Did I kill my chances at transferring somewhere nice?

Transfer Students
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<p>This has been the classes I've taken so far in community college with the grades (in order):</p>

<p>Psychology- B
Oral Communications (speech class)- B
English 101- A
Intro to Anthro- A
Politics of States and Cities- A
World History- A
English 102- A
United States History- A
Spanish 101- A
The National Political System- A
Intermediate Algebra- C</p>

<p>GPA: 3.63</p>

<p>Next semester I plan on taking</p>

<p>World Mythology
Statistics
Philosophy
Abnormal Psychology
Spanish 102</p>

<p>I should be getting about a 3.75 that semester making my total GPA about 3.69 which is the GPA I'd be applying to transfer with. </p>

<p>I do plan on taking a science class after this semester^</p>

<p>I've had a dream to transfer into a really good college such as University of Southern California, Cornell, Brown, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins, NYU, UCLA, University of Michigan, etc...</p>

<p>My dream school was Georgetown but I think I killed that one.</p>

<p>Will that C in intermediate algebra kill my chances? It's not even a college level course so does it really matter? I am so disappointed in myself for getting that grade. I'm never taking a 6 week online summer math course again. </p>

<p>I don't want to sound like some winey person with a decent GPA complain about it but my high school gpa was 2.0 and I really need EVERY bit of help to transfer into the schools above.</p>

<p>If it matters I'm a political science major and got A's in the only 2 poli sci classes my school offers. </p>

<p>I'm first generation, male, and hispanic if that matters at all. </p>

<p>Any input is appreciated.</p>

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<p>Usually a course that isn’t a college level class will not count towards an overall college GPA. You may still need to take a college level math before transferring though. </p>

<p>Your GPA is great. It’d be a long shot to transfer into a lot of those schools for just about anyone, but it’s still worth a shot. Make sure you have safety schools.</p>

<p>No, you have not ruined your chances of going to a good school. There are hundreds of great schools in this country, and I’m willing to wager that a few of them would be happy to accept you.</p>

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<p>For USC you will have to submit secondary school records.
[Transfer</a> Students - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/transfer.html]Transfer”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/transfer.html)</p>

<p>“USC calculates your transfer GPA on the basis
of your grades in all USC-transferable courses,
including grades of D and below. Plus and minus
grading is taken into account. Incompletes and
missing grades from your transfer institution are
treated as an “F.” Credit/No Credit and Pass/No
Pass marks are not included in the transfer GPA.
USC does not honor other colleges’ academic
“renewal” or “forgiveness” programs that permit
students to improve a substandard grade. If
you repeat a transferable course for which you
earned a grade of D+ or lower, both grades will be
included in your transfer GPA; if the grade on the
first course was a C- or higher, then only the first
grade is included”
<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/TransferringToUSC_2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1213/TransferringToUSC_2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And for those transfer classes they say they expect A’s and B+'s.</p>