<p>Hello, I am a junior at one of the best schools in my city (LA). Even so, our school's math department is remedial and has a very low percentage of students who pass. This is how my grades look like:</p>
<p>AP Spanish Lang - A
AP English Lang - B
AP Human Geography - A
AP US History - A
Reg. Chemistry - A
Pre-Calculus - F (41%)
Water Polo - A</p>
<p>Does the F in math look bad?? I mean, I was born in Mexico (DREAMER), play water polo in school, live in "poverty", first generation student, 120 community service hours + an internship, immigrant rights activist. I even got a 5 in the AP world exam when I was in 10th grade and my freshmen and sophomore gpa's are really high.</p>
<p>Will this F basically impede me from going to a four year? My dream schools are: CSU Long Beach, Northridge and UC Santa Cruz. What can I do to avoid any further complications?</p>
<p>BTW I am certainly going to fail like 100% sure :( </p>
<p>Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!!!</p>
<p>Well it’s not going to destroy your chances, but it isn’t exactly going to make them better. If one F stopped a student from making it in the world, a lot more young adults would be looking for jobs at local fast food chains…</p>
<p>Why are you “100% sure” that failure is inevitable? Have you gotten a tutor? Spent hours studying? Asked a teacher for help? I wouldn’t be so fast to quit, even if math isn’t your thing, which it clearly isn’t. Try to get your head wrapped around whatever it is that’s causing you to fail.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice but I AM getting help outside of class. I have only been to Water polo practice about 2 days a week in the past 2 months because of all the after school tutoring I have been receiving. My teacher is really arrogant and hates you if you are not a math prodigy. Failure is inevitable. I just don;t see my self passing this class. What will happen after I fail?</p>
<p>stop riding the race card and just go to khanacademy if you don’t understand something or ask for extra help</p>