D in precalc

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I got a D in precalc and I am in California. I got a C first semester and a D second semester. Im a junior in high school and I want to know if I have to retake it at a community college because I’m taking AP Calculus AB next year and does taking AP calculus ‘cover’ that? If I score a 4 or 5 on the AP exam, will I have to retake it?

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UC application information for Freshman:
Repeated courses
A student is allowed to repeat each “a-g” course in which a D or F grade was originally earned as many times as necessary until the First time they earn a letter grade of C or better. The follow- ing rules apply:
• The replacement (repeat) course must have curriculum similar to the original course (the same content but not necessarily the same title).
• The new grade earned will be used in the GPA calculation. UC does not average the grades.
• All “a-g” coursework (original and repeats) must be reported on the admission application.
• A regular college-prep course cannot be used as a repeat of an approved honors-level course.
• An approved honors-level course may be used as a repeat of a college-prep course.
• College-level courses of high school content (remedial) may be used to repeat a college-prep course.
• College-level courses that are UC-transferable may be used to repeat approved school-created honors, AP and IB courses.

You are asking two things:

  1. If you take AP Calculus AB next year and get a C or higher, it will validate the D in Pre-Calculus.
  2. Validating a course does not replace the D grade, so if you do not want the D used in your CSU or UC GPA, you need to repeat the Pre-Calc course.
  3. If the Pre-Calc course is an Honors level course, you need to take the exact same course over or you can take a Community college course during the summer to replace the grade.
  4. If you are applying to a Cal state, you will report the repeat grade but for the UC’s. you need to report both grades even though the repeat grade will be used in the GPA calculation.
  5. Scoring a 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus AB exam does not replace that D grade.
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So I won’t have to take pre calculus when I go to a community college provided I get a C in AP Calculus or score a 3 4 5 on the exam?