<p>Currently, I am a sophomore and I'm doing terrible in my APUSH class. Last semester, I had a C (could've gotten a B, but I bombed my final). Right now, I have a 63% and I don't think I can bring it up because my new teacher grades my essays poorly. I got 6/7 on essays with my old teacher, though. </p>
<p>Anyways, since I have a D in APUSH, is that not a very acceptable to a university? My GPA last semester was a 3.2 and my GPA average is a 3.6, 3.7 unweighted. </p>
<p>I was looking at my state colleges (Oregon). OSU and U of O requires at least a C. I'm not sure about PSU. For University of Washington, D's are passing grades. I know it's a bit early to decide for college since I have not taken the ACT/SAT, but I'm really worried. I really don't want to go to a CC, since that will upset my parents. </p>
<p>during your junior and senior year, try to get more “As” in your courses so colleges can see an upward trends in your grades. if you do decent on the sats and participate in a variety of extracurricular activities, then hopefully your state colleges will overlook that D. but, as for right now, try to bring that up to at least a C</p>
<p>If you do get a D you should start by making up the class. I know at my high school, if you were to hypothetically fail second semester APUSH, you can take second semester regular US History either through our high school’s summer school or an online class, which ends up being a LOT easier because it’s not AP or anything (this is important because US History is a graduation requirement at some high schools).</p>
<p>The second thing is (obviously) not to get another D. If you can maintain that GPA around 3.6 or 3.7 I think you still have a solid chance for UDub, Oregon, OSU, Portland St, Wazzu, etc. In California, our UC schools let you replace the first failed class with your grade in the repeated class for GPA calculation (although both classes can be considered for admissions purposes). I would expect Oregon and Washington to have a similar policy.</p>
<p>Even then, one D won’t kill you. I had friends who got a D in Precalculus or AP Calculus AB and our district wouldn’t let them make it up (those are “advanced math classes”). One of them got into UC Berkeley and the others got into other good/decent state schools. The key thing though is that they pretty much had a 4.0 outside of math classes. Do everything you can to raise that 63% up to a C (which would save you all this pain) within reasonable bounds: make sure you get good grades in your other classes and ace the SAT/ACT. Maybe consider not taking any more AP History classes if you think that’s your weakness.</p>
<p>TL;DR One D is not the end of the world unless you let it be.</p>
<p>You should look at Evergreen Sate College in Olympia, WA. They have a 99% acceptance rate and have produced many great people (Matt Groaning, Macklemore, etc.). I have visited it twice before and just to warn you it is very liberal and since there are no grades, you will have to work really hard to be successful. Please comment back to me if you would like anymore information. Also check out Western Washington University. They have a pretty high acceptance rate and if you write a really good essay plus have good activities, you will be set.</p>