Please help! I’m desperate for advice, do I send?

jgsurdna
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:22:01 +0000

I don’t think that C+ will hurt you because:


You have A’s in everything else, and presumably had good English grades in years past.
You scored very high in the verbal section of the SAT. Hopefully you did well in the essay section as well – this is a case where they might actually consider that section.
Write a very good college essay; it will be evaluated carefully by selective colleges.
If you have a teacher doing a recommendation who can attest to your writing ability, all the better.


I wouldn’t try to explain that this is a particularly hard or unfair teacher.