C in Calc AB [in 10th grade] and impact

Please define “good college”. There are plenty of colleges in this country (and in CA) where ONE grade of C isn’t going to jettison your acceptance.

Since your daughter is a HS sophomore, I would urge you to help her create a well balanced list of colleges for applications. Colleges with a variety of selectivity.

Free advice…start with a couple of affordable sure things for admission and build your list up from there.

There are plenty of colleges that would welcome a student with one C grade.

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