This recent semester I recieved 5 A’s, 1 B, and a D. The D I got was in math. I’m not really much of a math person. When they look at my grades is it just GPA, or GPA and grades in core classes? BTW since I seem to struggle in math, is it worth buying a math book from borders?
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<p>What kind of schools are you looking at?</p>
<p>need more info!!!
What grade are you in? What math class did you get the D in? What colleges are you interested in applying to? Do you have a major in mind? </p>
<p>What book? Advanced math topics for college Math Majors? </p>
<p>or, "Math for Dummies" ?? Either way you are better off ordering from Amazon than buying from Borders! :)</p>
<p>I am very sympathetic. Lots of kids (with parental help) would have dropped the class, or changed to pass/fail to dodge that "D".</p>
<p>It greatly depends on the colleges you are looking at. An engineering/tech school will tend to focus on math/science whereas liberal arts colleges/general colleges will look at each course in general (but they tend to have a slight higher focus on the non-math/science courses). An Ivy school will look at everything equally and see the D, then (more than likely) automatically reject you. Keep in mind, though, that colleges only look at your final grade for the year, so you still have the rest of the year to pull that D up to at least a C.</p>
<p>I highly recommend some sort of review book (people have been recommending me Arco brand for AP tests).</p>
<p>A D in an AP Calc class is much more respectable than a D in a college/career prep class (or even worse...general studies). Regardless, though, the D is not good no matter what level the class is in.</p>
<p>I can't really recommend moving down a level because (at least in my experiences) there was absolutely NO difference in difficulty when I moved from college career prep to honors.</p>
<p>I'm a Junior, and I really want to get into Indiana University-Bloomington. I have a 3.2 GPA, 25 ACT, 150hrs community service, varsity: ice hockey, track, cross country. FBLA secretary. 2nd in state for knowledgematters.com virtual business management competition. 3rd in districts for University of Missouri Saint Louis Economics Challenge. 1st in district for FBLA Economics, 6th in state. 1st in districts, 3rd in state for FBLA banking and financial systems test. GPA went up quite a bit, after a bad freshman year. </p>
<p>My D is in Algebra II. Next year I plan on taking stat, and trig. For some reason im really good at stat. It's just for some reason I do bad at algebra. Heres the book im thinking about getting. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471530123/qid=1103663423/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/104-3383097-1015136%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471530123/qid=1103663423/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/104-3383097-1015136</a></p>
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<p>That is exactly the problem with the SAT and colleges. SATs have nothing to do with how good you are at english/math. I am completely the opposite. I do extremely well in math classes, yet I get a mediocre 610 on the SAT.</p>
<p>From the course you're taking now, as a junior, I can deduce that you're in level 2 (college career prep). This does not look good. All I can say is, stay after school with the teacher, see another math teacher, or get a book (as you've suggested). I'd say seeing a math teacher would be the most beneficial. All it takes is 10-20 minutes MAX and you'll leave there with a much better understanding of what you had a problem with.</p>
<p>consider a tutor. That would be more expensive than buying a book or trying to get on-the-fly help from the teacher, but they would have more time to spend with you and might be able to hone in more effectively on what the problem is (also, if the problem is the way the teacher explains things, spending more time with the teacher may not help.)</p>
<p>If you are a conceptual, humanities sort of person, you might like "Algebra the Easy Way" by Doug Downing. It covers both Algebra I (which may be where your problem actually lies) as well as Algebra II. Fairy tale format.</p>