HELP: I Got a "C" First Semester

collegedad2013
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:50:49 +0000

Unfortunately, I don’t believe there are any easy answers. Some things to think about.


If you drop the course, Stanford could assume that you dropped it because you got a “D”…or worse.
You could send a note to them explaining the grade. In that case, you might want to be specific about how much the final was actually worth. As an example, if you had a low A (90) going into the final, and the final was worth 40%, then to get a 79 in the class, your final had to be a 62.5. I mention this only because finals usually don’t drop a person down two letter grades unless it is heavily weighted in the grade.
It also depends on how your other grades look and whether this is an outlier. If it is, then one strategy is to not draw a lot of attention to it, especially if it is a college course.
Have you talked to your guidance councilor about this?