Academic Risk?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi Everyone,</p>

<p>I read somewhere that ivy leagues are more interested in how a student took academic risks and may have failed or succeeded in their gamble, rather than a mainstream student who just took the designated AP courses for their year. Is this true?</p>

<p>If so, in my case, I took an academic risk by taking Pre-Calculus over the summer (I consider myself a strong math student) so I could be a year ahead in AP Calculus from most of the other kids in my grade. Unfortunately, I received a bad teacher (not blaming him) who teaches the material and I completely understand it, but when the test comes, the tests are 10 times harder than the hw and practice test questions he gives us. Currently I may be looking at a B if I can’t pull a miracle. Would it put a bad mark on my transcript seeing that I got a B in a subject I really enjoy, or would ivy leagues see that as a calculated risk that unfortunately worked against me and something I would learn from?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>OP, it is a calculated risk. Isn’t the summer over? Did you get your grade already?</p>

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I’m not sure I’m following your story here. If you took the Pre-Calculus class over the summer, how can it be that at the end of October you are still wondering what grade you’ll get in the class? Or are you saying that you’re a year ahead in Calculus, that was the risk, and its in Calculus that you’re getting a B?</p>

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<p>Im getting a B in Calculus right now</p>

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<p>I don’t think in the brief read an average application gets (under 10 minutes), that they have time to parse these question.</p>

<p>And folks, it is summer on the other side of the equator.</p>

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<p>Since the OP is taking APUSH I doubt s/he is on the other side of the equator.</p>

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<p>Lots of intnl schools with AP tests so who knows? All I know is tomorrow I’ll be on that side in shorts sipping a cold drink!</p>