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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if they really enforce that. We met with the counselor and math teacher for DS, who was in the same boat last year as a senior. He ended up eeking out a D for the second semester. His counselor made noises that getting an E would make life difficult for him... but she didn't actually say he wouldn't be able to graduate. He was in tons of AP classes and just hit a wall in the second semester, and had a breakdown. He's doing much better now as a college freshman.[/quote]

His college must not have been selective?  A D has to be explained to most admissions offices.[/quote]

Not in the second semester of senior year, when most kids let themselves go.

He was accepted at UMD Honors, W&M, St Andrews, McGill, George Washington, that sort of level. 4.67 wGPA before that blasted D, near perfect test score.

The reality is that universities don't care all that much for second semester grades. I agree that if he had failed outright, that might have required an explanation, but it probably wouldn't have rescinded the acceptance, even at an Ivy. As it is, no one contacted him about his grades. They gave him extra credit for certain AP exam scores and he was able to skip some introductory-level courses.

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