<p>Im currently a junior and am thinking about colleges like any juniors should. My problem is that I was a bit of a troublemaker during middle school up to 9th grade and didn't study much. During my sophomore year I had to transfer school because of a trouble I made. Because of this incident I decided to get my act straight and start really thinking about my future. I studied and by the end of the semester I had straight A's except precalculus which was a D. This D really got me worried with taking Calculus in the junior year. So I went to the counselor to discuss this matter. My counselor told me that if I passed the second semester, I would be able to take Calculus the junior year with only repeating the first semester of precalculus. So I did just that and passed the second semester. Now I get my classes and I don't have what she told me. I go to the counselor and ask her and she says that I can't take Calculus because I have a D in the first semester and that I would have to take it at my senior year. I really wanted to do Calculus AB junior year and BC during my senior year. What should I do now and is this a problem for colleges? Fyi Im aiming for UCs so im pretty worried.</p>
<p>Well if you’re looking into going into a specific program/major that contains a strong amount of mathematics, then it might be a problem. As I’m only a rising senior, I really can’t dictate how colleges will evaluate your situation. What about just taking AP Calculus BC senior year and take AP Statistics for junior year?</p>
<p>And on a side note, great job who completely turning around your perspective and efforts on your education. Even with this math situation, your academic growth and improvement is really going to help you out in the future :)</p>
<p>Thank you for your kind advice. I don’t think I will be going into any majors dealing with complicated mathematics, but I wanted to at least have the knowledge before going to college. Unfortunately my school doesn’t offer AP statistics so I would have to retake one semester of precalculus and have a break on the second semester acocording to my counselor.</p>
<p>You’ll have to do what your counselor says then. Re-taking Pre-calculus will benefit you for college when you have to take at least one semester of Calculus…depending on your major. </p>
<p>Thank you for all the supportive advices. I am planning on trying to teach myself Calculus using various sources so that I won’t fall behind with some of my friends. Are there any tips that I should especially know?</p>