Getting a D and Calculating UC GPA?

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<p>I recently went to see my counselor for one last “before you apply to college” check-up, and he told me that UCs DON’T throw out grades of Ds and Fs when calculating admissions GPAs and that they average the first grade with the second grade instead. </p>

<p>I’m pretty sure that I read on the UC website and in the UC booklet that grades of Ds and Fs are not included in admissions GPA as long as the course is repeated with a C or better, but now I’m really starting to freak out.</p>

<p>Can somebody please calculate my UC GPA for me so I can stop obsessing over this?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<li>= honors or AP</li>
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<p>10th grade
English A/B
Advanced Algebra B/B
Biology A/A
AP European History A<em>/A</em>
Japanese A/A</p>

<p>11th grade
English A/B
Pre-Calculus D/B
Chemistry Honors B<em>/B</em>
AP US History A<em>/A</em>
AP Psychology A<em>/A</em>
Japanese A/A</p>

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<p>Your counselor is right. The "D" stays. I'm assuming you received a "D" in the first semester and then a "B" in the second?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I got a D for Pre-Calculus 1 in the Fall, so I repeated Pre-Calculus 1 in the Spring and got a B.</p>

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<p>your GC is wrong. According to "Introducing the University" (page 33):</p>

<p>"Any 'a-g' courses in which you earn a D or F must be repeated with a grade of C or better. Only the second grade will be used in calculating your GPA. If you repeat a course in which you initially earned a grade of C, the second grade will not be used."</p>

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<p>Wait, how did you repeat Pre-Calc? I thought high school courses were two semesters long?</p>

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<p>If you repeated the course, you should have at least 3 different grades for the course. Fall semester, spring semester, repeat of fall semester. But seeing as how you only have two, UC's are going to only count those 2 in their calculations.</p>

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<p>Pre-Calculus 1 is offered both in the Fall and Spring semester at my school because sooo many people fail it. Haha. </p>

<p>However, Pre-Calculus 2 is only offered in the Spring, so I'm not taking it right now. My counselor is making me take it in the Spring to "finish" the year of Pre-Calculus, but since he won't let me drop it now, I'm pretty sure I will be back in his office within the first week of the new semester to drop.</p>

<p>Math and I don't get along. :(</p>

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<p>You have like a UCGPA of 3.90. Although be sure you satisfy the UC a-g requirements in math since I doubt they'll count your Precalc course for that purpose. If you took Algebra I in eigth grade and got Cs or better freshman year in math, and take a math course senior year, you should be alright in that regard</p>