Should I fail a class I will need to retake at a different community college?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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I am a CS major trying to transfer to UCLA. I am currently in the first physics I need at community college, but I will be going to a different college next semester because it is closer to my home.

On assist.org it says the following :

“You should complete the entire Physics Series at one community college (or
at community colleges within the same district where courses are exact
equivalents)”

I am currently at a low C in the class, and it appears I will need to retake it anyways at the new college I will be going to.

On the UC website it says :

"For transfer applicants, a course may be repeated if the student received a grade of D or F. UC does not limit the number of times a transfer student may repeat a course in which they earned a D or F. "

Does this mean my best option is to fail the class and retake it for a better grade at my new college and continue on with the physics series there? Will it affect my GPA?

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Your best option, given that a retake is inevitable, is to withdraw. Same impact for SAP, no issue with whether you can retake a C, no GPA hit for purposes where a retake doesn’t replace the original (like med school, for instance).

The only situation in which an F is preferable to a W is one in which a W causes you to have to immediately repay financial aid or immediately lose your housing. Your school’s financial aid office and registrar are the best folks to ask about those items.

3

It is past the drop date, and according to assist I will have to take the full physics series at my new college. Would failing and retaking now knowing the material so I can get a higher grade be a better option? Or taking a C that will affect my GPA

4

You can take the physics courses at other CCCs in the same district. It says that at the top of the assist page.

You can repeat a C- or lower.

5

The college I am going to be attending is in a different district

6

ASSIST lists physics articulation as series to series, not course to course, at these community colleges?

7

I took the prereq to 4A, the first required physics on ASSIST, but at the new college I am going to the only coreq is CALC 1 which I will be taking. Now I am thinking the series is 4 A,B, and C correct? So I am in the clear? Also I am going to choose Computational and Systems Biology instead of CS, but I cannot find any info on the gpa requirements and transfer rate for this major? And does this major qualify for TAG?

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It would really help others help you if you named the community colleges and your target UCs and CSUs.