<p>My situation is I'm a senior in high school, but I'm finishing early by taking classes, full time at my community college. Where I'm from, you don't need to do well in high school to finish early and take college classes. I had a 2.3 GPA my junior year.
Anyway, I took a course in the spring, a comp course. I got a C+. Then over the summer, I took intro to psychology and got a D. I did not realize how intense summer courses were gonna be. I just took 4 classes in the fall semester. I got a C in the next comp class, an F in my math class, an F in my sociology class, and a B in my yoga class.
I'm taking 3 classes in the spring, and hope to get anywhere from an A to a C. I am also thinking about taking 2 online classes over the summer(one from may to july, the other from july to august). One of the summer classes I'm gonna take is the math course I took.
My question is, if I do really good in the spring semester and in the summer classes I will potentially take, can I still transfer and get accepted to other state schools? And if I take the math course that I failed again over the summer, will the F still matter?</p>
<p>Please don't call me stupid or dumb. I'm only 17. I made a mistake by not taking college as seriously as I should have. Even though this was not a good wake up call, at least it was a wake up call. And now I'm motivated to do really good in the spring.</p>
<p>You said you’re in HS and trying to finish early by going to CC - why are you finishing early? Why not spend 4 full years in HS and do better in the long run? maybe after you get your HS diploma, you should continue to attend CC for another year, do well, then transfer into a State U. many CC’s have guaranteed transfer programs with state schools, where if you get a certain GPA they let you in - look into that. talk to an advisor in your college as well. </p>
<p>if you want study tips about doing well in college, check out the “study hacks” blog by cal newport (google it).</p>
<p>The short answer is that yes, you still have options. You will still have options even if you mess up much more badly than you have. (Not that I am suggesting this as a course of action.)</p>
<p>But what you really need to do is to meet with an advisor at your community college who can discuss with you exactly what you need to do in order to get the opportunities you want.</p>
<p>You may also want to read Dr. Pion’s blog entry, “Grade 13 at Ishkabibble Community College” (I think that’s what it’s called). In it, he discusses the differences between going to high school and going to college, focusing on those things that a lot of his students really need to hear, and I think you might benefit from someone explaining to you how you need to approach school differently than you had been back when you were taking high school classes.</p>
<p>At least for my CC and college, the grades don’t transfer, just the credits. So that is one less thing to worry about.
Retaking classes to increase your grade probably varies from school to school. Check with advisors at your college.</p>