College Grades Concerns

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>Hi. I attended the Stanford 2012 High School Summer College this year, learning two college courses, Engineering and Political science. I got an A+ on Engineering and a C on political science. :frowning: I got that C mainly because I didn’t correctly interpret the direction of a short essay question on my final exam… I wonder how it could affect my application and do I really have to send my summer transcript? I really hate that C. </p>

<p>Oh, and I am a international student with English not as the first language? Will the admissions officers take this into account. I think other parts of my application are very competitive. </p>

<p>Or…what if I wrote a explanation about the grades and added it up to the additional information section? Will that help?</p>

<p>Thanks for all the responses! :)</p>

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<p>I don’t imagine you need to send any of that information. Columbia will not take any grades you have earned from a college or pre-college program while you are in high school unless you are a transfer student (excepting AP/IB/etc programs if you count those as pre-college). You can, of course, mention that you attended the Stanford program, but the only transcript you need to send is from your high school.</p>

<p>Yes, officers do take into account that you are an international student and a nonnative speaker.</p>