cobra1418

Senior here. Always been a good student. A's and B's, with a 90 GPA. Decent SAT (1660). But amazing extras.

Im an English/Humanities guy, so I had one C on my transcript from honors physics, but other than that I'm pretty solid.

Now I'm a senior, and I'm doing pretty well other than, well, you know...

My first failure ever <___<

It was in AP economics. My school limits AP's so this year was the first year I can take an AP class. I got a 99 in AP English, but Economics kicked my ass. It was a difficult class, and everyone struggled with it. But I had it really bad.

We took the last test of the quarter, all I had to do was pass with a 70 and my average for the quarter would have been just barely passing, MAYBE a 70 or so.

My grade on this test? A 26 <__<. I thought I did good, too.

Meaning, I fail with about a 57 average on the first quarter.

Other than that, straight 90s. I want to be a journalism major (93 in my journalism elective and a strong background/extras in the field of journalism). My dream schools are BU and northeastern, those are the most competitive I was applying to, though

....simply put, how much am I screwed by this one bad grade? .___.

mom2collegekids

What kind of schools are you applying to?

Also, if this class isn't required, drop it.

cobra1418

Well the SUNY schools I applied to, and I'm EOP eligble (though grades/SAT might be too high)

Oswego
New Paltz
Plattsburgh
Fredonia
Albany
Buffalo State


As far as the private schools?

Boston U
Northeastern
Marist (eop)
Emerson
Ithaca

And a couple of others I'm still considering.

Ruh roh?

Erin's Dad

M2CK is right. If you don't need it, drop it. What is your class rank? You are a reach at BU and Northeastern based on your scores. If your class rank is pretty high that might balance it out.

cobra1418

Do I need it? Technically, no.

But my school also won't let me drop it (strict/small private school) and I need to take it.

I'm not sure what my exact rank is since they were shuffling things around since a couple of students left and some other things. But it's in the top 13%. Last time it was 19/161

LilyMoon

I don't think you're screwed. You'll get into some of the schools you listed.