<p>I am in my final semester of community college and I have started applying to 4-year schools. But I have run into an issue that has me feeling like giving up. I started college back in 2009 and was in way over my head. I quit mid semester which resulted in several F's. Then I tried to go back and had to move away near the end of the semester, once again received F's. In total I have 27 credits of F's. Now I picked myself up and went back to school and I've done very well. I have retaken every class I ever failed and replaced those F's with A's and B's. I always thought that those grades "went away" because well they did at my community college, but now I am hearing conflicting stories that they don't just "go away" and they will be included in the GPA that the admissions officers at the schools I am applying to look at. There is a HUGE difference between my GPA with only the replacment grades and the GPA that includes all the F's. I have a 3.2(just new grades) and a 1.69(with old grade and new). If they are looking at the 1.69, I'm screwed. I won't get in anywhere. I'm heartbroken and confused and feeling like I've wasted the last year and a half of my life. Most of the schools I was planning to apply to require at least a 3.0 for transfer students. Does anyone have any experience with this? Do I have a prayer? PLEASE HELP!! Thank you so much.</p>
<p>Check with your school, I know at my community college I repeated a class that I failed and subsequently received an A, I had to go to records and request that they line out the previous grade. Once it’s lined out it is not counted, you can still physically see the F on your transcript with a line across it and it’s not supposed to be taken into account.</p>
<p>You have to contact the school you are applying too: Some will use the 2nd attempt, others will average together the two.</p>