Effect of one junior year C?

[Anonymous]

At least at Mcps, Honors Precalc is considered more difficult than Calc AB. So she needs to decide whether to drop down to regular or get a tutor and pull up to a B. If Mcps, even a C for the quarter can be salvaged to a B for the semester. If she’s already in regular, get a tutor. For the schools named and given her strong test scores, she should be fine unless your financial need is significant (need aware). But getting a B would be better than a C, if possible.

[Anonymous]

She should be fine for those colleges. But I'd still suggest a tutor to help take some of the pressure off. She'll feel better if she can bump it up to a B for the semester.

[Anonymous]

Army. Only hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to thrive at Macalester if you're not woke and lean more conservative?

Sure, but be prepared to be challenged. Those who enjoy a good debate will have endless opportunities to engage. It is not a place to find your conservative bubble where you can take comfort in being surrounded by like-minded folks, though.

Not looking for an echo chamber, but there's a difference between being "challenged" and being ostracized. Can a conservative student have reasonable assistance that Macalester offers more of the former than the latter?

[Anonymous]

Has your kid actually taken the SAT? Because if they're struggling with preCal and you suspect earlier math teachers were easy graders, then they may not do well in the Math portion of the SAT.

I recommend a tutor and getting the grade to a B. If the SAT is truly that high, then you have wiggle room like other posters suggested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to thrive at Macalester if you're not woke and lean more conservative?

Sure, but be prepared to be challenged. Those who enjoy a good debate will have endless opportunities to engage. It is not a place to find your conservative bubble where you can take comfort in being surrounded by like-minded folks, though.

Not looking for an echo chamber, but there's a difference between being "challenged" and being ostracized. Can a conservative student have reasonable assistance that Macalester offers more of the former than the latter?

Not if they go around calling other students “woke”. That doesn’t signal willingness to have good-faith conversations about liberal and conservative differences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son had 2 C’s and got into multiple colleges at that level, some with merit. Did not seem to be a problem.

SLAC treat boy applications differently. I don't think a female can get two C's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has your kid actually taken the SAT? Because if they're struggling with preCal and you suspect earlier math teachers were easy graders, then they may not do well in the Math portion of the SAT.

I recommend a tutor and getting the grade to a B. If the SAT is truly that high, then you have wiggle room like other posters suggested.

I didn’t think SAT math included pre-Calc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to thrive at Macalester if you're not woke and lean more conservative?

Sure, but be prepared to be challenged. Those who enjoy a good debate will have endless opportunities to engage. It is not a place to find your conservative bubble where you can take comfort in being surrounded by like-minded folks, though.

Not looking for an echo chamber, but there's a difference between being "challenged" and being ostracized. Can a conservative student have reasonable assistance that Macalester offers more of the former than the latter?

Not if they go around calling other students “woke”. That doesn’t signal willingness to have good-faith conversations about liberal and conservative differences.

Are most Mac students not woke?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has your kid actually taken the SAT? Because if they're struggling with preCal and you suspect earlier math teachers were easy graders, then they may not do well in the Math portion of the SAT.

I recommend a tutor and getting the grade to a B. If the SAT is truly that high, then you have wiggle room like other posters suggested.

I didn’t think SAT math included pre-Calc.

No...but... a student struggling in pre calc with a shaky foundation is unlikely going to score a 750 on the math portion. Those who do well tend to be fluent with strong math competencies including pre calc functions. So, tutor up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to thrive at Macalester if you're not woke and lean more conservative?

Sure, but be prepared to be challenged. Those who enjoy a good debate will have endless opportunities to engage. It is not a place to find your conservative bubble where you can take comfort in being surrounded by like-minded folks, though.

Not looking for an echo chamber, but there's a difference between being "challenged" and being ostracized. Can a conservative student have reasonable assistance that Macalester offers more of the former than the latter?

Not if they go around calling other students “woke”. That doesn’t signal willingness to have good-faith conversations about liberal and conservative differences.

Are most Mac students not woke?

Regardless of whether the liberal students would fit your definition of “woke,” slapping pejorative labels on them from the start is only going to have them calling you maga (or maggot) and start a fight. It is actually possible to have non-flaming discussions between liberals and conservatives, but not if you start with insults.

[Anonymous]

If she hasn't already, I'd urge your daughter to enter the Scholastic contest and attend one of the national portfolio days. https://www.artandwriting.org/awards/ and https://nationalportfolioday.org/schedule

If her art is really good, she should consider submitting an arts supplement with her applications. Different colleges have different rules for submitting supplements and it can take a while to assemble all the things required, so take a preliminary look now to see what she has to do to go that route.

A C in math will hurt her less if she's really good in something else. While it's great to have a teacher's rec saying so, it's even better having some outside validation of her strengths.