Can I get into a cal state with an F

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Okay so heres the story. Im now a senior in high school and all my life in high school I have challenged myself and have gotten As and Bs and maybe 2 or 3 Cs here and there. At the end of my sophmore year my counselor talk to me about my classes that I wanted to take for junior year. She told me that I should challenge myself in the classes that I’m not good at so that colleges could look at me better. So she advised me to take precalculus. I wasn’t sure about this but I figured she had my best interest in mind so I trusted her. After this one Junior came, I noticed the classes could only be dropped without penalty in the first week of school and I had noticed that the first week of school in precalculus was pretty much straightforward and easy because it was reviewing the syllabus and reviewing old material. In the second week, we had a quiz on that Friday and I have noticed that The class was way too fast for me and I could not comprehend the teacher as well as I should have. So I talk to my counselor and she told me that if I drop the class then I will get an F. Me knowing that if I did the class then I would fail either way but as much is I didn’t want F I tried my best not have it that way and as much is I tried I ended up with an F. The teacher was horrible and the class was to fast. I finished junior year with a weighted 3.5 gpa and a 1040 on my sat and an accumalitive gpa of 3.2. I was wondering what my chances are to still getting into a cal state regarding my situation. (P.S my imbecile counselor also advised me not to take the class in the summer because it was a three week class with the same teacher)

I really feel like I’ve been cheated and I also feel like all my hard work was for nothing if I can’t get into cal state San Bernardino or cal poly Pomona. It feels like my life’s crumbling becuase all the As and Bs I’ve recieved have been tarnished by a teacher who barrelly speaks English and doesn’t have the time to help her students and a counselor who made my junior year even harder then it should have been

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if the F is in a required a-g class, then no. If not, probably. I am with the counselor, you would have probably also failed the summer course… They only require 3 years of Math and require Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II. The good news is that you have another year to make sure you meet the requirement. Check it our for yourself here:
https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/freshman/getting_into_the_csu/pages/admission-requirements.aspx

So, take an alternate math - maybe Stat or something to be sure you check the box.

With a 3.4 and a 1040, most programs at most of the CSUs will be open to you. CPSLO, SDSU and CSULB are probably off the table, as are the most competitive programs at CPP and SJSU - and nursing pretty much everywhere are probably out. That leaves you with 20 options… i’m sure one or two will intrigue you.

Be sure you meet all the requirements and you should be all set.

Good luck

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If you completed geometry and algebra 2 (or integrated math 2 and 3) with C or higher grades, then you meet the math requirement in the a-g requirements, although the F will still affect your GPA.