redlinekid2

Hi Ruben,
I was re-reading your reply to my earlier comments regarding admisssion. It has bothered me a great deal because it makes it sound like I was very naive about the admissions standards at those non-traditional programs, which is not the case at all. I am well aware that anyone who wants to get into these places needs to have high academic standards and a strong academic foundation. Why would I apply to these places if I didn't have the skills to handle the classwork?

What troubles me is that I am not being given a chance to prove myself academically. I have enrolled in the most rigorous academic classes that my present school had offered. But they don't have enough of what I was interested in. In addition, all of the schools that has rejected my application told me that it was because of the "D" grade that I received in Introduction to Logic. One grade that had de-railed my chances for provisional status. Provisional status would have allowed me to showcase my academic ability in the classroom. And they didn't have confidence in my abilities because of one bad grade? I am not concerned about the other people who think that HES is a piece of cake to pass. They'll know that soon enough. I never thought for a minute that HES would take just anyone to their ALB program if they couldn't do the work or otherwise. What concerns me is the one bad grade that I have on my academic transcript that was the sole reason for getting rejected.

Even if I pass the Expo. Class and my other two classes at HES with a B+/A-, I am just afraid that my "D" from my Introduction to Logic will haunt me yet again. I have to distance myself away from this bad situation. So the more recent my academic grades, the less likely that is "D" grade will have on my chances for academic admission.