<p>If you receive a D or below in a class and you retake the class during summer school and receive an A, do the UC schools look at the improved grade for calculating GPA?</p>
<p>Here are all the rules about Ds and Fs, right off of the UC website:</p>
<p>Repeating Courses:
Courses used to satisfy the "a-g" requirements in which the student earns D or F grades must be repeated with grades of C or higher. In a small number of instances, as described below, the D or F may be cleared through other means than repeating the course. The repeated grades are used in calculating the Scholarship Requirement GPA. Each course in which a grade of D or F has been received may be repeated only once. If a student repeats a course used to satisfy the "a-g" requirements in which he or she originally earned a grade of C or higher, the repeated grade will not be used in calculating the Scholarship Requirement GPA.</p>
<p>D and F Grades, Pass, Credit and Incompletes:
In calculating a student's Scholarship Requirement GPA, the University follows the rules listed below regarding use of grades of D, F, Pass, Credit and Incomplete. Special rules regarding use of D and F grades earned in chemistry, languages other than English and mathematics are described in the following subsection.</p>
<p>Courses used to satisfy the "a-g" requirements taken in the ninth grade or earlier in which D or F grades are earned are treated as subject omissions. As with all ninth-grade courses, the grades are not included in calculating the Scholarship Requirement GPA.
Courses used to satisfy the "a-g" requirements taken for the first time in the 10th-12th grades, in which D or F grades are earned, are treated as subject omissions and scholarship deficiencies. If the courses are not repeated, the D or F grades are used in calculating the Scholarship Requirement GPA.
Courses used to satisfy the "a-g" requirements may not be taken Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit.
Courses used to satisfy the "a-g" requirements in which the student earns an Incomplete are treated as subject omissions.
D and F Grades in Languages Other Than English and Mathematics:
The following special rules apply to D and F grades earned in these subjects.</p>
<p>Languages Other Than English:
D or F grades earned in a course in language other than English are treated as "e" requirement subject omissions and scholarship deficiencies. The student may clear the subject omission and scholarship deficiency by earning a grade of C or higher in a more advanced course in the same language. Both grades are used in calculating the Scholarship Requirement GPA.
Mathematics: D or F grades earned in algebra or geometry are treated as "c" requirement subject omissions and scholarship deficiencies. The student may clear subject omissions and scholarship deficiencies by earning grades of C or higher in appropriate, more advanced courses in college-preparatory mathematics. For example, a D grade in the first semester of elementary algebra is cleared if the student earns a grade of C or higher in the second semester of elementary algebra. D or F grades earned in elementary algebra are cleared if the student earns a grade of C or higher in intermediate or advanced algebra. D or F grades earned in geometry or intermediate/advanced algebra are cleared if the student earns a grade of C or higher in trigonometry. Both grades are used in calculating the Scholarship Requirement GPA.</p>
<p>Based upon what is posted here, it appears that you get one chance to improve your D grade to a C or above. Once you do that, then only the higher grade is used to compute the GPA (grade point average).</p>
<p>I hope this answers your question.</p>
<p>phew, thanks guys I was going crazy because I received a D in chemistry while I took it over the summer but i thought my counsler didn't input that grade, apparently I was wrong. Thanks for the help, really appreciate it.</p>