Same Class, But Different Teacher?

Applying to College
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<p>Throughout the years, my friends and I have taken the same courses in the same year, but had a different teacher. There were some classes where we did better than each other and did worse. However, most of these courses had like a Regents exam at the end. I wonder how colleges will see how having a different teacher might effect our grade. I mean obviously if you hvae two different teachers, you will have two different styles of learning, tests, quizzes, etc. There were times my friends’ teacher was harder than my teacher in the same course.</p>

<p>So does it all come down to the Regents exam we take?</p>

<p>Ex. You and your friend is taking the same Regents course. No honors or AP. Say you, with Teacher A, got 80s throughout as their semester/year. But you got in the 90s of the regents exam. Say your friend, with Teacher B. got a 90s throughout the entire semester/year grade. Say your friend got in the 80s on the regents exam. </p>

<p>Do colleges see you as more lazy or see the different teachers and assume that you have a harder teacher?
Do colleges think your friend is hardworking, but not naturally smart?
Or what would they think?</p>

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<p>Do colleges even care about your Regents exams?</p>

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<p>It honestly doesn’t matter. They don’t know how hard or easy your teacher or class is, unless it’s an AP/honors class, and even then they don’t really know. I’m in the same situation, taking Honors Chemistry with the incredibly hard, mean, IB Physics teacher, while my friends are acing the class with the much easier other teacher. </p>

<p>You just have to do your best and try to get the highest grades possible. If you’re worried about the final grade, look through the review book the school gives out.</p>