<p>Live in California. 790 reading, 800 writing, 630 math on SAT for 2220. Planning on taking it again. </p>
<p>All A’s freshman and sophomore years. One D junior year in Calculus. VP of Debate Club. Going to do some more EC’s senior year. I go to a regular high school mornings, science/math magnet school afternoons. Latter is dual enrollment, too. Where can I go to college?</p>
<p>Is there a reason for your D? Lack of understanding, illness, trauma, family issues?</p>
<p>It depends on all your other grades junior year. For colleges, junior year is what they look at the most because it is the most recent representation of your work in school. If you received one D and all other As, then it won’t be as bad as getting all Cs and Ds. Colleges know that sometimes it can get hard and grades will slip a little. I don’t think one D will hinder your chances of getting into a good state school. There is always one option, which is go to community college for a year, than transfer to a state school, they don’t base admission completely on HS grades, more so your performance at community college.</p>
<p>A D will prevent you from getting into the top tier schools especially if it was in your Junior year (considerably the most important) but with your grades in 9 and 10 and your good extracurricular you can still get into “good” schools. You definitely don’t have to go to a CC like the person above suggests.</p>