ucplaya05

i got asked for my senior grades from usc. im down cause although im takin almost all ap classes, my grades werent all that good. I got 3 Cs last semester. My overall gpa dropped but my WEIGHTED gpa is gonna rise. i got a letter sayin that i was not in scholorship running. am i out of the running. will my weighted gpa rising help me put? HELP PLEASE

sfgiants

I'm not gonna lie, the C's will hurt you. Whatever happens, there's not much you can do now though.

S2530S2

Lol, you won't get a Trustee/Presidential scholarship. And the C's will get you somewhat screwed over, to be honest. (I got one C+ last semester too, fudge)

cc411

ucplaya05- What are the rest of your stats?

SpecialAgentPunk

I'm in a similar situation - all honors/adv/ap classes, but I got one C from an AP class, B-'s in two classes, a B+ in one, and an A from a music class (which won't be counted.) The class in which I got a C isn't related to my intended major.

I didn't really encounter any hardships such as family members in the hospital or any injuries or even a home remodeling. Is there anything I can do to maybe salvage those 1st semester grades, which is the worst semester I've ever had? Should I write a letter, call them up...anything?

btw I'm a film production hopeful.

hillyrae

Write a letter-- definitely. I wrote a letter explaining why I barely passed calc. last year with a C (74), and I definitely think that helped, and I just got accepted to film production

SpecialAgentPunk

Could I ask you what was your reason for your calc class? I'm not trying to pry, but my real reason isn't like a divorce or a family member in a hospital. There were family tensions, but it's nothing I can use to explain why I didn't do too well in my 1st semester.

I think an honest answer I would write is that the classes were difficult for me, and I struggled to understand sometimes. What I wouldn't write, but is true, is that I also didn't have much interest in those classes...

This isn't looking good for me.

pmcharkins

My first semester ended like this
AP Calc AB - C
AP English - A
Honors Physics - C
Government - B

I alreayd wrote a letter to explain them as well as other high school grades because my mom has been in and out of the hospital throughout high school so I had pretty much fill her household responsibilities

She went into the hospital the night before my first finals for this semester and I included that, would that offer me any leeway? I hope...
(I probablly coulda pulled off B-'s in those C classes if id done better on the finals which I didn't study for at all basically...I didn't write that in the letter though)