<p>Hey guys, so I went to a CSU this past year and did HORRIBLE, did not like the school.</p>
<p>My whole GPA is so bad I don't even wanna say it, let's just say I had too much fun during my year and that now I am very serious.</p>
<p>I had a 3.85 GPA in high school, I am not a dumb person I just got a bit sidetracked.</p>
<p>I'm going to a CC now back home and I wanna transfer to a UC.</p>
<p>I'm taking a summer course, and 15 units for Fall 2012. My question is, with the past transcript on my record, do I even have a chance to transfer to a UC?</p>
<p>any1? lol this thread already has 30 views lol</p>
<p>Horrible as in straight Cs? Or horrible as in you failed a bunch of classes? If it’s the latter, you’ll need to retake as many as possible at your CC. You should also make sure you are IGETC certified, and that you have at least 60 units (if you failed a bunch of classes your freshman year you might not even have enough to transfer). If this seems like too much work, then you should just plan on applying fall 2013 for fall 2014 to give yourself more time to get everything in line, and as long as you have a reasonable GPA (~3.5) in a non impacted major, you should be fine.</p>
<p>I think the chief worry about your year at a CSU is that you now have a track record at a four year university and it is not a good one. Even if you get a very high CCC GPA some UCs might have concerns about how you would perform if again admitted to a four year university.</p>
<p>Is there any way I can clear that record? And just start over? It’s not like I got a lot of units anyway lol.</p>
<p>No…you need to retake those classes. I’m not sure if CSUs grant “academic renewal,” but regardless, you will still need to spend a year in CC before applying to UCs (to accumulate 60 units).</p>
<p>as long as you stay focused and earn a high GPA at your new college, then you definitely have a bigger advantage than other CC students once you start applying to universities. Universities (like USC for a fact) like to see an upward trend in your grades. Just explain your situation in your personal statements/apps and how you’ve developed and grown as a student from this experience, and you’ll be fine!</p>
<p>but yeah! retake those courses if they were a part of your major/pre-reqs</p>
<p>The thing that scared me is the counselor I talked to (she seemed like an @zz) was like “o no u cannt take any of them here”</p>
<p>so how am I supposed to retake the classes I did bad in?</p>
<p>Its impossible for me to return to csu just to take those 3 classes.</p>
<p>Why is it impossible?</p>
<p>do the research yourself and use assist to see which csu classes are equal to your ccc ones</p>
<p>ASSIST doesn’t tell me anything.</p>
<p>It only gives me information on what classes would transfer from my local CC to the college I desire to transfer to.</p>
<p>And it’s impossible for me to go back to CSU to take classes because it’s too far away lol</p>
<p>Can you retake those classes at a local CSU? There are CSUs everywhere, and it’s very easy to get into classes during summer sessions or concurrent enrollment. The ones that would be too full to take during regular session are most likely the same lower div classes offered at a community college anyway.</p>
<p>And you are not using assist right. Assist will tell you which classes are the same between your CSU and CCC.</p>
<p>The one I go to doesn’t offer summer classes ok. I’m sure you’re aware of the whole state wide budget crisis…</p>
<p>And it’s not like I can take them during my Fall/Winter/Spring semesters because I have 15 units. etc.</p>
<p>How do I use this assist thing anyway?</p>
<p>Then have a bad GPA, sheesh.</p>
<p>Wth lol.</p>
<p>If you’re not gonna gimme answers then ■■■■</p>
<p>My understanding is that if you get a D or F in a course in a California public college or university, in order to receive grade replacement, that is, the original grade is not used to calculate your GPA and only the new one is used, you have to take the exact same course at the same campus of college or university that the D or F was received at. Although the old grade no longer has any impact on your GPA in the eyes of California public colleges and universities there will be a notation on your transcript that the new grade is due to retaking a course in which a sub-standard grade was originally received. Colleges and universities other than CCCs, CSUs and UCs can have different policies on how they will treat the two grades. For example, if you apply to medical school AMCAS will include both grades when calculating your GPA. A grade of C is a perfectly acceptable passing grade and the course may not be repeated.</p>
<p>This means that to expunge D and F grades from your GPA calculation for public colleges and universities in California you have to return to the campus at which the grades were received and retake the exact same courses. Taking similar courses at a CCC, UC or even a different CSU will not expunge the grades you received at your prior university but the new grades will be averaged into your GPA and hopefully will increase it. Only you can decide whether or not it is worth it to you to return to the campus where the grades were originally received and retake those courses, while realizing that only CCCs, UCs and other CSUs are required to use only the new grade when calculating your GPA.</p>
<p>Wow, this is tough.</p>
<p>I have no idea what to do…</p>
<p>Was your plan to transfer in one year or were you planning on taking 2 maybe 3 years?</p>