<p>I got a D last semester in precalc and i am on the point of getting a C this semester. My township offers high school juniors the option of taking a class for free at the local community college, is it wise for me to repeat the course and get a better grade or leave my current grade as it is. If i repeat the course, my high school will put an "R" for repeat on my transcript. For someone looking at a selective state school, is it better for me to take this option and get a better grade, with repeat next to it or just leave my grad as it is.</p>
<p>Repeat it. If you'll have to take calculus next year, it's even more important that you repeat it so you will have the foundation to do well in calculus.</p>
<p>will they then strike the D from your transcript? If so, that's a good deal, amny would kill for the option to retake a class they did poorly in without colleges seeing the old grade. I'd definitly say it's worth it.</p>
<p>Much better to repeat and get a better grade, even if the old one stays on your record. It's good to show that you did not consider the D an acceptable grade and that you did something to make sure you really learned the material.</p>
<p>If you're barely passing now, what guarantee is there that you'll do much better when you retake it? Often, problems like this stem from poor math/quantitative ability, and even being familiar with the material is no guarantee that you'll do a whole lot better the second time around. Can't you still put in the work and get a B overall or something?</p>
<p>He had a D first semester, and his second-term grade is tentatively a C, with second semester more than half over? No, I don't think he's getting a B for the year. Honestly, I don't see how it's humanly possible to get a D in a class like this unless you're completely retarded or just totally slacking off, so I doubt you'll have problems doing better at a community college.</p>
<p>khaki,
Your use of the word "retarded" to describe someone struggling in a math class is immature and crass. </p>
<p>What was your grade in English? You appear to be lacking in vocabulary skills.</p>
<p>runmastl, if you're going to be flippant in your replies to my posts, please do me the following favors: a.) be on at least a sixth-grade reading comprehension level, and b.) actually think about what you just read before replying. You completely missed my point, and your smug attitude about vernacular that is incredibly common among high-school- and college-aged students is disturbing.</p>
<p>I mean no disrespect to mentally handicapped people, just like I'm sure you mean no disrespect for people who can't hear when you say "dumb." By the way, if you took the trouble to actually consider what you were replying to, you would realize that I was telling him didn't have anything to worry about, not that he was incapable of thinking.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to come down so hard on you, but I'm sick and tired of the holier-than-though attitude some people have about the stupidest things.</p>
<p>^ Dumb people can't speak. Besides, regardless of whether your use of the word retarded is politically correct, it's an incredibly stupid thing to say that adds nothing to this thread. Basically:
OP: I'm not doing so well in a class, should I retake it?
You: You're completely retarded or just lazy.</p>
<p>Precal can be a tough class for some people, so math may not be the OP's strong point.</p>
<p>Which local community college are you thinking about retaking this class in? I am also from Suburban Chicago and have been struggling this year in Pre-Calc... and help would be great.</p>
<p>Fair correction on the "dumb" comment.</p>
<p>I believe the OP mentioned he was interested in Ivies. Nobody who thinks they have a shot at Ivies is legitimately unable to get a better grade than a D in a precalculus class.</p>
<p>People STILL seem to be misunderstanding my post, so let me clear it up for you guys: the point isn't "you're retarded," the point is "you can no-doubt do better if put more work into it, so don't listen to the people telling you that you are incapable of getting a better grade."</p>
<p>The community college is South Suburban College. In the case of how much effort I put in the class, honestly I know that I could have done way much better if I had applied myself more and I still regret how I handled the class. All my other classes are on the Honors/AP track, but this year, my math class is very difficult, and the work is not very interesting. In my other classes, when im doing homework, I kind of enjoy it because Im getting what im trying to learnand, it's very fustraiting when you are doing something and you still find it difficult to get.</p>
<p>Oh man do I know what you're talking about. Nothing used to be more tedious for me than learning French vocabulary words. Luckily, as I became more and more fluent, it actually started to become interesting.</p>
<p>Good luck with the precal next year... I promise calculus is 50 times better than precal.</p>
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Often, problems like this stem from poor math/quantitative ability, and even being familiar with the material is no guarantee that you'll do a whole lot better the second time around.
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<p>Oh please .... </p>
<p>I failed secondary two mathematics in Singapore with a score of 47.... that was three and a half years ago. Last month I clinched top score for a linear algebra exam at a local university filled with math and engineering majors many years my senior.</p>
<p>A lot of it is time management for exams -- I used to easily spend too much time on an interesting problem for instance.</p>
<p>Plus, precalculus is hardly about quantitative ability -- a lot of it requires imagination and conceptualisation.</p>
<p>Please refrain from using the word "retarded."</p>
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Honestly, I don't see how it's humanly possible to get a D in a class like this unless you're completely retarded or just totally slacking off, so I doubt you'll have problems doing better at a community college.
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<p>You clearly have no clue how hard this class could be at some schools. Oddly enough, the hs i went to, this class along with AP Eng and AP Chem were among the hardest classes I've ever taken, including the classes i took at college. The thing is, here in the U.S., each school district is localized and thus the difficulty and content of the same course may vary greatly. Actually, the precalc class I took my junior yr hs was harder than my Multivariable Calculus class I took this past semester here at my college: even if the material was complex, the class had nice curve and most people walked away with Bs or higher. In precalc, I had an insanely hard teacher and the content of the course wasn't 'normal' precalc like trig or simple algebra and it was so conceptually hard...plus, the tests were crazy. I worked my butt off just to pull a B in this class...</p>
<p>Did he say Ivies, or "selective state schools" ...</p>