How will one D effect college acceptance?

It depends on the university. If you are aiming for public universities like UCs or SUNYs, they will usually be kind, assuming the rest of your grades are good, and overlook the D. They will assume you have learnt the material well because your 2nd semester material built upon the first semester.

If you are applying to top privates, have your guidance counselor and math teacher write your letters of rec. Hopefully they will highlight the achievements you have made, and your math teacher can confirm that you have learned the material well.

Another possibility is to take Calculus AB next semester or over the summer at a community college. Should you receive a high grade in that, pretty much every university will disregard the D as a fluke (except for extremely elite universities, that just have so many 4.0 unweighted students they cannot make concessions except for extraordinary cases).

The D will not be replaced in your GPA unless you repeat 1st semester of the class. If I misunderstood and you are repeating 1st semester, then your grade will be replaced and you won't have to explain anything.

Good luck!

It is going to have a little effect. Colleges don't care if the teacher sucked. They don't want excuses. They see that you are taking it over and that either will say to them that you are dedicated to trying to do better or it will say that you can't do well the first time. i am not trying to be mean about this, but it is true. Unless it was extenuating circumstances that led to you failing such as severe illness, natural or family disaster, the college won't care. All of your grades are shown to colleges and arguably your junior year is the most important year. Make sure that all of your grades are good. Also if you are applying to a public state university it usually will not matter, but if you are interested in a private or elite school then yes it does matter a lot. I had never received a C until my junior year, I always had all As and high Bs, a few of the schools I interviewed at expressed their disappointment with the C. Saying the teacher sucked will do nothing for you and probably make it even worse, because that says to the school that you can't learn on your own which is a big part of college, it also will make it look like you are trying to dodge the blame for the grade. Just tell the schools that yes you did bad the first time and that it is unacceptable, but you are retaking it and striving to a do a better job this time.

It's not going to affect you unless you are going to go to like Harvard or Yale. Most schools look at your over all GPA and you can always explain to them that you have always done well the the reason that you didn't do well was because of the teacher. Plus, you should be more worried about not getting a D or F your senior year.

RAISE IT! if you get a C or lower in one of your grades, you will get your acceptance revoked. its part of your "contract". Colleges take you in as a provisional student until you go to their school, this means that you are accepted but technically are under probation. The terms of your acceptance include, you get a C or higher in all your classes. P.S. If you do get a C or lower, you need to contact the school. Read your acceptance letters. They will tell you anything you need to know about being a provisional student for their school.

They take the highest grades. You CAN ask the counselor to drop the bad class once you have completed the "better one"