<p>I recently submitted my application as a transfer student to UC. I am a community college student at Los Angeles City College, back in fall 2011 I took a political science course which I failed. I retook a political science course Summer 2012 at El Camino College which is equivalent to the one I had previously failed and got an A. I thought the A would automatically replace the F, that is why on my UC application I entered both grades but on the A I put as academic renewal. My counselor recently told me that in order to make up a class I had to take it in one of the schools within our district, El Camino is considered out of the district. Therefore, I would have to file for academic renewal but would not be able to do so until fall 2013 because I need to wait two years after I failed to file for academic renewal. Since I submitted my application already does that mean I applied with an F or does the UC system give me credit for the class i retook? Is my application automatically dismissed or can I still be considered for admission? PLease help me!!! What can I do?</p>
<p>Applied to
UCR
UCM
UCD
UCI</p>
<p>The class may not be “replaced” in the eyes of your current CCC but for the UCs it is. I dont know why you put academic renewal on the app though, you were supposed to enter the f for the old class and the a for the new class.</p>
<p>You were supposed to report the F and the A the way they appear on your transcripts. The F would have been replaced by the A when the UCs calculated your GPA. All that AR does is to make your transcript look prettier, it doesn’t actually affect how your GPA is calculated by the UCs.</p>
<p>Another question about academic renewal:</p>
<p>Last month (Jan. 2013), I did academic renewal on one class. I wrote about this change on the comments section of the Transfer Academic Update we had to submit in January; I included my newly computed GPA there too. I also mentioned this on the Berkeley update application. Additionally, I emailed UCLA about this, and they replied saying they were acknowledging the change.</p>
<p>My question is: Would mentioning this change on the comments for the Transfer Academic Update be enough for the other UC’s? Or should I try to contact them individually like I did with UCLA?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>You probably should contact the individual UCs, especially if you want your GPA calculated correctly.</p>