<p>So I've found myself in a bit of a dilemma. Over the course of my high school education, I took several dual enrollment courses at FIU - 3 to be exact, Arabic I, Arabic II, and Japanese I. I did pretty decent in Arabic I and II; I completed the courses with a B- and A-, respectively. Now comes the issue of Japanese I. Midway through the course, I fell extremely ill and was in the hospital for nearly a month. I tried to withdraw, but they told me it was too late. I tried to submit a medical appeal, and it didn't go through. I truly wanted to start college off on the right foot, preferably with a 4.0; it was my opportunity to get a fresh start and put forth my best and true efforts away from high school. My dream is to transfer to do 2 years at UCF and transfer to USC's Film Production major afterwards, which is why I was looking forward to starting fresh and excelling in college. I called UCF, and no luck. And even if I do grade-forgiveness, I think there is something in USC's transfer info that says only the original grade counts. It's frustrating because this grade is not who I am as a student at all, and is not what I have earned. Now it seems that dual enrollment is haunting, and I'm losing hope and feeling that my dreams are shattered. Please, please, give me any ideas on what I should do.</p>
<p>I have no inside knowledge of this, but my guess is that your grade win Japanese I at FIU will have absolutely no effect on your ability to get into USC Film School.</p>
<p>If you want to get into USC Film School (one of the most elite in the country), you need to be an ELITE student filmmaker with a kick-ass film reel. They could care less about your grades in classes that matter little.</p>
<p>If you really have your eyes set on USC, I recommend putting your heart and soul into writing/directing/producing/editing/and marketing an amazing student film. Then take that student film and enter it into as many (student and art) film festivals as possible. Pray you win some awards with it, then take those awards and the film and apply to USC.</p>
<p>@OminousRun: What you said in fact, sounds like the best course of action to take. I think I’m going to take your advice, head out there, and start filming. Thanks so much, you shed some hope on what I thought was my cinematographic apocalypse. :)</p>