Questions about Transferring to CSU Fall 2013

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello, I will be applying to a couple CSU's next Monday and I just had a couple questions</p>

<p>Some background, I attended a CSU out of high school. I was not focused and my GPA dropped to a 1.8. I decided to leave and attend my local community college. Currently I have a 2.6 (a misinformed counselor informed me of a 5 unit class that was required to take CALCULUS, which was my only class I got a D in at my CC) If I had never taken the class my GPA was sitting at a 3.3.</p>

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<li><p>I have already taken Calculus at my previous CSU and failed, took it a second time at my CC and failed.
-How many times am I allowed to take it over?
---1 more chance? If my CC takes into account my attempt at the previous CSU?
---2 more tries? Since I have only attempted it once at the CC?
= I plan on taking it one more time in the Spring of 2013</p></li>
<li><p>I plan on applying to CSU Fullerton, Northridge, San Diego, and some others for backup. I know how to calculate my GPA, but I am having trouble with calculating repeated classes from 2 different schools. A counselor told me, they will take the highest grade no matter where it is from. Another told me they will average. I want to post an accurate cumulative GPA to the CSU Mentor applications, so I do not end up lying.
-For example:</p></li>
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<p>Class---------Grade---Units---X---Grade Point---=
CSU Econ 1A-- D --- 3 ---X--- 1 ---= 3
CC Econ 1A -- A ---- 3 ---X--- 4 ---=12</p>

<p>Take the higher grade?
Or will my averaged Units stay 3 and my average grade point 7.5? 7.5/3?</p>

<p>Sorry for wall of text, but thanks for reading it.</p>

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<p>Interesting. I’d like to know as well. I got a D in linear alg but got a B when I retook it in the following semester. My CCC removes the D from the GPA calculation but would I need to recalculate my GPA as an average of the two?</p>

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<p>Hmm… actually, if CSU’s are similar to UC’s then they would follow this. </p>

<p>[University</a> of California - Calculating GPA](<a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors)</p>

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<p>Interesting, I’ve repeated around 4 course and got an A in it, my cumulative GPA, according to that, may be better then what I thought</p>

<p>Any one care to confirm?
anything about situation #1?</p>

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<p>Well it depends on the CC. For PCC we’re allowed to retake a class up to 2 times (take the class 3 times in total) without petitioning and for the 3rd retake you’ll have to petition to retake the course. They don’t take into account if you failed it in another college.</p>

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<p>awesome, thanks</p>