Got a D and SO worried

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>So i found out a couple days ago that i got a D my second semester of math (it is a 68%) I've talked to the teacher and that did no good, so now it's time to call UCSB. I was just wondering, when i call, what do i say? or what do they want to hear? i maintained a 3.5 gpa this second semester even with the D because i took 3 AP classes. I also took a class at my community college, and have a part-time job. So clearly, im not "lazy" when it comes to math, i'm just no good at it. I am terrified that they will take away my admission offer.</p>

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<p>Tell them the entire situation, don’t explain how the teacher is an idiot, but rather tell them how you allowed this bad situation to happen, that you will never let it happen again</p>

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<p>If the “D” is in an AP Class and you score a 3 or higher on the AP exam, they may take that. Otherwise, you will probably have to retake the class over the summer, but I would call them ASAP and be honest with them. Unfortunately, there are university wide standards and it may be out of their hands to accept the “D”. It might depend on how many math classes you have taken also. I would get on it right away. </p>

<p>You can probably retake the class through the Stanford online program through epgy. My son was not getting a good grade in Pre-Calc honors (long story), so he dropped the course and took the pre-calc honors class through Stanford and got an A+. The class kicked his butt, but he got through it. He hates math also. But, it is a 3 month course minimally unless you can devote a ton of time to it every day.</p>

<p><a href=“http://epgy.stanford.edu/[/url]”>http://epgy.stanford.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Are you required to take the online math placement exam? How did you score on that? What Math Class was it?</p>

<p>The teacher sounds like a jerk. I am a professor and I would work with you to get that grade up to passing IF you really made an effort in the class over the semester.</p>

<p>Good luck and let us know what happens. :)</p>

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<p>you’ll have to send in your transcripts and an explanation. i suggest u call them. my friend got a D+ in her precal class she had a lot to do during her last term and her teacher started also teaching calculus. and ucsb excused her. so maybe ull be lucky too, just talk to them.</p>

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<p>It’s okay man, you just don’t get into decent colleges that’s all…
I mean it’s not the end of the world is it?
I’ve tried slacking off and procrastinating papers and everything for my past three yrs in high school, but I’ve never got anything lower than A. D is… well for devastation and perhaps discipline, I guess?</p>

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<p>I got both a D and a F in math last year in high school. I just let UCSB know and they still let me in.</p>

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<p>SDMom, if someone is not doing well in a high school math class, what makes you think they would do better in a stanford math class, online or not?</p>

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Because it doesn’t cost anything to send a kid to HS, but its $495 for a Stanford course. Parents who just laid out half-a-grand are going to be motivated to make sure you do the homework and study!</p>

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<p>contact them
i did and said i might get a D in the class and they said it was fine … yay</p>

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<p>^
You guys are lucky. AT UCSC, they reject you automatically if you get a D senior year.</p>

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<p>^really? santa cruz? wow.</p>

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<p>ProteinMan is full of BS. My friend got a D in Pre-Calc, did nothing to make it up, and still got into UCSC.</p>

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<p>^
Really? Look at this, STRAIGHT OUT OF THEIR ADMISSIONS SITE. </p>

<p>“In addition to the selection criteria noted above, if an applicant had notified our campus of receiving a grade of D or F in any ‘a-g’ course, that student would not have been selected for admission by UC Santa Cruz.”
Meaning, if you get a D or an F in a course senior year, you get your admissions automatically revoked.</p>

<p><a href=“https://admissions.sa.ucsc.edu/apply/10_froshNotAdmitted.cfm#faq[/url]”>https://admissions.sa.ucsc.edu/apply/10_froshNotAdmitted.cfm#faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The online math class went at S’s own pace and he had a tutor. He completed it in 5 months. He is in a 4x4 program which means the students complete a year’s worth of classes in one semeser. The classes go so quickly that if you do not understand something, you are pretty much left behind.</p>

<p>AND we made sure that he completed the course after spending the money.</p>

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<p>The reason why he didn’t get rescinded is because he completed 3 years of Math already. According to the a-g stuff, you just need three years math (although 4 years are recommended, but my friend wasn’t majoring in math or anything like that), and if you take another and get a D, if you tell them, they normally don’t care. However, if the D would have otherwise been used to get you the third year, then you would get rescinded.</p>

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<p>From the UCSC conditions of admission:</p>

<p>"Earn a level of academic achievement in your fall and spring courses consistent with your previous course work, with no grade lower than a C.</p>

<p>If you have already earned a grade of D or F in your senior year (fall or spring), you have not met these conditions of admission."</p>

<p>Does not say anything about a-g. Did your friend get the D in his senior year, or in a year that was reported on the application (sophmore or junior year)?</p>