@singermom4 My son did poorly in Calc BC also last year and ended up dropping the course. It was no problem for his school. He already had a 5 on the Calc AB AP test though, and his college, though a tech school, isn’t the most selective. He was taking several other AP classes and we just couldn’t continue to watch him suffer.
I’m sorry you have to worry about this. My sense is if it is one course that’s not a problem…assuming the other courses are solid and he isn’t totally slacking off.
As soon as my son narrowed it down to 2 schools, he notified the others. Then, as soon as he made his final decision, he notified his runner-up school. But then yesterday he got an acceptance letter and a nice scholarship from a school he, um, never applied to. He had started the app, then saved it but never submitted it, nor did he submit test scores or a transcript. They kept writing him telling him to finish the app, and he wrote back that he had decided not to apply. So, yesterday, they accepted him with a scholarship but it is contingent on his test scores and transcript matching what he said on the unfinished app. I won’t name the school just in case somewhere on CC there is a student who is planning to enroll there, but it clearly is not very selective! Great to see there are still options open though - there are always students posting on CC that they didn’t get in anywhere or didn’t like their options. And here’s a school that doesn’t even require a complete app!
I asked my daughter today if she could at least think about which school she might want to go to today and she responded “Today I’m thinking about the school I currently go to, where I have a lot of work to do.”
I will be on the Indecision until the bitter end!
@crowlady - S is not slacking off but he is struggling with the course. There were several points at which he could have made the decision to drop down but he was adamant about staying the course. He took Trig/Calc A last year and did not want to repeat Calc A as he ‘would not be learning anything’ which is why he didn’t want to drop down to Calc AB.
I thought we would be celebrating his decision this weekend and instead we are all stressed out. I am a little upset with him with not checking with each school earlier as we knew this could be an issue. The school is a state flagship and I’m confident he falls in the superior student range so it seems ridiculous that he could be denied but that is the danger of large schools as they only have time to look at broad criteria - no holistic approach here.
(Long time mostly lurker, hi. I learned a lot here, and thanks.)
@Barfly – my D’15 was admitted to one of the seven sisters without ever submitting the supplement. As far as we were concerned, she hadn’t applied because the app was incomplete. And yet… I had to wonder if it was a mistake, but apparently not.
D has actually decided still won’t go online and hit the commit button. Why, I don’t know.
I felt the most irrational sense of panic with each of the break-up letters my daughter sent. Even though I knew the whys and wherefores of each break-up, I still felt the urge to shout, “WAIT! Don’t send that letter!” with every one. It was somehow comforting to know she had several options still on the table, and hard to (even rationally) let go of those options. This has been the strangest trip of my life.
@scholarme, my D is exactly the same although she promises to do it today. Hmmmm.
S is musing through the pro and con lists now, completely at a loss to pick one. This is going to be a long day.
Major sympathy for you, @Marylandfour!
@Marylandfour Same here. I asked her last night if she is getting closer to the decision and she said nope.
Anyone else getting the feeling that kids are telling different stories to their parents versus their friends? My son told me that a particular friend has made her final decision, but her mom says she has not. Same thing seems to be going on with his GF, but in reverse.
@scholarme and @suzy100, same with my D! Even a week after making the decision.
Happy and frustrated here. DS returned from admitted student days at SS-LAC. He’s super happy with his choice. DS has not returned yet but he’s on a high from all the opportunities that are there.
On the flip side, DD is at the Waldorf school and is very happy. They have very little work and she barely does what she has, yet her grades are very high! She didn’t do the online 2nd semester Algebra 2 she was supposed to do and now is hatching up crazy schemes to get the credit that don’t involve learning much, certainly not enough to go onto Pre-Calc next year. She says she doesn’t care what math she goes into next. Of course, the thing we most want is to avoid another collapse like she had early this semester, but it’s really difficult to see her pissing away opportunities so that she can avoid doing work in the present. I can’t figure out how to play this. I’m pretty concerned that she’ll end up like my sister did: doing the minimum in HS and then having to make up many classes at community college so that she could get a degree. My sister is fine, she’s made way more money than I have in my life, but it would be so much easier for DD just to do the work now.
Happy and worried here.
Worried that DS’s prom is this Friday night in downtown Baltimore. And for those of you who have been following the news you know why I am worried. Hoping the city calms down and protests return to a peaceful state.
And happy because decision has been made and deposit submitted. DS will be at Grinnell next year. We seem to have a number of kids going to Iowa, it is becoming a happening state. (Maybe they are following Hillary.)
Just finished up S’s last admitted student visit. He has narrowed down to 2 schools, but he loves them both. I love them both, too. Professors at each university told him the academics are essentially the same at both places…so go with your heart.
I can see him happy at either school.
He, too, has compiled pro and con lists. I’m sure we will be discussing this a lot over the next few days.
We will be on this dang boat until the bitter end!
@Felicita It’s hardly a boat - it’s about the size of a tanker… of course with the commodities of a cruise ship. :)) 
And here’s that countdown I made for May 1. http://■■■■■■■■■■/#decisiontime_afsgz 
I’m also waiting for May 1 because I’m hoping that the NMSC college sponsored awards will be announced at that time. Or at least mine (hopefully.)
So instead of narrowing choices, another school was added to the mix. All 3 are now equal in his mind, although they are very different schools. OMG.
@PhxRising , so glad your S liked his admitted student day. I think it truly is one of the most beautiful campus’s on the east coast! And it is so good that your D is happy with her new hs. Keeping her spirits up now seem to be a good idea, and not having the pressure of work she isn’t willing to cope with. Good luck.