how much does stanford care about 2nd semester grades?

lwk1005 · 04-13-2008, 01:37 AM

Will I get rescinded? Accepted EA.
I had a 3.8 when I applied... This second semester will look like this

AP Chem - C or maybe even D!!!
AP LA - B
AP AMerican Gov A
AP Calc - C....
Manufacturing Tech A

Do I kiss stanford goodbye? Have you heard of kids getting low grades second semester and still getting in??? By the way I did get a C and two B's last semester and didn't get a warning. But since it got even worse I'm kind of worried.
Should I write stanford a letter about my grades and explain my situation?

brackis · 04-13-2008, 04:29 AM

What circumstances do you have beyond easing off the gas pedal knowing you're into college?
Get your act together, keep studying hard, and be ready for college.

kyledavid80 · 04-13-2008, 04:37 AM

A few Cs/B/few As may put you in a tight spot--and a D very well may cause your admission to be rescinded.

richboy12591 · 04-13-2008, 10:22 AM

get your chem/calc grade up

floppy · 04-13-2008, 02:06 PM

Talk to your teachers about your grades. See if there is any sort of special arrangement they can do so that you can bring up your grade, like a project or something. I don't think your teachers would want you to get rescinded from getting a bad grade in their class.

lwk1005 · 04-14-2008, 09:47 PM

should i send a letter explaining my circumstances? I didn't just completely slack off because I knew I was in.

greatone1 · 04-15-2008, 06:27 PM

Dude don't worry about it. Even if you didn't say anything at most they'd give you a warning and tell you to shape up for college. It's an extremely rare thing to be rescinded, especially at a top notch school, you'd have to seriously at least get a D/fail in multiple classes. A couple of B's and C's won't hurt you. You worked hard for almost four years to get into STANFORD, they know that as much as you and won't take it away for two C's in difficult subjects and some Bs.

lwk1005 · 04-15-2008, 11:50 PM

what if I get a D in ap chem and a c in ap calc?

nngmm · 04-15-2008, 11:56 PM

why are your grades so low?
A couple of Cs or a D can get you in trouble.

lwk1005 · 04-16-2008, 12:03 AM

because i put on more hours at work, to help my mom out - family stuff.
I thought i could handle it but i was wrong.
And nngmm, what do you mean trouble? Will I get a stern letter, or well I get rescinded??? I'm really worried.

vistany · 04-17-2008, 07:38 PM

lwk row dude row!

your reasons are good but don't hurt yourself.

floppy · 04-17-2008, 09:26 PM

I think you might have a pretty good chance of being rescinded if you get the D. DEFINITELY talk to your TEACHERS about your grades.

UC's rescind people for 1 D.

freshnup · 04-18-2008, 09:23 AM

I'd say that was a pretty dumb thing to do.

kyledavid80 · 04-18-2008, 03:24 PM

Quote:

UC's rescind people for 1 D.

I believe that's if it's in an a-g requirement for admission.

Stanford would probably rescind your admission if you got a D... unless you had a really good explanation.

Alf790 · 04-22-2008, 07:06 PM

I have another question relating to this one. Does Stanford care about community college course you are taking on the high school campus? I've got a weighted 4.0 with four classes for my high school. I'm taking two community college courses at my high school, Political Science and Calculus. Poli Sci is fine but I'm just worried about Calculus which is hovering precariously at a C...but it doesn't count on my GPA on my high school transcript and I had a C in Calculus last semester, a C in Precal for my second semester of junior year, and I got no notice from Stanford about this.

So, basically, how much does Stanford care about these at-high-school CC courses? For the record, I don't plan to major in anything like mathematics.

Thanks.