<p>I'm planning to apply to UCs next fall and have a quick question...</p>
<p>The summer following 9th grade of high school I took two courses at a community college but stopped attending them and received a C and a D...</p>
<p>Currently I'm attending another community college and have a 3.9 GPA in about 40 units of coursework...</p>
<p>If you add the C+D my GPA goes down to about a 3.5.........</p>
<p>On my application do I have to report the two classes I took way back in high school? The C and D will have a great a impact on my GPA... I was thinking that if I have to report them I'll just go and retake the courses this summer and get A's to show that it was a fluke and report it in my essay.. but still when the admissions officer first looks at my GPA it'll be slightly low and dont want it to be thrown out based on that alone because my real GPA is a lot higher</p>
<p>You're "suppose" to report all your grades you've recieved at all colleges. I'm not sure how they would find out about your C and D, but IF i were you, I would just make up the D grade and it will just cancel out the D. The C, however you wouldn't be able to re-take.</p>
<p>Do not report you C+D gpa to your current community college..</p>
<p>Just send your current CC transcript, UC won't find out what you had before.</p>
<p>cider0401,</p>
<p>how could you be sure of that? I'm almost positive the work goes through a third party clearing house where they investigate your academic history based on your social security number. (I've been told that there is no escape from that, and if you were to get caught, they could rescind your admission.) </p>
<p>On a lighter note. If you explain to the admissions rep. the reasons for those grades, they really do take that into consideration, disengage.</p>
<p>I would have to agree with cider0401. Technically speaking, your "college career" begins once you graduate high school and enroll full-time into a CC.</p>
<p>Another question, I had once taken a high school program in 8th/9th grade at the CC - they defined me as a "High School Visitor", also creating a loophole for not identifying these grades. </p>
<p>Most schools will not rescind your admission due to a couple of grades YEARS ago. Final high school grades are not even heavily valued for junior transfers. If they do consider revoking, I am positive you will be given the chance to explain yourself. No need to place attention on something negative at this point.</p>
<p>If it's from the same school, there is no way to avoid them seeing the GPA. If it's not, it's up to you. I do not advocate lying to get ahead -- you took the courses, you got the grades, you get to explain what happened and how that has nothing to do with how you are now.</p>
<p>However, I will note that the "third party clearinghouse" is either not very thorough or not run on all applicants. I applied to transfer to UC Berkeley and UCLA, and I reported my college as I knew it. I got into UCLA for the fall and Cal for the spring and chose to go to Cal, and then decided to take some courses online for the fall.</p>
<p>I was shocked to realize I already had an account and a GPA -- 0.0.</p>
<p>I had registered to take an English class at that CC back in sophomore year of high school. I decided it wasn't doing much for me and dropped it; at least, I thought I'd dropped it. Turned out I hadn't! I made it up in the fall and no one ever asked me about the F I had (because remember, the UCs would have seen the F before they admitted me).</p>
<p><em>shrugs</em> Of course, your mileage may vary. And had I known I'd had it, I would definitely have mentioned it on my application and explained it.</p>
<p>i was told that any college courses, including dual enrollment and summer college courses, must be included on the application. your courses will be arranged by the semester/quarter and year you took the classes on the online application... so they'll be able to see that you took those particular courses during high school. they give you the opportunity to write an explanatory note for your grades.</p>
<p>it's also worth mentioning that they DO check the transcripts admitted students send in against the courses/grades listed on their applications. admission is still considered "provisional" until they verify the grades, the # of completed credits, and the # of completed prereqs. anything that doesn't match up (including omitted grades, if you try to send in that transcript) can be grounds for having your admissions offer rescinded.</p>
<p>you might get lucky, but i don't agree with skiingfool... i don't think it's worth the risk. it'll look like you tried to pull the wool over their eyes and increase your chances of being admitted.</p>
<p>besides - it's not that big a deal. as long as you indicate the classes were taken in high school, they probably won't even care.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, all this feedback is very help. I really wished the UCs didn't have to make these things so darn stressful.</p>