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Do excused absences look bad for college?

I’m really sick and I’ve missed 2 days of school but I have a doctor’s note, so these absences will be excused. Excused absences are still absences, so does this look bad for colleges? I have a 4.0 gpa but if by the end of the year I have 4 absences (a prediction) I don’t want that to hold me back from getting into a good college

PS i’m In an NYC public high school so this is according to NYC DOE’s rules.

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  • I missed about a month of my senior year of high school due to severe bronchitis. I had to do my work at home. I still graduated on time and everything. It hasn't affected me in any way, shape, or form. I'm 23 now.

  • 2 years ago

    Colleges won't even see them, except to the extent that they are recorded on your transcript, which they won't be, unless there is a disciplinary action taken (and there won't be if they are excused) or you miss like an entire semester.

  • 2 years ago

    Honestly, I don't even think they ever even look at absences. they don't matter except perhaps as a reason to have done poorly, in which case absences might work to your benefit, maybe. They won't harm you.

  • Katie
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    Yes they do. Any sort of absence is bad. When you are applying for your first job, the company will approach your last school/college and will ask what your attendance was like.

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  • Stoo
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    No one gives a shît about two absences. You'd have to pile up much more than 4 for anyone to care.

  • drip
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Colleges /universities do not care about your attendance record in high school. Unless you missed so many days that you got a suspended.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Don’t think so

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