<p>Basically I feel apart in Pre-Calculus Junior Year and ended up with a D. I have considered summer school, but the grade does not get replaced, and you only get credits back for that chass, which I already got anyways. All my other grades this year were A's and high B's, and I know junior year is very important to colleges. Right now I am looking at schools like Rutgers, Penn State, and UConn. My SAT score is a 1950, which reaches the the SAT requirements for these schools, but I am afraid that the D in Pre-Calculus will kill me. How do college's view this? Also, do you think I should take this course again in the summer?</p>
<p>You may want to check if any of the schools requires completion of precalculus (or “four years of high school math”) with C or higher grades (and, if so, if there alternative means of fulfilling such a requirement if you do not repeat the course). This may be more of an issue if you apply for an engineering division, which may have higher math requirements than the rest of the campus.</p>
<p>Beyond that, if your possible major requires calculus, you need to have a strong enough knowledge of precalculus, or else you will be retaking it in college as a remedial course.</p>
<p>My school requires 3 years of math, so I don’t think there is an issue there. Anyway, do you think that colleges will take into account my sat math portion of the test (low 700’s) when looking at my application?</p>
<p>If they do take your SAT into account, couldn’t that just be problematic? Couldn’t it just lead them to say, “If yanksfan can score 700+ on the SAT, why is he getting a D in Precalculus? Is this person just not a serious student?”</p>
<p>Personally, I think you should retake the class–and earn at least a B. I think that sends a message that you don’t like to do things half-way.</p>
<p>I agree with Sikorsky. Retake the class. It’s a core subject. Leaving the D on your record without a “response” would just raise concern. If it’s not too late take that summer class. It doesn’t matter that the summer course grade would not replace the D. It would however show that you realize that the subject is important and that understand the need to cover the subject matter properly.</p>
<p>You will get into a good school. Go ahead and take Calc again - you will show the adcomms that you are serious and have some personal ambition to do well.</p>