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You’re kinda between a rock and a hard place. Drop it and your senior year schedule looks weak, keep it and risk getting rescinded for the D.</p>
<p>That said, I wonder if you are studying effectively for the class, especially since you got a similar grade in pre-calc. It may be that math isn’t your thing, but it may be that you just haven’t been shown how to study math. For starters, learning math is more like learning to play tennis than like learning history. You can read the chapter and it all makes sense, but until you sit down and spend the time solving problems it doesn’t really sink in. Solving problems takes time and effort; in college a student might spend 6-10 hours per week outside of class on a math or science class, and you may fall towards the upper end (heck, maybe you need even more until it starts to sink in).</p>
<p>There are plenty of free resources online about how to study math, and a nice link to start with is [How</a> to Ace Calculus](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/11/14/how-to-ace-calculus-the-art-of-doing-well-in-technical-courses/]How”>How to Ace Calculus: The Art of Doing Well in Technical Courses - Cal Newport) I also suggest you look into some of the free courses about calculus on iTunesU. But none of this is going to help unless you are willing to devote significant amounts of time to study and practice. For the latter, get a book called “The Calculus Problem Solver”. It is a thick book with thousands of worked examples; you turn to the chapter matching what you are studying, cover the answers, and start working. Check your answers against the book, read thru the explanation if you get it wrong, and continue. You may never enjoy calculus, but if you put in the work I am confident you can succeed in the class.</p>