Hi,
Sadly, after getting A’s and B’s throughout high school, I sadly got a D+ in pre-calculus.
I was accepted and schedule to go to UC IRvine, and they said that if i got a d or an F, I was to write a letter to them immediately explaining why.
What’s going to happen now?
Thanks.
<p>Write them a letter immediately. I don’t know what will happen, but coming clean and telling them right away instead of waiting for them to find out from your transcript will be better than not.</p>
<p>And, chill :)</p>
<p>You’re still amazing.</p>
<p>The thing that would concern me is why you got the D. If calc in high school was truly difficult for you, you will have a very hard time in a math-based major, especially at a UC. The UCs have little tutoring available and very little counseling. They also have a very unforgiving curve. </p>
<p>Step back and think about whether you are playing on your strengths and whether this is what you really want to study.</p>
<p>Ya,</p>
<p>I’ll do that immediately, however, Computer Science IS what I want to study. The reason I got the D, honestly, is that I slacked off. I had to study for an AP English and AP Spanish final, and on top of that, built and designed a rocket-car for honors Physics (which was mostly just MATH, the car itself wasn’t graded, only the data and statistics we gathered and did the math related to it for.)</p>
<p>I’ll take your advice and write them a letter immediately.</p>
<p>Thank you for all your help!</p>
<p>can you retake in summer, or take at a jc? If so, put that in the letter…</p>
<p>I probably won’t be able to, i think it’s too late for registration, plus, I have an internship lined up with Intel that i’d like to pursue. I’ll add it to the letter.</p>
<p>The UC’s usually won’t rescind your admissions offer totally IF you have already met the minimum a-g requirements without the class you got the D in. (Three years of math is the minimum). If you don’t have 3 years, you will HAVE to make up the math credit for the course.
Do not wait to contact them - do so now, before they receive your final transcript.</p>
<p>Tell them that you were overloaded at the time and u’ll never do it again.
they prob. wont expell you… its too much of a hassle for them</p>
<p>IMO you should not be concerned with AP English or AP Spanish if you are CompSci. (at least not enough so that it cuts into your Pre Calc grade. A low exam score in AP Eng or AP espana isn’t going to hurt as much as a drop in PreCalc) Explain what happened and how you learned from this, etc.</p>