<p>Hello I am wondering about a few things. First off I am at my 3rd community college. The first 2 ones were out of the state of California and the 3rd is in California. I did terrible at one of the community colleges and was thinking about not including the school until I read many threads saying that it was a very bad idea to do so.</p>
<p>School 1 (3 years ago) - 1.0 GPA grades were a C & F (6 credits total)
School 2 (2-1 years ago) - 3.9 GPA
School 3 (Current semester and spring) expecting a 4.0 or close</p>
<p>I am trying to figure out what my chances are into getting into a good school as only one of my classes I received an F. Besides the C most my grades were A's.</p>
<p>I am wanting to transfer to UCLA, UCB, UCDavis, UCIrvine Fall 2010. What will most schools think even if I do explain my situation in my personal statement. Are my chances not good? What do most people do in a situation like this?</p>
<p>If the last 2 school (where you got 3.9+) outweigh the 1.0 then you have a decent shot (and if your GPA is above a 3.6/3.7). You have the opportunity to tell them a sob story about why your grades were bad and they took at grade trends so that will also help your cause.</p>
<p>By the end of this semester though even with a 4.0 my GPA will still low because of the two grade it will be 3.4 or so I believe ill recheck it in a bit</p>
<p>Ya I think I will be including it as I don’t want to take the risk. Doesn’t seem worth it. It just seems to suck a bit because my GPA won’t be competitive and I am out of state which makes it worse I suppose…</p>
<p>Do not leave anything off of your application. All of the UC’s will consider your upward trend and the GPA you earned in your prerequisites. Nothing is impossible.</p>
<p>Your turnaround is spectacular and is sure to impress the admissions committee, assuming you have a lot of credits at the high GPA. Don’t be discouraged.</p>
<p>Another option I just learned is to retake the course that I got the F in. But I wouldn’t be able to do this on campus so I would have do it online. Yet the UC schools wouldn’t see my grade I suppose anyway before they reject or accept me.</p>
<p>One more question is it true that UC’s wont count the D’s or F’s if the class is retaken?</p>
<p>Why dont you just tell them you had your identity stolen, and did not know someone was using your name and social to attend school to try to get financial aid checks. That’s what I did. What, are they gonna demand a police report, no. They will believe you.</p>
<p>please do it. Everyone knows that after a criminal steals your identity, the first thing they do is register for classes at their local community college.</p>
<p>Depending on the policy at your old campus and how each UC would view it, you may be able to do course repetition at your current campus. You would need to speak with your desired UC(s) and with your old campus to see which, if any, courses are considered to be a similar enough course to the one you received a sub-par grade in.</p>
<p>If it is a basic course like Introduction to Politics, or something of that nature, you have a high chance of finding an equivalent course.</p>
<p>Telling them my identity was stolen seems like a worse idea then omitting grades lol… I have decided I want to include it I don’t want to take risks that would later come to bite me in the butt. I will contact the UC’s and see how they treat retaken courses</p>