<p>I just got my report card today. I have an F in Pre-Calculus! :(
Unfortunately, I get attend any UC's because of one freaking F!! I'm so upset! Now, I have to go to CSU which I don't want to. I really wanna go to a UC, but I know I can't.
I talked to my math teacher and he said I should stay for second semester because I need Pre-Calculus for college. I'm not sure if I should transfer out. I want to stay in because I don't want to drop any of my AP classes, but I'm so scared that I might fail again second semester. I will try very hard second semester and make some changes to pass the class. I can transfer to Trig class but I heard second semester is hard..so I don't know. My couselor said I cannot make up the class. What should I do?!!</p>
<p>I wouldn't stay. Going to 2-year CC is a better deal. It's easier to transfer to UC than CSU.</p>
<p>In your previous posts you have written, you have been exceedingly adamant about attending a community college. However, I see no reason why you should be. Community colleges are great places for remediation and advancing towards a two year degree where you could then transfer to a four year university. You may be in a position where a CSU will not accept you because pre-calculus is a fundamental subject that you shouldn't be failing. Keeping this in mind, I do believe you should finish out the pre-calculus course. Be diligent and mindful of consistent study of the subject. Pre-calculus is not a subject you will be able to avoid in high school or college. Go seek help after school from your instructor (if possible) and work with others in your class who may be able to assist you. You can do it!</p>
<p>You're not dumb. I know you have a good GPA and you don't want to "waste" all of your effort by attending a community college, but reality is a hindrance. I live all the way across the country (North Carolina), and I have been reading and hearing about the financial struggles that the public higher education system of California is facing. Competition is going to be vicious this year for spots even at the "lowest" of CSU's. Work your way through pre-calculus this semester and plan on retaking at whatever community college or CSU you attend next year. It's going to be alright if you are diligent and mindful of your studies.</p>
<p>I posted my opinion in one of your other threads, but I just realized you want to major in the sciences, so my opinion has changed. You will need pre-calc. If you wanted to go into a humanities major, it would be different. Honestly, I think you might want to consider a different carrer path.</p>
<p>What was your grade in pre-calculus the first marking period ( that will help me say whether or not you should stay in it)? Also if you think your going to fail the class next marking period, then you should probably start to think on whether to switch or not.</p>
<p>That's what I was just saying. I just got my report card for first semester and I got an F for Pre-Calc.</p>
<p>Didn't you know by the end of the first six weeks you were having a difficult time? Why didn't you go to tutorials or hire a tutor way back then? It's too late now and you know it. The failure would always be there if you dropped out. However, if you stayed and got a tutor to improve the 2nd semester grade, then you might pull out a passing grade by the end of the year.</p>
<p>From my understanding a semester has 2 marking periods. I was wondering your grade in Pre-Calculus for both marking periods in the semester.</p>
<p>Oh..um..first semester just ended today. lol Second semester starts on Monday.</p>
<p>^Coozbrezze is asking what you got first quarter and second quarter.</p>
<p>Um..we don't go by quarters. We go by semesters and there are only two semesters in one year.</p>
<p>I know how twilight_girl feels; sometimes you get so freaked out by failing that sometimes the most sensible thing to do isn't the first, or last thing, you do at all. Time to move on.</p>
<p>Have you talked with your counselors and teachers for how to make it up, like going to a class in CC during the summer, or summer school? It's either that, or you have to repeat first semester Precalculus next year, if you are a junior, and get a passing grade. Those are the only two ways.</p>
<p>Yeah I'm so freaked out right now! I mean that F is permanent and no college will want a student with an F! I don't think I can move on....
Reality still haven't hit me yet.
My dream was to attend a UC after I graduate from hs. I know I can transfer but still I don't wanna attend community college. No, there is nothing I can do about that F right now. It's over and done with. I'm a senior..so I can't make it up at a CC or in summer school. ='[</p>
<p>please calm down.
since your a senior, you can do it in night school. Night school is for people 16 and over who want to complete courses they have failed. I believe that sign-ups are going on now, well at my school at least. Try to ask your counselor at your hs, she will have info on that. Just don't panic,try to solve it and find a way around it.
good luck!</p>
<p>"Um..we don't go by quarters. We go by semesters and there are only two semesters in one year."</p>
<p>Are you saying you got no report card/progress report/grades at 6 and/or 12 weeks into the semester? Do you have some kind of online way of monitoring you grades or progress? I think people are trying to help you pinpoint, and figure out how to better track, the problem. </p>
<p>I am still trying to kelp my son, a sophomore, do this, but I sure hope he can do it on his own by next year. I am following your thread because after this semester I think his moved from the UC to the CSU or CC track.Not that there's anything wrong with that!</p>
<p>Oh yes, we do have progress report every 6 weeks but they don't count. The report card counts in the permanent record.</p>
<p>Yes, but what kind of grades where you getting on them, and why? Low test or homework scores? Missing assignments? Absences affecting grades? The progress reports area way 'of helping you track your.... progress! </p>
<p>Based on my experience with students, if your spending hours on math homework, turning it all in but still setting low homework and test scores, I'd be asking the school for In evaluation for a learning disability, but WAY before senior year. If there's a documented LD, you can get resource, or if you already have enough math classes, get out!</p>
<p>I had an F throughout the semester. I failed every test and the class is based on tests and quizzes. Plus, I failed the final with a 44%. There is no make up in my math class.</p>
<p>You need to figure out why, before you go to a college with a math requirement, and before you have to decide on a major. How much time are for spending on math homework? Does your teacher check it or go over it in class? How did you do in your earlier math classes? Did it ever prompt an evaluation? You don't need to answer this here; This is beyond to scope of these forums.</p>