<p>I'm a high school junior and over the summer I took Journalism 1 aka "Mass Media and Society" at a local community college. Yet, I got a C for the class. I'm planning to become a mass communication major at Cal and I was planning to use that class I took at the community college, towards the major's' requirement in a few years. Yet, because of the grade I got, I'm reconsidering that. Do you think that I should still use it towards the major or just take the class at Berkeley if i go there. Major thanks.</p>
<p>P.S. Kinda related when I apply should I use that C class on the application and over the spring I took a Art History class at Coastline and got a A and how would that affect the situation.</p>
<p>No, don't use it on ur app. Especially if you are going to do mass com as major, then getting a C in junior college in a mass communication class is gonna be all bad for you. Just take the class again when you get here in Cal. Don't mention it, that C will look horrible.</p>
<p>I don't think you have much of a choice in the matter. The UC system asks you to list all the schools you have attended and all of the courses you have taken. The application explicitly says that not doing so could jeopardize your attendance. Whether to retake the course at Berkeley is a valid question, but recognize that not listing it on your application is risky business.</p>
<p>@Christopher546: No it doesn't. Read carefully, it says if you took classes at a community college you have to report ALL grades taken at that place. You can't discriminate and select the grades that you want; that would jeopardize your attendence.</p>
<p>@ayearbooker: I would not submit your C in that class. Getting a C in your prospective major spells doom.</p>
<p>@Castel: If you are correct then that means that I may not want to tell Cal about any of the classes I have taken at the community college and I may not want to take any more at that single community college. If you read the bottom of my first post, I took an Art History Class and got an A at a different college, so can I use that?</p>
<p>Also, in general does that mean that the class I took over the summer is useless now because of the C?</p>
<p>@Christopher546: Where's your textual proof? I don't have any, but reasoning should suffice. If you don't send a transcript, I highly doubt that the UCs will have any record of it. I mean, if they really did check every CC for every applicant.. then the UCs have a lot of time on their hands..</p>
<p>@ayearbooker: What I would do is stop taking classes at that specific community college and switch to some other one. My reasoning is that whatever classes you take at a CC you have to submit all the grades for that. You can't select specific grades and send those. Go ahead and submit your A, though Christopher546 might disagree.</p>
<p>Look at the freshman</a> application for the UCs. Under Section IV. Educational History (p. 2), I quote:</p>
<p>"Be sure to list all institutions you attended -- regardless of the length of attendance, whether courses were completed, or whether you believe the record will affect your chances for admission to the University or yield transferable credit. If you provide incomplete or incorrect information about the schools you have attended, your admission to or enrollment at the University of California may be jeopardized."</p>
<p>Note that the emphasis exists in the original. The UCs make it very clear that they want to know all places where you have taken classes. Now look at the application</a> instructions for freshmen. Under explanation for Section VI (p. 13), you will find the following:</p>
<p>"College/University Courses: If you have taken or plan to take transferable
college/university courses while in high school, list the course title,
college/university name and grade earned (if completed) in the appropriate
year column. List the college course once, indicating the term
it was taken. For any college course completed in grades 1012 that is
transferable for advanced-standing credit at UC, enter CL in the space
provided for honors status. Be sure to include any college(s) you list here
in Section IV."</p>
<p>The UC system wants you to list all of your coursework. If you do not and they find out, your application will be in jeopardy. They even say that if they happen to find out while you are enrolled, they can kick you out. I don't know if they would, but considering that your intent seems to be to hide something from them, I doubt it would fly over too well.</p>
<p>With that said, if you decide not to mention the class, odds are that they will not find out. My intent is to let you know that you would be taking a risk by not listing it. An offhand mention of the class from a counselor could scuttle your application for all you know. So if you decide to hide the class, just make sure you understand the risk you are taking.</p>
<p>I was in the same situation as you (had gotten 3 As in CC classes and 1 C). In the end, I just didn't report any of my community college classes to UC. That sucked because I ended up having to sacrifice the As I did get, but I didn't want the C to ruin my transcript. </p>
<p>Technically I think I had to report it, but I never got in trouble for not doing so. Just my two cents</p>
<p>I believe UCs do a random check on 1 out of 10 applications. If you want to you can take the chance of not reporting that grade but if you get caught your application will be red flagged and you will not be accepted at any UC school.</p>
<p>Ok, so I understand that I probably should report this class when applying. However, I would like to know does having this C grade for this Journalism class, kill my chances at going to Cal right out of high school and becoming a mass communication major or do I still have a chance at either or both?</p>
<p>Also, with what I'm getting from this board, does this mean that the class I took over the summer is useless now because of the C?</p>
<p>One more time, because I really want this question to be answered, so I understand that I probably should report this class when applying. However, I would like to know does having this C grade for this Journalism class, kill my chances at going to Cal right out of high school and becoming a mass communication major or do I still have a chance at either or both?</p>
<p>Also, with what I'm getting from this board, does this mean that the class I took over the summer is useless now because of the C?</p>
<p>The uc gpa will consider the class like an AP course so its like getting a B. I really doubt that the grade is going to affect you too much. It all depends on your other stats like the SAT or ACT, GPA, ECs, courseload, and essays, not one class.</p>
<p>Forgot to answer the other question! A C is passing, so its all up to whether you want to transfer it over or take it again. I think that if you don't send over the transcript from the college by a deadline they don't give you credit for it anyway. Just remember that the course is going to be harder at Cal than at a community college.</p>
<p>@eadd Do you recommend using that class when applying for the Mass Communication major if I go to Cal? Will it hurt my chances with that major; because other members said I shouldn't.</p>