Hello, I am currently a freshman, and today we received our final grades for semester two. I received 5 As, and a D+ in my art, Photography. I immediately spoke to my teacher about a grading error, as I went from a 88% to a 67%, yet she cannot raise the grade at all, for reasons I’m not going to get into. Hearing this terrible news, I started to panic, and broke down outside the room for a few minutes. Following that, I went to my counselor who told me I have the option of remediation on that second semester, which would calculate my GPA with the new grade. However I have some questions.
- Do colleges look down on remediation?
- Next year, would my new grade only go towards my Freshman 2nd semester, changing the number of classes I took as a sophomore, or would it count as an A for both semesters
- Do I still have a chance at going to UCLA, UC Berkeley, or UCSD with the remediation?
- Freshman grades are not used in the UC GPA calculation for UCLA/UCB/UCSD.
- Since it is your Freshman year, remediation will not be looked down upon.
- Your original grade and repeat grade need to be self-reported on the UC application, but as long as you pass the class the 2nd time around you should be fine.
- You need a C or higher since you want to fulfill the year long Visual/Performing arts requirement needed to apply to the UC’s.
You should be fine as long as you continue to do well in all your classes.
@Gumbymom Thanks so much! btw, are remediation and retaking a class synonymous?
I am not sure you or your counselor are using the proper word. From my understanding, it should be academic renewal not remediation. Remediation means that your academic skills are not on par with your peers and require additional help such as in Reading or Writing. It doesn’t seem appropriate for having a D in a Photography class. UC’s will let you repeat the class and accept the higher grade as long it is the exact same class.