HELP::USC calculates GPA average regardless of repeated courses?

<p>I am attending community college. In first year, I got D grades on english composition1 and college algebra because I was from non-english speaking country so english was the problem. Except the 2 courses, I got A from most classes and I repeated the 2 courses again last spring. so I thought my gpa is 3.9x but I heard shocking news from my friend that USC calculate average gpa regardless of repeated courses. If this is true, my averaged gpa will be around 3.5. With 3.5, I can't even expect to be accepted from USC marshall. Is this true? USC really averages old grade and new grade even though it is repeated? I am so panicking</p>

<p>And does any of schools below average all grades from repeated course?
cornell, vandervillt, carnegie mellon, wsu, emory, uva, unc, ann arbor</p>

<p>Yes, USC does average in the repeated courses. However, I don’t think college algebra is considered a transferable course so it might not be averaged in. Find out for sure.</p>

<p>College algebra was a basic math couse that must be taken before calculus 1. If this course is not a transferable course, then my gpa would be about 3.7x. Still too low but better than 3.5! I should ask this to USC. Thank you!!</p>

<p>It won’t hurt to send USC an email to verify. USC does average repeated courses, even old courses. I think the only time they don’t average is if you had a C or better and retook the course to get a higher grade. I think you would get credit for only the earlier grade. College algebra is a transferable course. I’m looking at my TCR now. I don’t know about the public schools, but I’m almost certain the private schools on your list do.</p>