Hoping to get some ideas here. My daughter has accepted an offer at CSUCI, she will graduate and she has met all the CSU requirements. However it’s possible she will get an “F” or “D” in Spanish 3 semester II (mostly due to illness but the details aren’t important :)) CSU only requires two years of Spanish.
Does anyone know if an F or D in that class will impact her admission?
CSUCI’s provisional admission:
Provisional Admission
CI may provisionally admit first-time freshman applicants based on their academic preparation through the junior year of high school and planned for the senior year. The campus will monitor the final two years of study to ensure that admitted students complete their secondary school studies satisfactorily, including the required college preparatory subjects, and graduate from high school. Students are required to submit an official transcript after graduation to certify that all course work has been satisfactorily completed. Official high school transcripts must be received prior to the deadline set by the University. In no case may documentation of high school graduation be received any later than the census date for a student’s first term of CSU enrollment. A campus may rescind admission decisions, cancel financial aid awards, withdraw housing contracts, and cancel any university registration for students who are found not to be eligible after the final transcript has been evaluated.
Since many schools can and will rescind for any grades below a C, I would contact admissions directly and find out her options. If the reason is due to illness, most likely be a moot point but it is better get that the OK from the source.
Thanks yes, we have emailed them (her High School is useless at answering), just trying to satisfy our impatient curiosity 
Bumping this for others. There is simply nothing in the guidelines that says you cannot have an F in a subject not required (such as 3rd year spanish when only 2 years required). You have to meet the eligibility index or have 3.0 or above (she easily has both even with the F). This all came from CI Admissions. There is still some hope she’ll get a C anyway but wanted to report back for the record.
@homemadehitshow: Good to know this information for CSUCI, but many CSU’s are not that lenient on grades for any a-g courses.
This is the CSU guideline not the CI one. If you have met the requirement (2 years) then the third year is not essential. Of course other CSU’s may have higher GPA or additional requirements but at least in this area its standard.
That’s really interesting because all of my son’s acceptance letters (Cal Poly SLO, SSU, CSUMB and Sac State) said that he had to finish all current course work with a C- or better. Those four schools offer a pretty wide range of selectivity within the CSU system, but all of them had the same language concerning senior year classes.
It’s all very confusing for sure. My daughter was also accepted at CSUMB and that wording is not on her letter. She has high test scores and solid GPA so I am hoping she’ll be fine, plus we still think she will get a C.
Well, this may be a guideline for the CSU system, but many CSU’s set their own criteria. I think the more impacted campuses are definitely not the lenient.
Here is SDSU’s provisional admission policy for example::
Your admission may be rescinded for reasons such as the following:
-your GPA, test scores or course grades are lower than what you reported on the application.
-you miss any admission deadlines.
-you earn D or F grades in any coursework (not just a–g courses) taken during your senior year.
-you misreported or did not complete a required course.
As you can see, SDSU specifies any class not use a-g courses and it does not state even if you have met the minimum a-g requirements. Since SDSU is such a competitive school, meeting the minimum would probably not even get you an acceptance in the first place.
I still would recommend contacting each individual school since each case could be different.
If you think there is any chance you won’t meet the terms of you conditional admission, you really need to connect with the school and ask. My son had to make some significant schedule changes due to a medical condition midway through Sr year - At the time, he’d been accepted to one CSU and was waiting on another. Both allowed the change and let the admission stand. So, there may be more flexibility than the web-site says - but they don’t want to be surprised. You have to give them notice - maybe they will work with you, maybe they won’t. It is an individual evaluation and everyone is a little different. Don’t let the transcript surprise them or you’ll be at your CC for sure.
As I mentioned above we already got an answer from the school. Also on the SDSU page it says “may be rescinded” It gives them leeway, my sons friend got in last year with two F’s (to SDSU) in his senior spring year because he could document them being related to illness (which we can do also).