<p>Hi, I am a junior at a Northern California HS
I took AP Bio and for my first semester I got a D but for the second semester I got a B. The A-G list requires two years of laboratory science (bio, physics, chem, apbio, ap chem, etc.) and I already took biology and chemistry prior to junior year and in senior year ill be taking physics.
So with that one D, am I ineligible?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/csu-uc-a-gcomparisonmatrix.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/csu-uc-a-gcomparisonmatrix.pdf</a> indicates that CSU requires one year each of physical and biological science, while UC requires at least two of biology, chemistry, and physics as year long courses (but three years is recommended).</p>
<p>The D in one semester of biology would make you ineligible for CSU, but not UC, if you have chemistry and physics with C or higher grades. If CSUs interest you, you would have to repeat the D grade to get a C or higher grade, or take another qualifying biological science course.</p>
<p>As long as you got C’s or higher in each semester of the biology and chemistry courses you took before junior year, you have already met the requirements for lab sciences and thus you are still eligible for admission to the CSUs or UCs. However, the D does get factored into your UC/CSU GPA that is used to determine eligibility.</p>
<p>I think you might be Ok because you finished with a B. Had your first grade been a B and the second semester D you would definitely be in trouble. If you pass the AP test, you will have college credit for Bio, which I think wold give you HS credit as well.</p>
<p>Validation of first semester D grades by second semester C or higher grades is limited to math for UC and CSU, and chemistry for CSU, according to <a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/csu-uc-a-gcomparisonmatrix.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/csu-uc-a-gcomparisonmatrix.pdf</a> .</p>
<p>Yes, high enough SAT subject and/or AP test scores may fulfill the course requirements. Check the UC and CSU web sites.</p>
<p>nope, because you still passed the initial a-g requirements when you took bio and chem your fresh and soph year. the D you got in AP Bio will really affect your overal gpa when applying for schools though</p>