<p>I took a calculus class at my local community college over summer and due to really strange circumstances I ended up receiving an F. The college says I can repeat the course to fix the grade but I'm taking 7 APs this year (senior year) so I think adding a calculus class would be academic overkill. I'm aiming for the UC's and I've already entered in grades for a physics class and a writing class that I also took at the community college on my UC application. My HS counselor says that the UCs won't see my F until I'm actually admitted.</p>
<p>Does anyone know fully how this will affect me and what I should be doing next? My first choice is UCSD and if I get in there I won't be able to retake the class at the cc so would it actually be possible if I retook the class at UCSD? Also, I'm taking Calculus BC and I'm very sure that I will pass it. Would the AP score be able to override the cc grade?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the help guys! Please let me know if there's any other info I need to supply!</p>
<p>Well for 1, your CC grade will not affect your hs transcript whatsoever unless you agreed the cc to send your school the grade. Secondly, if you NOT planning to transfer(im assuming because of your 7 AP's) then that F in your CC probably wont affect you. But i have a few questions. Hhow did you fail calculus and still end up in Calculus BC being very sure you will pass because high school AP calculus courses are generally harder than the ones you take at CC for a reason. And 1 comment, 7 AP's is already academic overkill. Do you happen to go to Lowell High school? And no the AP score will not override the grade because whats done is done.</p>
<p>Yes, CC classes are generally easier than hs AP Classes this is because AP Classes are geared towards universities and not community colleges. Its like comparing a CC class to a UC class. Obvioulsy the UC class is harder than the CC class yeah?</p>
<p>xcaliberse: I have already inputted grades for other class I have taken at the cc on my UC application so I will now have to turn in a transcript from my cc to UC or else they will most likely reject me for falsifying my transcript. I am already very well aware that I did not have to but my counselor said my writing and physics classes would be great assets in my admission so I decided to carry through with it. Therefore I will be transferring the courses over. Whether or not 7 APs is academic overkill (which it really isn't in senior year) is completely up to me.</p>
<p>When I wrote "strange circumstances" I had intended on not having to elaborate but I guess since I have piqued your interest I might as well explain that I decided at the last minute to relax during summer and attempted to drop my calculus class online but because I did not follow the instructions correctly, it kept me in the class. I hope my being unable to follow the website instructions will have very little to do with my AP exam.</p>
<p>For the record, if may be true that CC courses are easier than AP course if they are the typical 16.6 week long courses held throughout the fall and spring semesters, but during the 6 week long summer semester, calculus become a very difficult thing to grasp all at once. I can only hope that learning Calculus BC for 35 weeks before the AP exam will be a much easier task than my summer class.</p>
<p>My question is how I can possibly fix this grade for my college GPA. I am already aware that this will have no bearing on college admissions. I would also really like to know whether of not UCSD would allow me to retake calculus in their school to fix my grade.</p>
<p>Okay dont freak out yet, tell the UC's u'll make up that F because I think its a rule where they will rescind any application with an F or D on a transcript. Ask your cC if they have academic renewal. Academic renewal means you can retake the class for a higher grade and your F will be taken out of your transcript.</p>
<p>dats if u have an F on high school transcript. I dont think it would matter.
If i were u, i would write ur experiences in personal statements.
like F as a.. challenge good grades on other cc classes as accomplishment kind of stuffs..</p>
<p>I also attended cc during my junior and senior year in high school. It really helps at college. you can even trasnfer as a junior in college in one year.. GL</p>
<p>It would be a good idea to explain your F, as you will have to list it on your transcripts (hopefully you did, seeing as it's past the due date). I know for a fact that your UC GPA is calculated without CCC classes (though the credits are counted). If you apply to graduate school, however, both your UC and CCC gpa will be combined and reviewed.</p>
<p>UC GPA includes CC courses in addition to HS classes. In fact, college courses are scored on the 5 point GPA scale (capped at 8 AP or college semester classes).</p>
<p>Based on your 7 AP classes, I assume you are applying as a freshman, not a transfer. You will have to provide a CC transcript which shows your F. Your counselor did not counsel well. If you were honest, you needed to disclose your calculus grade, and then explain it in Additional Info (propmt 3). Now, you will have to throw yourself at the mercy of the Admin. at the UC in June.</p>
<p>It looks like you got yourself into some serious trouble here. I mean, you listed the other two grades that you took at the CC but not the calculus grade when you knew you'd have to eventually show your transcript? Think about how the person looking at your app would see that.</p>
<p>Academic renewal typically is only for terms that were 2+ years prior. Also per the OP's question in order to retake a class to remove the previous grade the course must be taken from the same school it was attempted originally.</p>
<p>My counselor told me that she could pick and choose what community college grades I had an put them on my HIGH SCHOOL transcript. She told me that the UC's would only see the classes I passed at the community college and that would affect my admission because the community college grades would only affect my admissions for graduate school. My counselor is a very experienced and well respected in my high school so I value her opinion very much.</p>
<p>It seems like academic renewal is my only choice as I feared. I'll try to use the class as a preparation for the AP exam in May.</p>
<p>@Bobmarl3y Couldn’t you have looked into the user’s post history?</p>
<p>“I had a 3.8 weighted GPA and a 2040 SAT and I got rejected from SLO, UCI, UCSD, UCLA, and Cal. Chances are pretty high that you’ll be rejected too. Aim for Merced, Santa Cruz, and Riverside if you want to attend a UC, but I would recommend a CC if you really want to go somewhere else.”</p>