Should I repeat courses for a higher grade?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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So I’m a freshman university student wanting to transfer to a UC school as soon as I get the required 60 credits. I’m majoring in Electrical Engineering

So my first semester was awful. I ended with a C in calc 1 & chemistry, and a 2.36 GPA. However, I’m maintaining an A in calc 2 and a 3.5 ish gpa (more or less) this semester.

My question is should I repeat the calculus 1 & chemistry courses for a higher grade? Or should I just move on to higher level courses and try to do well on them?
My university allows me one chance to repeat and replace a course grade without the old grade showing on my transcript.

Also a friend of mine told me that it’s easier to transfer from a community college and that I should consider “reverse transferring” to increase my chances. Is that a thing? It sounds interesting to me.
Will moving to a community college increase my chances of admission?

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If I am not wrong, you cannot retake C classes, you can only do so with D, F, W, or IC. Or your school has a different policy?

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No my school has a different policy. If you get a B you can repeat it for an A

4

Wow, lucky you. Than I think you should retake the classes, a B is fine, but a C is not Okay to me.

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Cannot repeat a C grade, but you can repeat a C- college grade.

Just because your school has that policy the UCs don’t. I don’t think they will honor the second grade.

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You misunderstand. It does not matter what your school policy is in retaking a class. What matters is what UC does when it sees the repeated class on your transcript. And as 1 minute of time online searching will show, they will not count the repeat.

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If the school ONLY puts the new grade on the transcript, which is what re OP says, then they can retake. If both grades show up on the transcript the. UCs will only count the first. IF only the new grade shows up, then retake the class. C’s are not good.

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@somedudeonline double verify that the previous course will definitely not show up on transcript. Grade replacement usually does not mean a course just disappears. Your college nay indeed do it but make sure you aren’t cross-communicating.

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Thanks!