine dropping the class but the only one who can tell her that is the Admissions office at the college.