<p>I'm applying to UCSC UCLA and UCD. By spring 2010 I'll have met every requirement. Unfortunately at a different community college last year, I received three "F"s. This basically destroyed my G.P.A. It fell from a 3.2 to a 2.1. I talked with my counselor at my new community college and she told me that if I re-take the failed courses, the UCs will replace the grade with the F when calculating my G.P.A. I didn't believe it until I called the admissions office at UCD and UCSC. They told me the exact same thing my counselor told me. Except for UCLA, the woman there told me they would simply average them together, and that retaking it would be the same as taking any other class in their eyes. She even went as far as to say that's how the all the UCs grade. I hope she's wrong, but I really want to make sure. If anyone knows any links to UC websites that will tell me their exact policy on retaking a course after a "F", that would be greatly appreciated. If anyone can confirm what my counselor said, or what the woman at UCLA said, that would be great too.</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Counselors](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/askuc/answers/calculating.html#1]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/askuc/answers/calculating.html#1)</p>
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<p>if you decide not to send transcripts from your previous school where you received F’s, the UC’s will never see them</p>
<p>And if you neglect to provide all your academic history accurately, any admission offer or degree you receive can be rescinded if you are caught (which you will be) at any point in your life. Do not follow ernily’s advice to withhold information.</p>
<p>feric89: Whoever you spoke with at UCLA is wrong. The other UCs do honor course repetition (and it was because of the UCs I learned of a course repetition I didn’t know I had). While I cannot speak as to how they view transfer grades, UCLA does have a course repetition policy where they do NOT average the grades for the first 16 units. The only exception is for graduate students. Perhaps that is what the person you spoke with was thinking about?</p>
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<p>Source: [UCLA</a> General Catalog 2009-2010 Academic Credit](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog09-10-34.htm]UCLA”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog09-10-34.htm)</p>
<p>In my experience, the UCs tend to honor whatever your school allows in terms of grade point average improvement (ie, course repetition, academic renewal, etc).</p>
<p>i got the same question too!
and i asked the TAP coordinators in UCB and they said they will just average them
(but they said its only for college of engineering)
but i asked an assistant working in college of engineering and she said its gonna to be replaced</p>
<p>its too confused…</p>
<p>i wasn’t suggesting that he omit information. i’ve had friends that earned bad grades at one community college so they enrolled in another cc and retook the same courses and everything else required to be eligible to transfer to a UC. some people do so poorly that the only chance they have of transferring to a 4-year is by starting over.</p>
<p>a 4-year univ of their choice**
three f’s will still get you somewhere</p>
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<p>Your post came across as otherwise. By not sending in transcripts (and not alerting the UC to the Fs and all coursework you have taken), then you are omitting information. You must report ALL campuses and send ALL transcripts and report ALL grades even if they are no longer calculated in your GPA via course repetition. I’m even having to send in my high school transcripts of all things even though my admission was not based on those as I am junior transfer. Also, two of the three CCs I have attended are within the same district. However, I still have to order separate transcripts from each school to send in. I’m having a blast having to get my hands on a total of four transcripts .</p>
<p>There’s no such thing as starting over. Your record will always follow you. There is no hiding from it. You must always report all schools and grades. If you try to hide anything and you’re caught, there will be consequences. This type of activity would be fraud and it tends to be frowned upon ;)</p>
<p>yea, i guess it does leave that impression huh. idk why you’re submitting hs transcripts if you’re applying to a UC as a junior transfer, unless you’re referring to different univs. i’m concurrently attending two cc’s so stressing the nuisance of ordering transcripts is unnecessary. there’s no such thing as starting over? hokay</p>
<p>I’m not applying, I’m already accepted (winter 2010 transfer) and have been for quite some time. And when my high school transcripts were requested, I was just as shocked as you are. On the plus, I got a good laugh out of the “official” transcripts from my high school. Thank god UCSC has seen transcripts from my school before or they’d think these were forged by how unprofessional the envelope looks. It’s just a white envelope with my full name written on it haphazardly, a stamp that says “official transcript,” and a sticker that has my high school’s information along with the standard “official until seal broken” text sealing it shut.</p>
<p>But yeah, no such thing as starting over although some would call course repetition “starting over.” However, I interpret starting over to mean having no record of previous work. Since you must always provide all work you have done, no matter the grade, by my reasoning you cannot start over. It really depends on your definition I guess. I’ll concede that.</p>
<p>For those asking about UC Berkeley, if you’re interested, here is their course repetition policy (again, note this is just for students already in attendance and not transfer specific):</p>
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<p>Source: [General</a> Catalog - Policies - Repetition of Courses](<a href=“http://catalog.berkeley.edu/policies/repetition.html]General”>http://catalog.berkeley.edu/policies/repetition.html)</p>
<p>It seems that Berkeley (again, note this is for students attending Berkeley currently, this is not transfer nor department specific) will allow the first 12 units of repeated courses that initially received sub-par grades to be grade replaced and will not average those grades together.</p>