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[quote=Anonymous]Kid earned a C in a key subject one semester. The following semester, they met with the new teacher frequently to get extra help and earned an A. The final grade was a B or B-.

When kid received a C, other high-performing students (probably also top 10% of class) were also struggling and received lower than normal grades. The teacher had been good and supportive the previous year but turned into an unhelpful teacher. It’s like she became a different person and told the honors class they could not do retakes or any extra credit because they were in honors. She let the regular class do test retakes to learn from mistakes and earn extra credit.

Eventually, the teacher was likely fired and the new teacher arrived. New teacher was really helpful.

Basically the story is: had bad grade, sought help and practiced, earned A second semester, teacher and GC delighted. Math teacher is writing a recommendation letter.

Is it wise to share a narrative about the grade and show what was done to learn and improve? It was a hard but good lesson! Kid saw there was a space to do on the Common App.

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