Chances of losing scholarship

Paying for College
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<p>I just got into Muhlenberg and Gettysburg and got a decent amount of money from each. My grades throughout high school have been good, I take 4 AP courses this year and 4 last year and have never gotten below a B in my transcript.</p>

<p>Our calculus teacher just had a baby, so the new substitute, who is (not exaggerating) about 90, has taken over for the third term. Pretty much everybody’s grades have plumetted. He counts problems wrong when they are clearly right, because “he can’t follow the work.” He keeps his grades not on computer, but on a crinkled sheet of notebook paper. When we try to talk to him about grades, he gets frustrated and lost and usually replies “I can’t remember.” I’m pretty sure I have at best a C in the class.</p>

<p>Now my parents are on my case saying that I am going to lose my scholarships to these colleges and I’m going to have to go to UMASS (nothing against UMASS but i really don’t want to go). Are they just being grumpy parents, or is there some truth to this?</p>

<p>If I lost these scholarships, that would be probably be the worst thing in the world for me. Does anybody have any similar stories or should I just calm down?</p>

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<p>jb2007,
I really do not think that you would lose your scholarships because of one C. You have already been accepted and offered them.
The bigger problem here is the sub. I have worked at our local high school for 13 years and I know that schools can get subs and even teachers that do not really know what they are doing! If I were you, I would talk to the principal and/or superintendent about the problem with the sub. If there are many students with the same problem then something needs to be addressed here. Although teachers are to be respected; students and their parents HAVE to be listened to and the sub has no right to mess up the grades of all these students.
Just my 2 cents.</p>

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<p>I agree with everything ttaillon said. Go see the head of the math dept or the principal as soon as you can.</p>