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<p>I currently attend a CCC. Last week, I visited my counselor to make sure I am on track to transfer. He was thrilled with my grades and assured me that UCLA was in my near future. But something is weighing heavily on my mind. </p>

<p>I know I made a mistake when I applied at my current CCC. I accidentally clicked "first time college student" when I had attended a different community college prior to my current school. Stupidly, I never corrected this mistake. Throughout high school and my first community college experience, I struggled with a terrible drug addiction. I took a semester off to go to rehab, and went back to school at a different community college. My grades at my first CC were terrible. Several D's and F's (due to being too lazy to withdraw from classes), a few A's, and two C's. </p>

<p>I retook all of these classes at my current CC. My current GPA is 3.89. And now that I am approaching my time to transfer, I realize that it is time to face this mistake and come clean about my academic past. The problem is, the two C's happen to be Sociology classes and Sociology is my major. I know that Academic Renewal will not eliminate the C's. Is there anything I can do? When I see my counselor and tell him about this, will those C's come back and replace the A's that I have achieved at my current CC? Will I have to change my major to something that the C's will not affect so heavily?</p>

<p>Please help. If anybody knows of anything I can do. I am feeling so hopeless. </p>

<p>Thank You.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you should be too worry if those Cs come from your first CC, which was taken at the time when you were a drug abuser. like you said, you were once a drug abuser. You corrected yourself which is already an accomplishment (note there are too many of them and they haven’t realize their mistakes yet!).
If you are serious about UCLA, you should use the essay (not familiar with UC systems at all!!!) to express your worry and how you turned yourself over again.</p>