I have 3 D's on my transcript...

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I have 3 D’s on my high school transcript. The D’s are in freshman year Geometry first semester, Sophomore year Pre-Calculus first semester, and Sophomore year Chemistry honors first semester.

I did better in the classes second semester, i got a C+ in geometry, a B- in Pre Cal, and an A- in Chemistry. After those 3 D’s i only got A’s and B’s and my weighted GPA is a 3.7

As for some background on me:

My freshman year courses were and graders were:

Leadership A 1st semester, A 2nd semester

English 9 H A 1st semester, A 2nd semester

Geometry D 1st semester, C+ 2nd semester

Biology H B 1st semester, B 2nd semester

PE A 1st semester, A 2nd semester
Computer Arts A 1st semester, A 2nd semester

Theatre 1 A 1st semester, A 2nd semester

I took Algebra 2 over the summer and got a B

My Sophomore year courses and grades were:

Leadership A 1st semester, A 2nd semester

English 10 H A 1st semester, A 2nd semester

Chemistry H D+ 1st semester, A 2nd semester

AP Euro History B 1st semester, A 2nd semester
Pre Calculus D 1st semester, B 2nd semester
Spanish 1 B 1st semester, A 2nd semester
PE A 1st semester, A 2nd semester
I took Calculus over the summer at a community college and got a B

My Junior year courses and grades were:
Leadership A 1st semester, A 2nd semester
AP Lang & Comp A- 1st semester, A- 2nd semester
APUSH A 1st semester, A- 2nd semester
AP Art History A- 1st semester, A 2nd semester
AP Statistics B+ 1st semester, A 2nd semester
Anatomy A 1st semester, A 2nd semester
Spanish 2 A- 1st semester, A- 2nd semester
I took Environmental Science over the summer and got an A

My Senior year courses and grades were:
Leadership A 1st semester, A 2nd semester
AP Literature A 1st semester
AP Gov/Econ A 1st semester
AP Psychology A 1st semester
Biotechnology A 1st semester
Ceramics A 1st semester
Spanish 3 A 1st semester
and second semester is still going on right now

My Extra Curriculars include:
Softball Freshman year, Golf & Track 10th, 11th & 12th
Stanford Health Center Summer Intern
Kaiser Permanente year round intern
I interned for a congressman for 2 years
I was on my cities youth commission
Over 1000 community service hours & was recognized by the secretary of state for the US
Key club 4 years
Interact Rotary 4 years
United Nations youth advocate 2 years
I got a 2050 on my SAT & a 32 on my ACT
President of MESA 2 years
Leadership 4 years

Class Officer Freshman year (secretary tresurer)
I tutored elementary school kids for 2 years
Self taught pianist

And this isnt an EC but i am considered a minority(Middle eastern)

But the real question, after my babbling on about everything i have ever done in High School, is…
Will any decent colleges accept me?
I applied to UC Berkeley,UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, and UC San Diego, SFSU, USC, U Chicago, Boston U, Georgetown, Columbia, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge University in the UK, and my dream school- NYU CAS
I haven’t gotten any acceptances or rejections from any school yet but before i do i wanted to know if those 3 D’s will keep me from going to any of the universities i applied to.

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Most of those schools are out of reach for you. UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and USC are possible. You are far above average for SFSU

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UC Davis has released all their decisions on March 11, so I would check your web portal. What is your UC GPA? If you did not repeat your D’s, I think other than SFSU, you will have a hard time getting into the schools.

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I talked to my counselor and she said that since I did significantly better my second semester after receiving the D’s that Universities would look at my second semester rather than my first. She also said that since my SAT and ACT are so high and the fact that I have so many EC’s, that the D’s wouldn’t be as bad on my transcript.

Is that accurate?

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Yes. Almost all of these colleges are out of your reach, sadly. I think you could get into some of the UCs and BU, but for the rest it just won’t cut it.
Weighted GPA is quite low, and standardized test scores are not spectacular. A solid list of ECs, but nothing that stands out. Good luck for colleges! I wish you the best.

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Schools count the final grades for each class not the semester grades.

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@rpr3900 While your scores (ACT) is certianly not bad it isn’t anywhere phenomenal (2400,36). Your test scores will not be able to offset your D’s. One D might be explainable but 3 D’s pretty much negates most of the chances for all the school you listed except SFSU

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If your HS is on a semester system, do you get semester grades? and are these semester grades on your transcript? Your UC GPA is calculated based on the grades posted on your transcript. If you had 2 D’s from 10-11th, these would be included in the GPA calculation. Did you get an acceptance from UCD since all decision results are now posted? Did you calculate your UC/CSU GPA? https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

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Yes I got an acceptance from UCD, and my UC gpa is a 3.67. My high school has a semester system and I know that each semester grade is on the transcripts that are sent to colleges

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Cambridge send offers out two months ago, so OP should have his Cambridge decision already. This application list suggests his/her guidance counselor didn’t provide a needed reality check.

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Congrats on your UCD acceptance and Giod luck with the rest.

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schools want to see an upward trend so w/ your senior grades i wouldn’t worry about three D’s. (UChicago, Stanford, and MIT are way out of reach though)

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^I think you can get into some of the UCs.