My sister has taken Chem, Geog, and Trig at a college in the northern orange county district and ended up with a B in Chem. She’s unhappy; she wants a 4.0 especially since her major is extremely competitive.
She’s had a bright idea - she wants to attend a different community college at a different district and retake Chem, Geog, and Trig there. To our knowledge, if you get a C or better you cannot retake that class and aim for a higher grade, which is why we’re considering the nuke option to retake everything just so that she can get that A in Chem (since she cannot drop a class, we’re going to be dropping the entire school and by extension every class she’s taken just so she can get that A).
She’s positive that she can get an A this time, so she essentially wants to ignore the fact that she’s ever had a B and replace that with the A she will get in the other college.
As far as I know, you have to show all your grades from any institution when you apply for college or beyond. Our S even had to submit the transcript from the college course he took in the summer after his 10th grade year.
Yeah, when she applies she’s going to have to report all her grades from every college she’s attended. Going to a different college unfortunately doesn’t erase your record at other colleges. So no, going to a different community college wouldn’t help.
Does her cc do grade replacement? Like could she retake the class for an A? My community college will replace a grade, but usually only if the grade the first time was failing, like a D or an F. I doubt there is any way she can hide that grade. She may just have to deal with it.
If by northern orange you mean CA, she cannot retake any grade that is C or better. I wouldn’t worry about a single B, even in a selective major. Just keep the other grades at A.
it’s good she is so ambitious, but she’s going to have to forget about getting a 4.0 and move on. I know it might not be easy for her, but that’s part of being in college. She can’t let one B throw her off. What college(s) does she want to transfer to?
I understand too, but what’s done is done. And you’re in state? She might want to see if her community college has the TAP program if she’s looking for ways to increase her odds.
When one applies to a school, one must provide records from every collegiate institution that one has attended.
Chemistry, geography, and trig is a very light schedule, assuming that these were her only classes. If she can’t pull a 4.0 with this light of a schedule, what makes her think that she’s going to avoid getting anything lower than an A later on when she has not only more classes, but more difficult classes?
I can relate. I had a 4.0 for my first three semesters of college, and lost it when I finished General Chemistry II with an 89.3%. I was incredibly upset at first. I fully intended to retake that class the next year. Then a couple of weeks went by, and I realized that I was still the same person with exactly the same prospects and exactly the same chances of getting into the exact same schools as I’d had prior to getting a B. Seriously, a single B is not going to close any doors. When she gets her next B, hopefully she’ll realize this.
edit - to reiterate…a B is NOT a bad grade and does not need to be hidden. It is actually quite a good grade. What’s more important is that your sister feels she understands the material.