<p>Hey guys I currently attend SBCC and am finishing my second year. I was not able to get into UCSB becasue my GPA was a 3.15. My SBCC GPA is a 3.4 but I attended a year at a 4 year institution previously and failed 2 classes. The problem is that the only way to get those two classes (which are completely destroying my gpa) off of my transcript is to go back to my old school and do them. Is there anyway around this. The 2 courses are engineering courses and I am now an econ major. It seems kind of unfair that the 4-year isntitution I attended does not have any type of academic renewal. why should I have to go all the way back to them and pay 6,000 dollars to redo 2 courses I no longer need. Is there any time of legal government branch that handles academic matter such as this that I could contact? Its really frustrating to have these courses stuck on my record!!!! and before someone says I should do an equivalent course at my CC I already tryed finding one and there isnt one.</p>
<p>If you’re able to go back and re-take them, then they do have academic renewal. </p>
<p>No, there’s no legal government appeal committee/department/agency to contact. You took the courses, they’re on your record, and unless you retake them, they’re not going away.</p>
<p>Its going to cost $6,000 just for me to re-take them plus I’m going to have to go all the way back to Florida. Not to mention, those courses have nothing to do with my major. I know I took them and its my fault, but should I really have to pay for a mistake I made when I was 18 years old for the rest of my life? It just seems kind of unnecessary. There has to be some other way.</p>
<p>I was confusing academic renewal with retaking the course. Academic renewal simply zeros out the grade. Retaking them replaces them with the second grade. So yes, you’re correct, if there’s no academic renewal offered at your Florida university you don’t have any other option. UCSB will accept academic renewal or a retaken course, but you really don’t have any other option. </p>
<p>I have 4 Cs on my record from a CC when I was still 16 and in high school. They were computer science courses (I’m a poli sci major), but they’re on my record forever. </p>
<p>What other way are you proposing? There’s no government agency, there’s no appeal committee and you were 18 when you voluntarily took the courses (although the age is irrelevant.) Your only option is to take additional courses at a CC to bump your GPA up if you don’t want to retake those courses. Maybe check with your Florida school to see if they’ll let you retake a matching course at a university out here, but I’ve never heard of that happening.</p>
<p>Yea I guess thats what I have to do. Kind of sucks. the problem with just taking a bunch of courses to boost my gpa is that there is a unit cap so I cant do too many more.</p>
<p>whoa there.</p>
<p>Don’t panic about those two classes, much less think about taking them over back at your old school. Keep on taking courses at your current cc to strengthen your gpa, retake any cc courses in which you got a low grade, keep on pursuing your econ major outside of school, etc. and perhaps consider changing your major-- switching back is definitely possible upon being admitted. Really focus on improving your gpa in the present, even if that means taking half your usual units per semester to concentrate.</p>
<p>I went to a four year prior and pulled something like a 2.something gpa. My cc-only gpa was 3.67-- not so stellar either. I got into UCSB as an environmental studies major, and switched into my first choice of geography. I’m sure the gpa standard is higher for econ majors, but REALLY. Do not stress about two courses you took years ago.</p>
<p>I’ve finished all the requirments for econ already. the problem is that with the unit cap I cant do a bunch of easy courses to boost my gpa up because im only left with like 15 units unitl I hit 90</p>
<p>I’m taking online English and Humanities courses next Spring to raise my GPA.</p>
<p>Have you applied to any of the Cal States? I just did a quick google search of “best csu economics program,” and East Bay, Northridge, Fullerton, Long Beach, and Sacramento came up. Looking at the student reviews of these schools, it looks like there are a lot of whiners dragging these schools down, but at least it’s an opportunity to finish your education.</p>
<p>When it comes time to apply again, next fall, it couldn’t hurt to try again for Santa Barbara. Also, you might as well apply to Riverside and Merced, and exhaust all UC possibilities before taking a Cal State. On the personal statement, note briefly that if you ignore those bad grades, your GPA would be a 3.XX.</p>