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Jess
June 7th, 2011, 04:32 PM
I have a 79 final for Honors Chemistry. SO close to an 80. I have no other C's and tomorrow's the last day of school. I didn't do so well on the bonus test, only got 9.5 bonus points out of 15 and that didn't change my final grade one bit. though it might have increased 78.5 a bit but NOT to 79.5

I emailed my teacher asking her to give me another extra credit assignment, SOMETHING that would get my grade up to an 80 - or 79.5 AT LEAST. The problem is, how many points would it take to get to 79.5? I don't even know what the exact percentage is. it's only rounded to 79.

If I want to get into the University of Pittsburgh, I need to get rid of that dreadful C. The colleges and universities only see letter grades on your transcript, and they won't see that I have a 79. just a C.

what should I do? ):

EDIT: I need just six bonus points...

AllThatYouDreamed
June 7th, 2011, 06:30 PM
Consider that it's only a SINGLE C, and you have many other things for you when applying to colleges.
SAT/ACT, teacher recs, guidance recs, your other grades, any extra curricular you have, all that shit.
A single grade won't keep you out of a college.
And it's not like UofPitt is an Ivy league.

Jess
June 7th, 2011, 08:08 PM
yeah I guess so but do you think my teacher would allow me to get another 6 bonus points? she already gave our class a lot of bonus points already..