Impact of dropping a class listed on transcript for preread?

Midwestmom2022
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:24:28 +0000

D22 had successful pre-read from SLAC. When giving pre-read results, the coach specifically said “don’t kill anybody and don’t drop an AP.” By the end of first semester, D22 wanted to drop her elective (non-AP) science because it wasn’t as interesting as she thought it would be. We had our high school counselor call the admissions office and ask generically if it was OK for her to drop (without giving specific information). Looking back, I think only seven kids from her high school applied to that SLAC and she was the only recruited athlete, so I’m not sure how generic the request really was. At any rate, the admissions officer said, as long as she was still in her AP science that year, dropping a non-AP didn’t matter. (In other words she still had her “core” subject matters covered and had not changed rigor in those subjects.)
She would not have dropped the course without approval from the college. The posters above are smart for going thru the coach. (I’m embarrassed we didn’t think of that.) Definitely do not drop the class before getting approval from admissions/coach.