<p>I am a current community college freshmen who just ended my spring semester. Unfortunately I failed my statistics class which is a core requirement for my major. (international Business). I spoke with my first year adviser today and she said that when i retake the class next semester, whatever my new passing grade will replace the F when calculating GPA. my GPA before this class was 3.4 and now its basically ruined until I make it up. As a student who plans on transferring to a bigger and much better 4 year school, how badly does this F destroy my chances getting into a good 4 year university in order to complete my bachelors? even if after i pass it next semester the F stays on my transcript. will colleges take that into huge consideration? am I doomed? help</p>
<p>Can anyone provide actual guidance? </p>
<p>You are not ‘doomed’, as long as you re-take the class and get a high grade to repair your GPA. True, the ‘F’ will stay on your transcript, and that is not a good thing, but as long as you can point to the re-taken high grade, along with a good reason as to why things didn’t work out the first time, you should be OK. One re-taken class will look fine, but if you have a bunch of re-taken classes, then that is a major red flag.</p>
<p>I second ALF.</p>