Will one C in a CP class ruin my chances?

yikesyikesyikes
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:04:35 +0000

It probably substantially hurts chances at the top 25 or so schools, but the impact on the rest of the top 50 will be lower. Single exams having a big impact is the unfortunate reality even in college, so don’t expect a lot of sympathy from the adcoms if your GC explains it (unless it was a truly extenuating circumstance like a death in the immediate family that caused you to do poorly on the exam). You can mitigate the hit to GPA, to an extent, with strong standardized test scores (particularly the SAT/ACT).