Question from a prospective C(alifornia)CC student

<p>Hi there everyone!</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure I'm headed to a CCC after graduating from high school, but I have one concern. I was taking a remedial course at my local community college as a concurrent enrollment student, but due to extenuating circumstances, I never managed to complete the course and failed as a result. Since this course was taken as a high school student, however, will it impact my transcript in this CCC later on? I've read a few posts where some CCC students say that their high school concurrent enrollment grades have affected their GPAs.</p>

<p>Any clarification on the matter is highly appreciated. Thanks again!</p>

<p>Well my grades from my time concurrently enrolled have affected my GPA> I got B's in both of those classes and they have actually kept me from having a 4.0 GPA. However you said it was a remedial course you failed. What is good about that is that all it is going to cost you is time. For the most part (I can't think of a school where this is not the case) classes under the 100 level won't transfer to any 4 year university. So while that class will lower your CC GPA, it won't have an effect on the much more important transfer GPA.</p>

<p>So if I understand correctly, there are actually two different sets of GPAs? One being the CC GPA and the other being the transfer GPA. In other words, when colleges (namely the UCs) look at my new community college transcript, they only see the transfer GPA, right, and not the CC GPA marred by a previous, irrelevant course?</p>

<p>Yeah that's how it works. For instance I got a C in a remedial math class (yeah I suck at Math) at my CC. It did bring down my GPA at the CC, however it in no way touched my UC GPA. On my transcripts at least I've actually got three different GPA's. I've got the CC GPA, the CSU GPA, and the UC GPA.</p>

<p>Ahh, that makes sense! So despite the C you received from your remedial math course (which, I'm assuming, is a class under the 100 level and consequently nontransferrable), it only affected your CC GPA and not the crucial UC/CSU ones. </p>

<p>Whew, thank you so much for the clarification! I can heave a sigh of relief now.</p>

<p>Exactly! A remedial class is going to be any class under the 100 level.</p>