u/Grand_World9623

Will a grade dispute affect my chances to get into college?

Hi y'all. Over the past couple of months, my family and I have been trying to solve an issue with an online high school credit. Basically, my online teacher neglected a couple of things, and my final was impacted by the Canvas outage, so it was never turned in. The final grade that was put in the transcript was a 75. It tanked my GPA to a 4.1.

I've been fighting with the online school's admin, but he's saying that the grade is essentially final. I'm also trying to talk to my school to get it dropped from my transcript. Overall, will this affect my chances of getting into college? I've been extremely worried about it, and I haven't really seen anyone with this problem. If you've ever had to dispute a grade, please let me know. Thank you!

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Hi y'all. Over the past couple of months, my family and I have been trying to solve an issue with an online high school credit. Basically, my online teacher neglected a couple of things, and my final was impacted by the Canvas outage, so it was never turned in. The final grade that was put in the transcript was a 75. It tanked my GPA to a 4.1.

I've been fighting with the online school's admin, but he's saying that the grade is essentially final. I'm also trying to talk to my school to get it dropped from my transcript. Overall, will this affect my chances of getting into college? I've been extremely worried about it, and I haven't really seen anyone with this problem. If you've ever had to dispute a grade, please let me know. Thank you!

Demographics and Background
female, asian, middle-high income household
competitive public school

Intended Major
public health

ACT
35- 35R, 35E, 35M, 34S

GPAs and Rankings
4.1 W GPA ending Junior Year
3.8 UW GPA

Coursework
11 APs w/o senior year, 4 honors courses
-one C, one B in freshman year
-one B in junior year

School Awards
AP Scholar
AP Scholar Distinguished
District Honor Bandx3
All-State Bandx1
District Honor Orchestrax4
All-State Orchestrax1

School Extracurriculars
4y Orchestra (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)- all years' highest level
4y HOSA
2y iGEM (Sophomore, Junior)
National Honor Society (Sophomore, Junior, Senior)
National Science Honors Society Officer(Junior, Senior)
Tri-M President (Junior Senior)

Independent Extracurriculars

CAP (JROTC)
I have had many roles over 2 years, but I am currently a Major
-Ground Team 1 experience, helped out in Augusta, during Hurricane Helene
-CAP (____) Wing Encampment Medical Staff Member 2025+2026
-Educated aerospace to a class of 200 cadets at the (____) Wing Encampment
-Competed in the (_____) Wing Cadet Competition for Impromptu Speaking (2nd Place)
-Competed in the (_____) Wing Cadet Competition and earned 1st place in Impromptu Speaking

Orchestra and Band
-Performed at Carnegie Hall as a French horn soloist (will be going back as a violinist)
-Competed in the Metropolitan Melodies Photography Competition (3rd Prize)
-Organized and planned events for the Orchestra (2 years)

STEM-Based
-2024-2025 iGEM team- co-wrote the research paper, background, problems, and solutions, and made co-responding diagrams
-Lab assistant (2025)
-Lead a STEM-based two-day camp at the first CAP Southeastern Wing Encampment, 2025 (First of the program
-Windship Cancer intern (2026)
-GHLC at Johns Hopkins (2026)
-Pursuing independent research with a researcher this summer, hoping to get published lol (2026)
-200+ volunteer hours at a clinic (2024-2026)
-Phlebotomist (paid 20 per hr, 15 hrs a week) (2026)

Essay

im leaning a couple different ways, but i think i'll write about my journey with my own mental health in relation to one of my favorite stories, Percy Jackson. i still have no idea and am open to suggestions lol

Schools

Reach
GT
EMORY
UCS (LA+BERK)
JOHNS HOPKINS
NYU
NORTHWESTERN

Target
UGA
CASE WESTERN
VANDY

Safety
GSU
AUGUSTA
MERCER
UT AUSTIN
UAB