<p>Hi,
I'm a Cognitive Science major. I was struggling at the beginning of the semester because I was juggling FOUR jobs, Volleyball, and school. Therefore, I fell behind early in my Calculus class and my Chemistry class. I just found out I got a D in my Calculus 2 class though. I just applied to UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, and UCI for Fall 2012 this past semester. My teacher refuses to talk to me about my grade, so I'm stuck with the D. Is there anyway I'll still get into the schools I want. What should I do? Please help!</p>
<p>Well if you know that you failed a test or something then there’s nothing you can really do about it. If you don’t know what you did wrong, I would work up the line of succession. You’ve already questioned the teacher so you move up to next person of a higher authority (principal maybe, or your math department head or something).</p>
<p>As for your admission chance, well, if you’re a science major it’s gonna be tough with that grade (provided that it doesn’t change after talking to people). Maybe you ECs will cover it up. The best I can do is wish you luck.</p>
<p>aerospace engineering in UIUC now. Got A,A+ and A- for CAL II, Mechanics, Matse.
but somehow only got a D for geography(a general education course)…im applying to
transfer to Dartmouth and Cornell…im quite nervous about my GPA now…cos the D
in GEOG dragged it from 3.9plus to a poor 3.13…sigh</p>
<p>how should i do to minimize the effect of a low GPA and D score in GEoG?</p>
<p>somebody help</p>
<p>Is there anyway I’ll still get into the schools I want. What should I do? Please help! </p>
<p>Unless you were supporting your family and had a dire financial necessity, I think most schools will see this as a failure to manage your time. If you were supporting your family, then I would explain that in your application.</p>
<p>I meant to add that just one D isn’t a kiss of death if everything else in your record makes it clear that this is an exceptional quarter. Check the common data set for each school and take a look at how you stack up against the admitted class, then decide if you need to add some schools that are less selective than those on your current list.</p>