Okay, so I really messed up this year at my university (it is my first year). I failed most of my classes. Here’s the run down of my situation:
I went to college in state at a university. I did about two weeks on campus, but then switched to all online courses and moved back home some two hours away to live with my parents again. First semester I was originally taking 5 classes which would make me full-time, but then I withdrew from 2 of them and got “W’s” on my transcript. I failed two of the other three courses, but managed to swing an A in that one course.
Then second semester comes around and I sign up for six classes because they are split. I took three classes for 7 weeks, had a week off, and began the next three courses. Thing is, I also failed all three of those first courses (I am going to have A’s - B’s for the second three courses).
Some past history: I did well in high school. For the first three years of high school, I took plenty of AP courses and had straight A’s (aside from one B in AP chem). My school ranks students by GPA and I was #1 in my class all three years…but then senior year came along and I didn’t do as well (I got a C in my first semester of calculus which I dropped for second semester, and got a few B’s). Basically, there was a noticeable decline in my grades during my senior year. I still ended pretty strong though. I ranked 10 out of about 380 students in my class and had a weighted GPA of over a 4.0 still (but unweighted it was like a 3.5 or something). I did decent on my SAT, but not great. I think I got 1850 - 1900. I also took community college courses while in high school and I got A’s and B’s and have roughly 19-20 credits from that.
Back to college: I got very lucky in the sense that, after I transferred to online classes, I didn’t have to pay a penny out of pocket. With my scholarships and financial aid, I actually ended up getting a refund of about $1500 - $2000 both semesters. I spoke with the financial aid office for my university and they said since I passed one class first semester, I will not owe any of that back and as long as I pass a class this semester, I got off free. Actually, I got of about $3,500 richer. Lucky me.
Problem is, I now have a godawful transcript and I don’t know what to do. I am not staying at this university, I always planned to transfer, and now I am looking at community college in California. Here’s the dream: go a year or so at a community college in the LA area, get my core/gen ed classes done, and transfer to USC via one of their connection programs. So my question I guess is: will I be able to do this with my shitty record?
(And no I have absolutely no excuse for failing)