<p>Will terrible grades at a previous University come back to haunt me for when I try to transfer from a CC?</p>
<p>When I was a freshman at a cal-state i got terrible grades: W, here, WU there, F here, D there. My cumulative GPA was a 1.34 after 3 quarters. Earned only 30 units of the 43 units that I attempted. I couldn't really afford my books, had no family support. I come from a poor family, barely had any money to buy materials and sustain living in the dorms. Like in some cases it got so low that I was scouring for people to beg for 50Cents so I could buy a scantron for my midterm that was going to take place in 10 minutes, and of course once the midterm did come I failed; started feeling depressed, then started hanging with the wrong crowd, started smoking marijuana like my friends as a way to escape, and everything just spiraled down from there sadly :(</p>
<p>After soul searching, I made the decision to leave that whole environment and leave everything behind to come back to my mothers house even though I would have to sleep on the couch. I eventually enrolled at my local community college and earned a 3.5 GPA my first semester and a 3.7 GPA my second semester. I started to run track for my school, and also volunteered at the local Emergency Room. Basically I just became a new 'me', the one I always wanted to be. I volunteered over 100 hours at the ER so far. Also I work part-time. I currently have a 3.6 GPA but it should be atleast a 3.8 or higher by the time It comes for me to transfer. My major is engineering. So when it comes time for me to apply to schools, I want to apply to schools like UCLA, UCSB, UCB, UCSD, USC and a few out of state universities that have good engineering programs such as Gerogia Tech, and University of Mich. But will my freshman year from come back to haunt me? Will admissions committees look down on me?</p>
<p>Any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Just make sure you make clear which school was first! You should be able to address that in an essay or interview. I think your recent work will be weighted much more heavily.</p>
<p>Yes they will take those grades into account, but that is what the personal statement is for. Explain yourself in the statement and work hard to show an upward trend in GPA and you will have a shot at all the schools you listed. I had a terrible semester and then a huge gap in education (military service) and I go to UCLA now, so its possible.</p>
<p>Hey druce :)</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation to yours. I went to a Cal State for my freshman year 8 hours away from home. I got depressed cause back home my dad got a heart attack and almost died and financially we were going downhill.</p>
<p>In the Cal State, I was doing horrible because of what was going on back home, lack of money to even eat in my dorm, had the lowest meal plan, and I partied and drank as a way to escape from all the other crap.</p>
<p>I started a new me as well by coming back home living with my parents looking after them and going to my local CC where I have a 3.8 GPA and Im 50 units in with 30+ from my CC applying to UCLA, UCSB, USC , UCSD, and so on.</p>
<p>Youre not alone and for those past grades you have to figure out which of those grades will transfer the Ds and Fs.</p>
<p>The Ws and WUs dont matter. But if those Ds and Fs are UC transfarrable you have to retake them asap as they will count towards your overall GPA</p>
<p>I know because thats what im doing, I retook all the Ds and Fs I got in Cal State and Im currently retaking the last one this summer semester as we speak!</p>
<p>Good luck buddy !!! :)</p>
<p>I believe that those grades will always count even if you retake it at a CCC.</p>
<p>Thanks everybody! hey tony, do you have to retake the classes at the Cal state though? Because it would be unfeasible for me to retake the classes over at the school since there is no feasible way for me to get down there everyday. Can I just retake it at a CC?</p>
<p>In order to achieve replacement of a grade with a new one I believe you have to take the same course at the same college or university where you received the Ds and Fs. If you take a course at a CCC that covers basically the same material as the Cal State class you received an F in such as Calculus I for example, you can receive credit for the course and have the grade you earn factored in to your UC GPA but the grade from the former university will also appear on your transcript and used to calculate your GPA. A CCC does not have the authority to expunge a grade received at a CSU and replace it with a grade earned at a CCC.</p>
<p>^Usually it’s a judgment call by the admission officer as to whether or not one course is sufficient to replace the grade of another taken at separate institutions. I took two courses at two different community colleges that had an equivalent curriculum and one I had received a D in earlier and it was replaced with the other which I received an A. I know this because after I was admitted I verified with each of the UC’s admission offices as to what my transfer GPA was and it calculated to the equivalent of having my grade replaced. His situation is a bit different in that it’s between a university and a community college so the curriculum is more likely to differ than between two community colleges in the same college district. </p>
<p>OP, for your situation I think it’s going to be a judgment call for each class and the admission officer is going to compare the course descriptions from the CSU and your new CC to see if they’re the same. It could very well be that some UC’s might accept it to replace your grade and others won’t. It might also be the case that only some of your courses will be replaced and not all of them because they might not all be seen as equivalent. It’s probably best to call the UC’s directly and ask an admission rep or officer. They’ll tell you exactly what their policy is. However, they may, and are probably likely, to tell you that they can’t say exactly which courses will be replaced without seeing your application first.</p>
<p>it follow you. clearinghouse</p>