<p>last time I attended a community college was about 5 years ago.</p>
<p>I was taking bunch of art and art history classes and I took about 42 credits worth of classes in 4 years.</p>
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<li>I plan to go back to a different community college and trasnfer to a UC</li>
<li>Will the all grades from all schools and classes will be calculated into my GPA?</li>
<li>Or will they only count the classes that will be transferred(for GPA calculation)</li>
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<p>I have 3 Ws and 3 Fs. Will I have a chance to waive the F by retaking the classes and doing it over?</p>
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<li>that’s fine.</li>
<li>yes, they’re all going to be calculated in your overall GPA. When you’re filling out your app, everything is self-reported. Make sure you put in ALL your classes and ALL your grades. If you don’t, they will find out and things will not go well for you.</li>
<li>I’ll let someone who has non-nontransferable courses answer this.</li>
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<p>Can’t do anything about the Ws. You can “overwrite” the Fs by retaking the classes. They will still show up on your transcript but the impact on your GPA will be overwritten by the newer, better (hopefully) grade that you get. </p>
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<li><p>Alright. Lots of people do this.</p></li>
<li><p>Transferable course grades will be calculated in.</p></li>
<li><p>Nontransferable course grades won’t be calculated in.</p></li>
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<p>The UCs have a policy that states that they will ignore F’s received in any of your classes if you retake them and earn a higher grade; the higher grade will be calculated only. </p>
<p>Those W’s, however, are stuck with you for life. They shouldn’t be much of a problem, though. If you had like 20 W’s or something, then I’d be worried. You should be fine.</p>
<p>I took like 8 art and art history classes at 3 different community colleges, 3 As 1 F and like 4 Cs. I can only transfer 3 of art and humanty classes so I shouldn’t be concerened way too much about GPAs right? at least for the ones that would not be transfered?</p>
<p>I’m no expert on nontransferable classes. It is my understanding that even if you maxed out the number of art classes that you can transfer, if the classes that you took were all UC transferable classes, then the grades will be counted towards your GPA. The only way the courses wouldn’t be counted into your GPA, would be if the courses themselves or non-UC transferable. </p>
<p>@2016Candles So you’re saying if UCLA requires me to take 3 art and humanities classes but if I took like 5 or 10, they all will be calculated into my GPA?</p>
<p>I was in a similar position. Look into Academic Renewal at the schools you attended. If you can show that you are an improved student, you can get those past Fs (and any Ds) taken out of your GPA calculations. The UCs will honor this when they look at your application, and while the grades will still be on your transcript, they say they look at them as if they never happened, and will not use them to calculate your GPA. Private schools won’t recognize the Academic Renewal, but if you want to transfer to a UC, it’s perfect. I had it done twice, now I have good grades. But yeah, research it. It can be a lifesaver. </p>
<p>Specifically most of 9 classes I took are specifically art, design and humanity. I know uc requires me to transfer 3 or 4 of combined. Are they calculate all into my gpa or just classes they are transferring? I have several Cs thats why :(</p>
<p>@brick0319 that’s exactly what I’m saying. They will only transfer credit for the 3 that are required, but they’ll factor them all into your GPA. </p>
<p>Music 1990 is right about looking into AR. I did it for 2 classes I took years ago. It brought my GPA from a 2.95 to a 3.5. Unfortunately I was stuck with a couple of old C’s, but there’s nothing you can do about C’s.</p>
<p>So I took 10 classes in 4 years, got 2.6 GPA. It’s my fault but I was supporting my family financially while attending school part time. Now I don’t have that burden anymore. I feel like a total loser. I can probably work hard but I really see me only pulling up the grades to like 3.3 to 3.4 maximum. It won’t matter If I goto another community college and take courses again right? or if I do, will UCs honor better courses for the same courses retaken? I need help.</p>
<p>If you retake the courses at a different CCC, you could petition the first CC, for AR, but it’s at their discretion. Check the AR policies of your original schools you may be able to get rid of Ds and Fs simply by maintaining a certain GPA at ur new school. It’s not always a hard process.</p>
<p>Yeah it was pretty easy for me. I didn’t even have to retake the same courses. The policy of most of the colleges is that if you get a 3.0 for a certain amount of units, which varies, and the courses you did poorly in were over 2 years old, they will allow you to factor those out of your GPA. The biggest variance between the policies of different schools is that some require you to earn those units at the same school, while others don’t care which cc you earn them at. You are best off searching for the policies online, or contacting the counseling department. I would forget about trying to do anything about the Cs (although some schools erase all grades from the term that you earned a D or F. Also, if you do very well now, UCs will recognize the improvement and perhaps overlook the Cs from your past. It also sounds like you have the making of a pretty good personal statement. If you talk about how you had to support your family, and now are free to dedicate yourself to school, that could be a good edge for your application. Certain UCs always accept a few candidates who may not have the grades of other accepted students.</p>