<p>Hi, I'm new to the forum and have been browsing around obtaining information to help better my chances at applying to transfer to a UC in the next year or so. </p>
<p>I previously attended the University of Arizona right out of high school in 2010, and was academically disqualified after two semesters of consecutive F's (I had literally managed to obtain a 0.00 GPA). I was young, ignorant, and partied my ass off way too hard and now I am paying the price for my mistakes. </p>
<p>I decided to take a year off to re-evaluate my life, and pursued for a time acting in Los Angeles, and have recently relocated back to southern California to continue my education. I currently have 2 semesters completed along with an additional 3 summer courses with a substantially better grade point average (3.7). </p>
<p>I have become an extremely ambitious student who devotes almost all of his time towards my academic career, and I was curious if anyone else knows what I must do to expunge or explain my previous mistakes when applying for a UC. I know there is academic renewal for the University of Arizona, but some of the classes are not offered at my CCC (ie: Management Information Systems and Linguistics). </p>
<p>If anyone could provide me with advice or additional information, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!</p>
<p>literally all they told me at the counseling center was: contact you’re previous school for more information regarding the issues it’s on them not us… :/</p>
<p>There really isn’t anything your current CC can do regarding your UoA record. Besides retaking the classes you bombed if they’re offered at a CC here, you’d have to talk to UoA to see how to get that off your record.</p>
<p>Academic renewal does not mean you have to repeat the courses. Every school is different in their requirements, but for the most part, if you attend a different school and achieve at least a 3.0 after a period of two years (three for some, but it depends on the school’s policies), then they’ll give you an academic renewal for those semesters. Remember, they do not renew individual courses, but rather whole semesters. That’s actually beneficial for you because you only took two semesters, and bombed all of your classes. The UCs will see the Fs, but if you receive the renewal, they won’t count towards your gpa. Showing as much improvement as you have will go a long way with the admissions officers. Trust me, I had seven Fs ARd from when I was younger, and I got into every school I applied to, including UCLA and UCB. </p>
<p>Don’t worry about your past, use it to your advantage and tell them in the personal statement that you were unsure of the direction you were going in and weren’t ready for the demands of college life. It’s your story, you can figure out something creative, but I would not tell them you partied too much. I suggest you go to the UA website and look through the school catalog to see what their policies are for academic renewal. Again, do not try to repeat the courses; this would be nothing but a waste of time and effort. Good luck.</p>
<p>awesome I definitely appreciate the thorough response! Gave me a bit of hope that someone was able to overcome the same problem that I am having currently. It hasn’t been an easy process but I am trying my hardest at the moment. </p>
<p>Also getting in to UCLA would be a dream come true, just gotta make it happen! :)</p>
<p>ALSO (I know its been awhile) but I’ve taken what I deemed course equivalents for about 2 semesters at a CCC, but not exactly sure how the UC’s are going to calculate them (Arizona and the UC’s have NO course agreements or articulations whatsoever…) </p>
<p>I spoke with my CCC academic advisor today and she said to have my transcripts sent over from Arizona (just got them sent today), so that she and a UCSD advisor can figure out some way to find course equivalents. (She also told me that I have to get straight A’s to make up for everything)</p>
<p>ALSO, I spoke with Arizona today and they said they only offer academic renewal after FIVE years of being disqualified, and that you have to come back as a student and complete at least 30 units…</p>