After this semester, no. I would try to stay at your cc and keep getting 3.5+ so that you have a positive trend. going on. Like I said, your classes aren’t the most rigorous so these universities will expect that you do well in these classes that you are taking.
That’s assuming you will get A’s in these retakes. Why are you so sure of that outcome? My crim professor says that “past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior” – it’s going to take a lot to improve that much and perform consistently at that higher level.
I’m sure that i can get at least a B or similar in my retakes. Raising my gpa to 3.33. Last semester i was going through a lot. I never went to high school so i had trouble adjusting to school and i was in and out of the hospital due to medical problems. This semester I am now way more focused on my school work. Especially since i already know what to expect and i want to go to grad school.
If the professor made a mistake like you are describing, then you need to go talk to an adviser, or who ever your schools has to get it dealt with. Proffs make mistakes, but you need to work to fix it.
Just cause a class is at a community college doesn’t mean it is not hard. I took engineering physics and one of the guys at my school took the same class at UC San Diego and said that our class at the CC was harder than his. Just saying.
Your own community college should have a Transfer Advisor on staff whose whole job is to help people transfer successfully. Go meet with that person. Discuss your plans. Get advice for your own specific situation. That counselor knows which colleges and universities have accepted transfers from your CC in recent years, and what those applicants’ profiles were like.
not all colleges have that, I know mine does not. just an FYI
There are indeed many private schools that have a very strict no D or F policy for your grades. I would recommend looking up the particular schools you are interested in and decide which ones you are eligible for.
Retake the classes you didn’t do very well in and clean up your act for the rest of the way through community college. Many community college students transfer to extremely good schools (especially top public schools). That being said, I would temper your expectations. Community college students have to climb a wall to get into a top private school and the ones accepted to Brown and Cornell (less so Cornell if you are attending a NYCC, but is still unlikely at a 3.5) are rather the exceptions to the rule rather than the standard. In fact many of these transfers are non-traditional students such as veterans who left the military and continued their education at community college.
tl;dr: Aim big and work hard but be reasonable. If you want to go to a top school, you’ll have to forge yourself into a top student.
Even if there is no dedicated Transfer Advisor, the counseling staff should be well versed in transfer pathways for students headed to the public 4-years in state, as well as at least some of the publics in ajacent states and some of the privates in state.
It’s almost time to register for summer and fall summer courses so i wanted to know, should i retake the two classes i failed? (I got a D and F, although i received credit for the D im not happy with that grade) Would my transcripts/transfer applications look better if i retake those classes and got a higher grade or should i just not retake them at all?
You want to retake them if you want the credits to transfer.
I met with my adviser today and she told me she thinks it would be best to take the required classes first.(The classes that i failed are electives) But i’m not sure if that is the best option for me.
You should start with a light schedule and then increase the difficulty little by little so that you can ensure that you doing everything in your power to do well, but also prepare for the rigorous classes you might take in a university you may transfer to.
OP what kind of EC do you have?
Follow your advisor’s recommendation. Take care of your required classes first. Then fit the retakes for those electives into your schedule later on.
My adviser is not really concerned about how many credits I take.(I always take 18 credits/6 classes.) But my first semester was really bad, I had health issues and had to withdraw half way through the semester so now i’m a little far behind on credits. My concern is whether or not retaking a class is worth it. I feel as I should retake both the classes i failed, but my adviser thinks i shouldn’t (She thinks a D and a F during first semester of college doesn’t really look too bad on a transfer application as long as the rest of the transcript is great,)
It look bad if you want to apply to the “good schools” you have mentioned.
As in extra curricular activities? I don’t really have any.
@happymomof1 The problem with that is, I won’t really have any time in my schedule to retake those classes. My associates degree program is 60 credits but I will be transferring out of the community college with about 53 credits. So since i’m behind on credits i’m trying to make the right choose on what classes to register for.
It doesn’t matter what classes you register for if you do poorly in them because a poor GPA will not get you in a “good schools” you have mentioned.