PLEASE i beg of you to help me I'm crying!!! (it's long) REALLY UPSET?

Question

Hi my name is Alexis I'm a senior in high school. I've struggled with math since 5th grade. My freshman year of high school i took Algebra I and failed. I had to retake it my sophomore year and ended up passing it with a b-. During my junior year i took geometry and had one of the best teacher's I've ever had in high school. He helped me understand it and i ended up passing with about a C average which for me is REALLY DECENT considering normally i get D's. I have all A+'s if it was aside from math. I feel I'm intelligent just not with math.

Here's the BIG PROBLEM: in my high school you are only allowed to fail 2 things it can be a Marking period and a mid-term or a marking period and a final or just two things. If you fail more then 2 then you fail for the year. Every year i have always manged to pass everything but the mid-term and the final which are not worth much. This year my teachers are terrible. She gets angry at me when i ask for help she can't explain anything and she litereally just does the problem for me then hands it back to me when i've asked for help. She has never ONCE went over something on the bored it's all "worksheets" i've never seen a class like this in my entire life!! I did two extra credit projects for her that took me 3hours a piece to do and she told me they stunk and wouldn't give me extra credit. I got accepted into college but i'm scared if i loose credit for this class then they will like take away my acceptence. Espically if i loose credit for Alg. II!! I am constanly crying and nervous i have to pass this test friday. I sat down one on one with my teacher today and am planning to work with my teacher from the previous year to help boost my grade and help me possibly understand what i am doing every day this week aside from today i didn't have the chance. MY QUESTIONS ARE:::: WOULD A COLLEGE TAKE BACK AN ACCEPTENCE IF THEY SAW A FAILING GRADE//NO CREDIT ON A REPORT CARD??? WHAT SHOULD I DO I'M A NERVOUS WRECK AND ALWAYS UPSET?? WHAT DO I DO IF I DON'T PASS? I CAN'T RE-TAKE THE CLASS? AND JUST HELP PLEASE ANY ADVICE WILL DO I'VE NEVER BEEN SO UPSET//STRESSED BEFORE!!!

Answer 1

They can take it back, but if they've accepted you without waiting to see your final grade its unlikely. As Long as you graduate I don't think you'll have to worry. You may have to end up taking a "remedial" math course in college (no college credit) to qualify for the 100 level courses, but if you have passed algebra and geometry you'll probably be alright as far as that goes. They'll require some math, but you could gear it towards your major. For instance My wife took a math course that was geared towards learning how to teach elementary math. Piece of cake.
You'll be fine.

Answer 2

It has been my experience that colleges won't take back their acceptance letters. Colleges aren't always as competitive as you think they are. Some colleges, for example, will accept EVERYONE who applies. A college is considered competitive nowadays if they only accept 80% of their applicants. I failed chemistry once, dropped it twice and finally passed it with a D- my senior year. I also passed Algebra, Geometry and Algebra II with C-. I wound up in a private college. My suggestion would be to see how competitive your college is and what their acceptance guidelines are. If they require you to have a certain GPA (which is usually more important than what classes you took) SAT/ACT scores, or certain classes then that's what you should be concerned about. If your GPA isn't good enough, DON'T GIVE UP ON THAT COLLEGE! A year or two at a community college makes you a transfer student and then most colleges don't care about GPA/test scores. A friend of mine was in special Ed classes, failed a large percentage of them, never took his ACT/SAT, never passed any proficiancy exams and was never involved in any extra curricular activities. He is now less than a year away from a Bachelor's degree in Human Services and Managment. High school is about twice as hard as college.
Your senior year can be terrible but remember to enjoy it. If you're stressed, maybe that's why you're having so much trouble with math. In my freshman math class, I spent a whole semester doing addition and subtraction! Don't stress out. Most colleges don't care if you fail a class or two. After all, colleges are just a business after all. And what are businesses for if they can't make money off of a few unsuspecting, stressed out kids along the way?

Answer 3

Wow, this is like a blast from my past. I had the same thing in high school - A's in everything but math, which was nothing but struggle, struggle, struggle. Worked my butt off for C's, and kept hearing from my parents that I wasn't working hard enough at math because I "didn't like it" and from my teachers that I wasn't trying hard enough.

Got to college, and took statistics - which was fortunately taught by the psych professor I'd had the semester before, so he knew I worked. I was going in for his office hours, working my butt off, and failing. He got frustrated because he knew how hard I was working at it (I was taking up most of his help-the-students time), but I would miss one number or something and screw up the answer. He's the one who figured out that I had a perception disorder with numbers. So I would see a 6 where there was a 9 or invert numbers. That prof. saved my college career and more, because after that I knew to look out for it. And because it was considered a perception disorder, he could give partial credit when I got the formulas and steps right and just messed up writing a 6 instead of a 9. I don't think I would have passed college math without him.

This may or may not apply to you, but just in case, you might want to look into some sort of learning or perception disorder specifically with regard to numbers. It's a horrid experience to work your hardest and fail over and over, no matter what you try. Been there. I feel for you.

