<p>Hi everyone</p>
<p>I am currently a student at a California Community College. I plan to apply to USC at the end of this year (having completed 30 transferable units)</p>
<p>I am currently taking a Math 125 Course and my average is a D. My professor is not giving me any opportunities to pass the course, so I am pretty much doomed, unless I do good on my final exam.
I don't want this class to be the reason that I was not admitted to USC, because USC is going to be the only school I apply to, and in fact my DREAM SCHOOL.</p>
<p>I can do three things at this point:
Drop the class, receive a W, then re-take in the summer and get an A (for sure if I re-take this I will get a definite A)
Fail the class, receive an F, then re-take in the summer and get an A
Try to pass, if I do, I will get (at the highest) a C+ and will not retake the course, but move up in math</p>
<p>In my opinion, and if it was solely up to me and USC did not care about F's or W's, I would drop and re-take in the summer. For the reason being that re-taking the course would help build a better fundamental base for higher levels of math.</p>
<p>I am a straight A student in all other subjects. The reason I am even failing this course is because of my job, which has forced me to spend many overtime hours during the days of my math lectures.
Maybe I can submit that as a reason as to why I dropped/failed? I am just at cross roads as to if it is worth doing/dropping/failing.</p>
<p>The thing is, this course isn't even transferable, so it's not going to effect my transfer GPA. But the course is essential because it is a minimum requirement for application. Now, I know they are going to consider my summer courses as well, and in summer I will be taking Pre-Calc regardless.</p>