<p>I got accepted to Cal State University Long Beach for Fall 2013, and I have already paid the enrollment fee & planning to do the housing fee, so I am planning to go there for sure.
As of right now, I have a D in Calculus, and I was wondering, what would happen if I did get a D in the class? (I will talk to my teacher soon enough, but I was thinking of all the possibilities if I DID end up getting a D.) Would I get rescinded? My GPA would still be at least a 3.6 with the D. My last semester GPA was a 3.8, so my grades wouldn't have dropped drastically. I have all A's and B's in my other classes too! I finished the Math A-G Requirements (Algebra I, Geometry, Alg II) requirements with at least an A or B in the class.</p>
<p>I was wondering if you knew anyone that was in a similar situation like me and got to attend CSU LONG BEACH with a D in one class senior year? I called them and the lady said I should be fine since my GPA is still good, but I want to hear other people's opinions as well.</p>
<p>On the CSULB WEBSITE, IT SAYS:
Offers of Admission made to first-time freshman applicants are almost always provisional as application is normally made while still attending high school. As a result, admission offers are provisional until the following conditions are met:</p>
<p>Completion of all senior year courses with a grade of C or higher.
Completion of all CSU A-G subject requirements with a grade of C or higher by the end of the Spring semester prior to enrollment.
Graduate from High School by the end of the Spring semester prior to your enrollment.</p>
<p>Also, I am not slacking off in Calculus! It is just very hard for me to understand, especially since my teacher isn't that great. I'm trying my best to try to raise my grade and I'm even going to tutoring.</p>
<p>Your best course of action is to contact the school directly. Those policies are in place to ward off HS Senioritis. They actually have no desire to rescind anyone. After all, you’ll soon be a paying customer.</p>
<p>I’ll bet they are willing to work with you, especially if you get your guid counselor on board. If you ignore it, they’re fully within their rights to drop you.</p>
<p>Confront the problem directly and immediately. Good luck.</p>
I agree 100% with the advice in post #3. A sign of maturity is facing one’s problems directly, rather than ignoring them in hopes they’ll go away or that things work out.</p>
<p>Now here’s the problem. Another aspect of maturity is accepting responsibility. And you’re trying to weasel out of it. Maybe your teacher is the worst one in your school, in your district. So what? First off, adcoms aren’t going to take the time to look into that. Its what just about every student says, “not my fault”. Well, guess what? It is your fault. As an adult, or near-adult, it is your responsibility to realize when things aren’t working and then do what it takes to get them to work.</p>
<p>It sounds like you are already taking steps in this direction with the tutor. That’s a start, but its not enough. Learning calculus or science subjects is not a matter of having someone explain it to you. What really teaches the subject is solving problems. The money and time spent on tutoring is wasted if you don’t do this. In a college class it would be common to spend 6-9 hours per week on a calculus class studying, doing homework, and practicing problems. I’d bet that over this past school year you have spent barely a fraction of that time, and that’s the problem. </p>
<p>If you do want practice problems, there is a great book, the “Calculus Problem Solver”, that has thousands of worked problems. You simply turn to the section matching what your class is covering and start working. They have editions for many math and science subjects.
You’re going to trust what anonymous people on the internet tell you over what someone in CSULB admissions says? :rolleyes:</p>