Retaking Courses, C and C+

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Hello everyone, it has been a while since I've been on college confidential. I am posting on the UC Transfers thread because I am thinking of transferring next year, I'm a rising sophomore at UCSB. </p>

<p>However, this past quarter was difficult to me for due to a couple of family incidents, I was working on the weekends, had a marketing internship, and was network with Big Four companies (yes as a freshie).</p>

<p>My grades for winter quarter where as follows:</p>

<p>Calc for social sciences B+
Intro to Acting A
Intro-Macro Econ C+
Financial Accounting C</p>

<p>Now I know for a FACT I can do better than that but given my circumstances, I could not pull it of. However, do not the impression that I slacked off, I managed to land a PwC internship in San Fran this summer (as a first year!). </p>

<p>Now the UCSB site, and all other UC sites for that matter, will not allow me to retake those two classes. BUT! I have enrolled to UCSD summer sessions and have already enrolled in both of their equivalents to ours. Will my UCSB accept those grades and contribute them to my cumulative GPA in lieu of my two C's? </p>

<p>I am going to petition but how can I convince my dean that those grades do not reflect my capacity and have them accept my UCSD summer session grades instead? My friend told me UCSB will accept other UC classes for letter grades (as long as they approve first). </p>

<p>This post was longer than I anticipated, sorry! </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Um, I think it is highly unlikely those grades will be accepted since you knew you were not allowed to repeat them and went to different school. Usually they are deemed “illegal repeats” and the new grades are not included in your GPA. You have to have permission to retake the classes.</p>

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<p>You’re not going to have them replaced in your UC transferable GPA at any of the UC’s regardless if they’re UC extension courses or UC summer session courses. At best it would demonstrate your ability to perform in those courses to the admissions officers, but it won’t factor into your GPA. If the courses aren’t equivalent they will be counted in addition to the community college courses and both will factor in.</p>