<p>I decided to give college one more shot, and will be attending De Anza College in Cupertino, CA in the fall. Thing is, I academically failed my first year of college. However, I do have some courses I performed to mediocrity in, with my first semester being:</p>
<p>-Astronomy, 3 credits, B
-English Comp, 3 credits, B</p>
<p>and second semester</p>
<p>-English Lit, 3 credits, C
-Business Analytics, B
and two university-specific courses with 1 A and 1 B that probably won't transfer.</p>
<p>I also took a summer course in Microeconomics at my local cc and earned a B.</p>
<p>Just to give an idea, my overall GPA's were a 1.4 and 1.9, respectively.</p>
<p>Now, the thing is, De Anza is completely different than the two other schools (original universty & cc)... and was wondering if a transfer of my "passed" courses would be a good idea, or if starting fresh would look better? My eventual goal would be to transfer to a 4-year institution, with goals including San Jose State, and yes, UC Berkeley. What are your thoughts on this- should I start fresh as a freshman and scrap my past or would transferring those credits be a good idea and not harm me? Keep in mind that they would transfer onto my De Anza transcript as the equivalent without a grade.</p>
<p>You can’t “start fresh,” at least not in the way you’re planning on doing it. If you don’t send in transcripts from all institutions you’ve attended, you could have your degree revoked, as schools do periodic audits using the National Student Clearinghouse. Transferring those credits is a much better option than the alternative.</p>
<p>I don’t think you understand how transferring works. Your grades will follow you everywhere, period. There’s not an A-F you can hide. You <em>can</em> however get your D’s and F’s removed by something called “academic renewal” if your past CC offers it. </p>
<p>You never start new somewhere else. You will have an OVERALL GPA from everything included. I just recently transferred to Cal Poly Pomona and my GPA there is 0. However, my cumulative factored in everything from my previous institution(s). So if you ever wanted to be a lawyer, doctor, or go to grad school, you’d need to send your transcripts from every college you ever attended in your life to admissions. Same thing goes for undergraduate admissions. </p>
<p>Since you’ve already been to an original university (if it was in CA), you are unit-capped and have to watch out for that anyway. I highly doubt you’d be a competitive applicant for UC Berkeley when all is said and done, but I bet you could still get into some UC’s and probably your CSU of choice, San Jose. That is if you do amazing from here on out to display an upward trend.</p>
<p>Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA)… Fall 2010-2011, as listed
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)… Fall 2011
Community College of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA)… Spring 2012</p>
<p>I have many F’s, they won’t transfer, correct? As I’m pretty sure a C (2.0) is the lowest considered, and grades are not transferred/GPA is not affected, only credits.</p>
<p>As posted, original colleges in Pittsburgh, PA. I really had a tough time adjusting these past two years, and am 100% committed and have my priorities in line to kill my next year of college. With that, I set my goals extremely high… Berkeley would be a dream. SJ State was a safety in high school, 3.98 GPA, Honors student, tons of e/c’s and leadership roles. Now, I’m starting at De Anza to right my academic wrongs. How exactly would transferring work?</p>
<p>Let me bump this. I understand that when I go to De Anza, their transcript will be blank. Also, I disclosed prior information of colleges attended, so they understand that. When transferring to other schools, let’s say after one year or two I have a 4.0 GPA at DeAnza, at DeAnza it will show up as a 4.0… what I’m asking is does it look bad to transfer credits from previous institutions (obviously only those at 2.0+ are even considered) onto my DeAnza transcript, or should I just start fresh at DeAnza, obviously knowing prior transcripts do exist. I’m not trying to cheat any system here!!</p>
<p>Try retaking the classes that you failed. If you pass them or get a better grade, the better grade will replace your failed grade. The failed grade will still appear on your transcript, but it will not count towards your GPA anymore. You can also do what the user above suggested, ask the school if they have academic renewal.</p>
<p>Alright, let’s set the record straight here.</p>
<p>I AM NOT LOOKING TO SWEEP THE PAST TWO YEARS UNDER THE RUG, I SOLELY WANT TO KNOW IF TRANSFERRING GRADE-LESS CREDITS LOOKS BAD OR NOT.</p>
<p>This is my plan, and let me know how it looks.</p>
<p>I plan on moving from Pittsburgh, PA to Cupertino/San Jose/Bay Area, CA in early to mid-August and attend De Anza College in Cupertino, CA. </p>
<p>I plan on taking the following courses:
-Introduction to Business
-Principles of Microeconomics or Macro if my B in Micro transfers
-Knowledge and Reality (Philosophy course)
-American Government and Politics </p>
<p>Based on my previous track record, I plan on getting my academic priorities straight and busting my ass in these courses and earning a 4.0.</p>
<p>My DeAnza GPA come transfer time, let’s say is a 4.0… now, my question (why I originally posted, and some read this completely wrong), will transferring gradeless credits look bad, or should I re-take those courses at my current school. I.e. B’s in English/Astro, C in Lit… let’s say that all transfers. When/if it does, it will transfer onto my DeAnza transcript as their equivalent course without a grade. Question becomes, and always has been- does it look bad to transfer classes as credit?</p>
<p>You don’t get credits if you don’t get a grade, so no, it doesn’t look bad - it just might stop you from getting in, since the failed courses will be factored into your GPA when you apply to transfer. They will also factor into your GPA after you transfer, though not at your transfer school, just overall, so grad schools will see them as well. Stop yelling.</p>
<p>And in response to your latest question, they may not transfer to your new school, after DeAnza, as that school will need to see all of your prior transcripts and will decide if any of the credits will transfer over. Just because the credits transfer to DeAnza does not mean they will transfer to any subsequent schools you may transfer to.</p>
<p>When people don’t understand simple questions, I get angry and virtual yell.</p>
<p>I mean, I’m going into DeAnza with the mindset of a college freshman. When I apply for transfer after one or two years with a high GPA and I find some colleges unable to accept the fact that I was young and stupid, they’re not worth my time anyway :)</p>