Struggling
Hi! I am a usual straight-A student taking Ap Chemistry and struggling with it. I failed repeatedly on the unit test and ended the first semester with a B-. Would it be better if I dropped the course to keep my GPA up or would it look better with the grade boost of an AP course? I love chemistry and plan on studying it as a major. Just I struggle with the tests.
Hey! I would definitely not drop AP Chem. If you plan on studying chem as your major, you are going to want to continue with that class. In general, dropping a class looks bad but in this case I think it’d look even worse. If you are struggling with tests, reach out to your teacher, if your school has a tutoring service use that, if not have a friend who’s good on tests tutor you.
Good luck! You got this. Hope this helps
Thank you so much!
I'm no admissions officer so take this with a grain of salt but; ik what your saying but ik colleges also want to see that your challenging yourself, in the extra essay section you can even mention this and your challenges with it and what you did about it.
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