will my withdrawl affect me from going to my dream school???

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Fall after graduating high school I attended SFSU. Having another sibling in a much more expensive college my single parent funded money to his college (which I’m not blaming because I stayed in state so we though it wasn’t going to be as expensive) leaving me with little money. As I started reaching about November I received a letter saying my financial aid didnt cover all my housing tuition and if I dont pay by next month ill be kicked out of the school. I got 2 jobs and struggled to go to school and pay which resulted in my horrific first semester. 3 C’s a D and an F ending in a 1.46 GPA. I know its bad but keep in mind that these were all A’s before I got my jobs. I couldnt enroll for spring because of my holds but they emailed me saying theyll make an acception and help me out finacially. A month into the semester I withdrew because I had to raise my loans and I saw no point in failing classes I wasnt even attending to go to my jobs so I can be at the school.

I am now at community college, living at home with A’s a couple Bs ending the full year with a 3.6 gpa and hopefully applying to UCs in the fall but im scared theyll reject me because i technically cant retake C’s. What’s my outlook?

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That is an extremely common experience and there will be room to explain the struggles that you faced on the application. As long as you continue that upward trend, you shouldn’t have a problem getting into the UCs.

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One advise I would give you is that you should look into “academic forgiveness” or “academic renewal” for SFSU. I am not sure if SFSU has that but my CC had academic renewal, which ended up helping me bump up my GPA and I now have TAG with UC Davis.

If your grades have improved as much as you say, then the “academic renewal” will definitely help with the GPA aspect, since the 1.46 will likely keep your GPA too low to apply to UC’s. Also, keep up the good work, they will likely see the trend as TheVisionary explained.

Best of luck!