<p>I retook a class that I failed during my first semester at college; I wasn't prepared and I had personal problems. </p>
<p>I got an A the next semester when I retook the course. Generally speaking, do universities in the US add the F grade to the GPA for transfer students? Or is it university-specific? </p>
<p>My current GPA is 3.35.</p>
<p>In my limited experience (6 colleges/ universities), the new grade replaces the old grade in your GPA. I have not heard of transferring institutions recalculating GPAs.</p>
<p>Well, someone said</p>
<p>“The problem is that in the US you can’t disregard a class you took. if you took it and were expected to get credit them it is looked at…grades of D or C are going to be counted against you” </p>
<p>Well, yeah, they are going to be in my records and I can explain how that F became an A during the next semester.</p>
<p>Each college/university has its own way of handling this. Just send your transcripts. They will sort it out as they see fit.</p>
<p>Some universities (mainly privates based on my own experience) will average your grades from both attempts. For example, if you received an F on the first attempt but got an A the second time around, you would receive a C letter grade.</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound good.</p>
<p>In my experience the grade you get when you retake the class will replace the old grade. The old grade doesn’t erase from your transcript though, colleges can see the old grade and that you retook it.</p>
<p>California is not replacing grades. If you receive an “F” and retake the class and get an “A” then those two grades are merged. The dean at Long Beach told us this is happening for all California Colleges because they cannot afford to subsidize classes over and over again. If you take over a certain amount of units, not within your major, “for fun”, you will pay full OOS fees for that class. Point: they want you out in a reasonable time frame-no more career students; California can’t afford you.</p>
<p>I don’t really know if I will transfer to a college in California. I am an international student and a scholarship will fully pay for my tuition. </p>
<p>Not sure but I could have misunderstood what you were trying to say.</p>
<p>It depends on your college, just contact someone and ask. In my college the F will stay in the transcript.</p>
<p>akai: the F stays on the transcript at California’s public colleges.</p>