USC is my dream college, but I'm too dumb to get in.

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<p>Okay, so I have a ton of questions. To begin with, I'm currently a sophomore, and last year I screwed up. My GPA was like a 3.3 first semester, but then it dropped to a 2.7 because I hated school and was unhappy. I'm not making excuses, but I transferred to this magnet school and my grades have been slowly improving. Right now I have like a 3.0 I think. </p>

<p>Anyways, I'm terrible at math and science and they always bring my GPA down. :( My best subject is English, and next year I'm taking AP English Language Composition.</p>

<p>So anyways, USC is the only college I want to go to, but I know my GPA is too low for them. Even if I somehow got straight A's for the rest of my High School career, it would still be too low. Plus, I'm not involved in community service and extra curricular activities, besides soccer, but I don't play for the High School.</p>

<p>I live in Las Vegas (in the worst state for education ever ._.) and was planning on moving to California and attending Santa Monica College or Orange Coast College, and then hopefully transferring to USC.</p>

<p>But my question is, would AP exams in HS count as credit for community college so I could transfer? I read somewhere that they don't count if they're taken for HS credit. Like I don't want to waste my time taking these AP classes, and then have them not count for anything when I try to get into USC. Even if they don't count as classes, would they still count as electives? Anything?</p>

<p>Please help, I'm stressing myself out because USC is the only college I want to go to. I don't even like UCLA.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>Just the fact that you take the class and get a 4 or 5 on the test should help with your application. If you transfer some might be accepted for credit.</p>

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<p>You can get credit for most AP classes you take in high school, for up to a maximum of 32 units (2 semesters of college, 8 AP classes/tests) if you get 4s and 5s. Check out this link for details [Transfer</a> Credit & Policy - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/trans_credit.html]Transfer”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/trans_credit.html)</p>

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<p>If you get rejected as a freshman admit your best bet is most likely going to be coming in as a CC transfer.</p>