<p>The original question was: how bad will this be for college? I assumed you meant for admisisons. You have to show it’s a fluke in his record, not be overly defensive or aggressive, just let adcoms have faith in him despite this stumble. </p>
<p>I’m curious what his major might be. You don’t mention AP math or hard sciences. Human geo and psych are not considered as challenging as the upper maths and sciences. </p>
<p>The interstate analogy is good. Adcoms look to see you can manage the leap.</p>