<p>So im a high school junior, and i am struggling a bit during this second semester. Over the past 3 years, i have taken a few APs, and have done several extracurriculars. I was and am in several varsity sports, i have gotten MVPs, i am the sports editor for the school newspaper, and i am in speech and debate (where i have placed several times). My total GPA as of now is 3.52, and I am ranked 98 out of 618 (top 16 percent). I have As, Bs, and a few Cs, but during the first semester of junior year, i got a D in Trigonometry. And I currently have a D in Precalc, which is second semester trig. I am already retaking trig first semester over the summer, but i will be unable to retake precalc (second semester) during the second half of summer if i get a D again, due to personal reasons (my parents already paid ALOT of money for me to take a trip to Argentina for a community service project). my SAT score is 1630, but i feel as if i can do alot better when i take it again in May. I am very scared that these bad grades in trig will affect my college acceptances, at this point i just want to be able to go straight to a UC or CSU. How will this affect my chances? JC is not really an option for me, and my parents wont let me.</p>
<p>Like lets say CSU San Diego</p>
<p>I just saw this post right now.
I was on the same boat as you with a D.
You will not be able to go straight to a UC or CSU if your D’s aren’t made up.
Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to make up the D as it was a final grade on my transcript and I wound up getting my admission to CSULA taken away. CSUs and UCs really do look for any final Ds on the transcript.
My only other option to university was going to community college so I ended up going to 2 community colleges to make up for that one grade and missing elective credits. And now I’m here typing as a student recently accepted to UCLA!
Going to community college is not a bad thing. Your parents need to understand that and so do you. It’s also a lot cheaper than spending all 4 or 5 years at university. For your first 2 years at university, all you’d be doing is taking general education courses (math, science, English, etc.) and then your major classes as a 3rd year.
If you get financial aid at a community college, you’ll probably have to pay nothing for attending classes.
Besides, if you want to go to a UC, the UC system gives priority transfer admission to California community college transfer students.</p>