<p>Okay, I am taking 20.25 units this semester at a community college. I have already received two A's and the rest of my (four) classes are still in progress. Right now I am looking at straight A's and a B in french 2. The thing is, french 2 is a 5 credit course so it will bring down my GPA significantly from my ideal GPA aka 4.0. Should I withdraw or stick with a B. I received a 3.14 (yes I know, Pi, I thought it was awesome too!) first semester and have summer semester (where i plan on taking 20 units and getting straight A's) before I apply and would be transferring Fall 2011. Applying to transfer to UCLA, CAL Poly Slo, USC and or UCSB, what should I do. Basically I think I should just suck up the B and raise my GPA this summer, I just need a second opinion because I received an A(in french) two B's and a C(in a class that has nothing to do with my major) last semester and I just about (okay, well i did) cry. </p>
<p>From a college counselor or someone with that intelligence level of transfer information let me know if I should withdraw now or stick with a B in a 5 unit class</p>
<p>Thank you for everyone's help. I know I am paranoid, but I just want to make sure I end up at a good school because right now my grades are not reflecting my potential.</p>
<p>you can get into UCSB with a couple of Bs no sweat.
heck even LA and Berk you can.</p>
<p>COMPLETE IGETC
COMPLETE PREREQS
TAG/TAP
Have good ECs
Solid GPA(upward trend works well)
have a bang up essay…</p>
<p>and you’re in at most of those places. Transferring is A LOT easier than Highschool.
I’m not a counselor, but, I’d argue that it’d be better to take an extra 5 units elsewhere(prereqs) and to just deal with the B.</p>
<p>can’t talk about USC though. Also, the above was assuming you were a california community college student with no 4 year university units completed.</p>
<p>I’m really curious as to how you plan on taking 20 units in the summer. I mean, I’m not going to even bother asking about the straight A’s part.</p>
<p>if you don’t work, it’s easy to pull off straight As assuming you try.
heck I don’t try, I work and I don’t sleep enough and I’m still in the 3.5+ range
this is with a strong case of unmedicated ADHD</p>
<p>when I say 20 units over the summer, I’m thinking quarter units and voer a 10 week period</p>
<p>I’m not a college counselor, but I know a ton about applying to the UC’s as a transfer. I would suggest sticking with the B in French. Well, first of all, what’s your major? If you’re a French or English major or something along those lines, then if this class is a prereq, your chances of being admitted will decrease.</p>
<p>If French is unrelated to your major, is not a prereq, and is just a class you’re doing to fulfill your 2 years of foreign language, then it’s fine to have the B. Your most recent coursework (summer and fall 2010) are what will matter the most. 5 A’s and 1 B this semester is definitely fine.</p>
<p>If you’re on the semester system, and planning on taking 20 units over summer, understand that you’re setting yourself up for an insane amount of work. 20 units in summer = 40 units in a regular semester. I would NOT recommend this whatsoever. In fact, I wouldn’t recommend more than 10-12 units at maximum. I doubt that there are even enough available options in a week during summer to maintain a 20 unit courseload.</p>
<p>I don’t see why you would need 20 summer units when you’re in 20.5 right now. You have until the END of spring 2011 to accumulate your 60 units. If you were to do 20.5 now and 20 more over summer, you would have 40.5 done. Are you planning on taking an average of 10 units per semester in the fall and spring?</p>
<p>Taking 20 units over the summer is something you have obviously not done yet. Its practically impossible actually if your on the semester system…you will need to petition and even then they may not let you. Thats 6-7 classes and basically the equivilant of gpa suicide…even on the quarted system that is 5 classes and most colleges will not let you even take that many over the summer unless you include PE.</p>
<p>They don’t ask every student to verify their coursework. They only ask if its suspicious. If a 2.0 student claims to have taken 12+ units in the summer and got a 4.0, then that’s obviously suspicious. But for normal folks, no verification needed.</p>
<p>BTW last year i knew i guy who took 21 semester units in the summer and got a 4.0. he took classes from 3 schools. but he was properly motivated bc he just got laid off. if you have the proper motivation, anything is possible</p>
<p>Thank you very much for everyones input. It really helped quite a bit. As for the summer credits, the way my school has summer schedule is two six week courses and two eight week courses and I am extremely motivated, but I do want to say thank you for everyone concerns. It is my second semester at a California Community College and I am on assist.org quite often. I just want to get IGETC done before I apply so that I can concentrate on my major classes in my second year. Yes, I do realize I am crazy but thank you thank you thank you to everyone. </p>
<p>PS. my major is English with a minor in Global studies so French is part of it, you need four semesters of a foreign language or two semesters of a language and two semesters of a world lit class.</p>
<p>next question: I also want to learn lots of languages, so after my two semesters of French I wanted to take a couple semesters of Spanish or Italian. Will that look bad at this point, switching languages? I mean I know that its because I just want to switch from french to learn about another part of the world, but will colleges just view it as inconsistent?</p>
<p>i don’t see why they would view taking different languages as a bad thing. especially if you are a Global Studies minor!!!
in fact you will seem more desirable to them as a Global Studies minor.</p>
<p>Unless of course you did poorly in French and then are switching to another language. </p>
<p>structurally Italian is more similar to French, so it may be easier for you.</p>
<p>Spanish is spoken everywhere so it may prove more useful than Italian.</p>