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<p>Hello, so I am at a community college right now, and I am getting A's and B's in all my classes, except history (last semester i got a c), and french this semester(goodness knows what I am going to end up with but probably a C or B)</p>

<p>I am currently looking at UCLA, Berkley, UCSB or Cal Poly SLO but I want to know what would happen if I withdraw from the class and what would happen if i retook the class.</p>

<p>I can have my history teacher sign it off for me to retake the class and replace that grade with an R and have my new grade, but does that R factor into your GPA?</p>

<p>and if i were to withdraw from french and take it again next semester what would happen to my GPA?</p>

<p>I have to take french because I want to major in English</p>

<p>OH. I am so sorry, i forgot the most important part of my question!!</p>

<p>I also am looking at a C or B in my english PREREQ class, will the UC’s see that class because it goes on your transcript? and do prereq classes factor into your GPA aswell?</p>

<p>also factoring into it, sorry, i have a lot of questions…But I took a reading class that only transfers to cal states, will that class factor into my GPA for UC’s?</p>

<p>Being that you want to transfer to a UC and major in english, the csu transferable grades will not be factored into admission( But they will count for scholarships, =/ . Having too many withdraws looks bad so I would suggest you kick it into gear and try really hard to maintain a good gpa. They want to see consistency, especially LA and cal. You only need a 3.0 for all the other Ucs’. When are you looking to transfer?</p>

<p>I am looking to transfer fall 2011, my GPA at the end of this semester is going to be worst case scenario a 3.56 overall but a 3.61 without the reading (CSU transfer only) class and a 3.58 without the prerequisite class</p>

<p>with that said i still have 3 semesters (if you count summer) but i only have one more semester before i apply</p>

<p>so what I am wondering is will UCLA look at the overall GPA or the classes that transfer to UC only?</p>

<p>P.S. thank you for your help</p>

<p>honestly unless you want to desperately get into CAL or UCLA I wouldn’t retake it. that being said, if you don’t have any other withdraws it wont hurt too bad.</p>

<p>Figures, haha, those are the two that I want to get in the most.</p>

<p>In a more simple form of my question, I would just like to know what would hurt more…</p>

<p>An R on my transcript and an A, OR a C on my transcript?</p>

<p>For UCB, they will look at UCtransferable only. With LA, it depends on the major but more than likely they will only look at UC transferable unless you a communications major. I strongly believe you can make it. Join TAP, Find transfer programs…trust me…</p>

<p>Okay, I understand that, but the class I got a C in is part of the UC IGETC, will it look better if I repeated it and got an A or should I just keep the C on my transcript?</p>

<p>mylove2009: It’s interesting that for some reason nobody’s answering the most simple question that you’re asking. Although, I do agree with EastbayUCC - They only look at UC transferrable GPA. </p>

<p>Answer to your question: Get the R. Don’t stick with the C no matter what. They UC’s want consistency, whoever said that above is exactly right. An R doesn’t look bad. Hell even 2 R’s don’t look that bad. It’s when you have 3+ you should start worrying. Take the R, most definitely. If you want UCLA or UCB…take the R lol.</p>

<p>The R does not factor into your GPA whatsoever.</p>

<p>If you withdrew from French and take it again next semester, again, that is fine. Just be careful; you don’t want too many withdrawals. Again, this withdrawal will not factor into your GPA though.</p>

<p>perrrrrrfect! thank you soo soo soo soo much!</p>

<p>Oh wait. sorry One more question! Now, All my other classes are A’s except a B in a prerequisite class, there is nothing I can do about it now and I plan on getting an A in the next level up, but will that factor into my GPA as well because it is nontrasferable?</p>

<p>Mylove, is that Prerequisite UC transferable?</p>

<p>No, it is not. I guess that answers my question now doesn’t it. Thank you guys so much, all of you!</p>

<p>Your welcome =)</p>

<p>No problem, mylove2009. I wish you the best!</p>

<p>I know this matter was already resolved, but I just thought I’d share some info I was given about W’s and R’s. </p>

<p>Right now I have 3 R’s, and I met with a UCLA admissions counselor to see how this would affect my chances at getting into UCLA and he told me that I had nothing to worry about. He said that W’s or R’s don’t start catching admissions officer’s attention until you start getting close to the “double digits.” That still sounds *****ing crazy to me, but that’s what he told me.</p>