Answer 4

Hi Alexis. In response to your questions, yes, colleges may retract your acceptance if they discover you have a D or an F in any classes. That's why they urge you to notify them immediately if you receive a failing grade in any courses. If you talk to your school guidance counselor, I'm sure he/she can explain to you more about what to do if you fail the class, because it may be depend on your high school or the college you're planning to go to. I highly suggest you talk to your school counselor about it ASAP, and get in touch with a counselor from your prospective college too, so you know what to do if by chance you don't pass your math class. I've had some friends who failed a required course in their senior year, so they just retook the class in the summer, and were still able to get their diploma at the end of the summer. Maybe the college may make an exception: they'll allow you to enroll the following year if you pass your summer course on time. Well, I hope your test goes well and that you pass the class for the year so you don't have to worry anymore. best of luck to you!

Answer 5

Hello~
Ok first thing you need to do is speak to your parents regarding this issue. This is important especially when it's dealing with where you are trying to get into college. Don't get yourself all worked up right now. Also you need to speak with the G. Consel. at your high school. Let them know that you are serious about going to college however there are some issues that are hendering you and simply getting the best of your nerves!

If your teachers want or refuse to help you then I'd take a stand as a student and a senior and let them know that if they want help you, you will find means of getting help, you will pass and you will graduate and continue on to college. Sometimes teachers get so overwhelmed by what the state is making mandatory for them to do, however there is no excuse for this at all. You should be getting any and all help the school has to offer even if it means the teacher give you worksheets every single day!

Being an emontional wreak and your nerves all tore up isn't helping you at all. So please speak to your parents about this and then YOU take a stand. Your a senior now and about to enter the real world. There is no better time than NOW to start the process of taking a stand for what you want and know to be the right thing to do!!

Now stop worrying everything is and will be alright!! Your going to pass and your going to graduate and YOU WILL BE IN COLLEGE THIS SUMMER/FALL whichever you decide.

Good luck and hang in there I promise things will be just fine!!

Ssgtmommy~

Answer 6

ok honey, first, u gotta relax because that won't help you study.. 2nd,-can you switch your class, like to another teacher? i think you have a great idea going to your old math teacher.. that will probably help you a lot.. i think a college can take back an acceptance, but thats only if they request another copy of your transcripts, which i don't think they actually do.. and even if u fail this year, u can still take it in summer school and go to your college... however, don't fret.. i was aweful in math in school.. freshman year i failed algebra and had to retake it in summer school.. sophomore year geometry was somewhat easy and i passed... i dropped my statistics class in junior year cause i was failing that too and took up an extracuricular class and in senior year, they had a course called basic math which was pretty much a math for dumb people or slackers... yea, i took that too... and when i graduated and went to college, they just put me into another algebra class in my freshman year that wasn't good for any credit.. the teacher was great and did everything she could to help me pass... i slid through with a C... so don't worry.... u'll be fine...

Answer 7

Hi LexiRose, I'm from Australia so I don't know how the college or universities work over in the US.
What I do understand, is the stress you have from this.
I've been there before, you'll find teachers, professors and lecturers with the same attitude. They are there to teach, they don't care whether we pass or fail. It sounds to me your teacher just cares about her pay cheque.

Firstly, if I were you, I'd contest her decision of telling you your extra credit projects "stunk", take it to a high authority such as your principle or assistant principle. Contest it and tell who ever your contesting to that you feel you've been mistreated by this teacher and feel she is discriminating.

I'm not the smartest person in the world, and I suck at maths passing by 2 points but I do know how hard you need to work to get to something you want. I've sweat, bled and bruised myself at a boxing gym to get to where I want and I'm going to keep bleeding & sweating and training hard until I reach the level I feel I've acheived well.
You should do the same, you keep studying, contesting this teachers decision, and working hard on projects until YOU get what YOU want.

Don't let your emotions get in the way & stop you.
Tough it out kiddo, if your college withdraws it's decision on taking you on. You take it on the chin and keep hammering on towards your dream. It's only going to make you stronger.
Even though I'm not a big rap fan I find Eminem's "Lose Yourself" song very inspiring to me. Listen to it to get you motivated at times.

Answer 8

Weird, I have the reverse problem. I mostly get Bs/Cs in school and an A in math.

I don't think it would be fair for a college to just take away your acceptance like that. I think once you're in, you're in for the year.

Do you have a mathlete at your school? You could ask one of those kids to tutor you. Or maybe you could ask a student in the Honors class to help you. Buy some workbooks with math problems or just do some extra problems in your textbook. Practice makes perfect. While doing each problem, do it carefully, making sure you're taking each step, not making any mistakes.

And just relax. You can do this.

Answer 9

Honey, first you have to calm down. No matter what, it won't get any better if you are a psychological mess! It will be ok. You have this posted in a singles & dating section though, when it should be in education for you to get the kind of help and answers that you need. Can you get a tutor at all? or possibly speak with the teacher you had for geometry that you liked so much. Explain what is going on and I am sure if he can't help you, he can point you in the right direction. Remember to breathe and calm down, it'll come to you!

Answer 10

first off relax and find someone to work with like ur teacher from last year that's a very good idea if u relax and stop stressing so much i'm sure u'll do just fine and no i dont think a college would take back their acceptance the biggest problem u have is a metal block with math and yes i do realize how difficult math is for most people everyone has a weak subject as for me math was easy it was english that kicked my butt but ull get through it and do just fine do like i said and find someone to work with u that knows it well and is good at explaining it to u and u'll do just fine your to smart in all ur other classes not to get a passing grade u'll to just fine and good luck it'll be over before u know it