I am a senior in high school who applied to four UC’s (Davis, Irvine, San Diego, and Santa Barbara). I took AP Statistics and I am pretty sure I received a D in the class for my first semester. Is this bad? Will this affect my admission to get into any of the colleges I applied to?
I think that this will affect admission, as most colleges’ cut-off grade for ANY college prep course is a C-… However, since this is a weighted class, you might (mind you, this is a huge assumption!) get that bumped up to a C when it goes to the colleges you applied to.
Colleges also look at a variety of factors, so if you have a REALLY GOOD reason for that grade, or you have an outstanding SAT/ACT score, outstanding GPA (in spite of this D), or any other extracurricular activities you have been pursuing as a passion (and have been featured somewhere because of that), you might just get accepted!