I just received my final semester grade and after a semester of maintaining an A in Drama, I was surprised to see it drop to a D right before gradebooks closed!! (dont get me started) I was thinking of enrolling into a UC and I’ve already completed the a-g requirements for the “fine arts” category my freshman year. So I got the prerequisites for that portion out of the way. But I took Drama this year (I’m a Junior) just to fill up a blank space in my schedule and since it is a D, will it affect my admittance to a UC?? I know that UC’s don’t accept D’s but since it’s from an elective and I already completed the requirement, will they really care about this particular grade?? Aside from the fact that it will affect my overall GPA.
The D will be factored in your GPA - unless you re-take the class. I’d suggest you re-take it this summer.
A single D won’t keep you out of all UCs but, the GPA impact will probably keep you from being competitive at many of them. 6 of the campuses now have an average GPA of 4+ - a tough threshold to meet with a D factored in.
Of course, there are many other options for college.
Good luck.