Will one c from freshman year hurt?

DadTwoGirls
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:22:11 +0000

First of all you are a high school freshman. Your grades in freshman year will be less important than for the rest of high school. Schools know that some students start a bit slow.

Secondly, we are in the middle of a pandemic. This has been a very tough year for nearly everyone. Quite a few students have gotten grades that were not normal for them, usually in the downward direction.

Thirdly, this was art. This was not your math or science or English class. If you apply to universities to study mathematics or biology, how good you are as an artist is not going to be their #1 concern.

I think that you should continue to do as well as you can and just do not worry about it. When it comes time to apply to universities make sure that you you apply to at least two safeties and keep your budget in mind. As another comment has said, “top 20” universities in the US routinely reject students who had straight A’s for the full four years of high school. However, they will also sometimes accept a student who had a C somewhere along the line. Admissions at the top schools is hard to predict.