Should I do academic renewal?

<p>I failed a Business Calculus course and then retook it a different community college and passed it. I'll be eligible for AR after this fall at the community college where I originally failed the class. Should I get AR and then inform the UCs of the AR in the Spring 2013 update, or should I just let it be since I retook the class at a different community college? The college where I passed the class is not within the same district, so it's not like it automatically lines out the failing grade. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>You must list all grades for all classes you’ve ever taken. I would as a counselor if it’ll benefit you to use AR, as UCs will only use the passed grade for GPA< and ignore your failed grade.</p>

<p>In terms of UC admissions, it doesn’t matter. Your grades are entered electronically and when they see AR they’ll know it was an F, whereas if you inputted the F for the first class there will be an option when you input the 2nd class to select that will say something like “replaces Bus Calc at college X spring 2011.” Either way, the F won’t be factored into your GPA. </p>

<p>I would do the AR for 2 reasons:

  1. It’ll look a little nicer on the UC app to not have multiple asterisks taking up space
  2. if you apply to grad school or a job where they require all transcripts, it will be better to have that F taken out of your GPA on that transcript.</p>