Sunday, July 17, 2011

I'm dropping out of college but want to move on I need Help!?

The best way to fix it is to retake all the courses you failed and score much higher. You can't transfer until you meet the transfer requirements. You have to have a minimum 2.0 GPA and any class below a D will not transfer. It's much better to repeat the courses and score a higher grade than to take different courses. That's because the new, higher grade will replace the old grade. Any F makes it very difficult to raise your GPA, because it counts as a 0 grade points, which means you need at least one A for every F to make a C average, or 2 B's for every F. Repeating all the F courses and scoring a C is usually much easier than trying to get A's and B's. You'll have a better chance of getting your GPA above the minimum if you wipe those F's instead of having them averaged with your other grades. A separate issue is if you were on financial aid, because you will likely have to pay for the repeated courses by yourself. Financial aid normally requires 12 units with a 2.0 minimum GPA, so you'll need to find out what you need to do to requalify for financial aid. It's always a good idea to talk to a counselor on campus to get a specific action plan to get back on track. They want to help you succeed, if you're willing to prove it by doing the work that you agree to do as part of that action plan. The last thing you need to worry about is moving and tranferring at this point. You need to get back in good standing at your current college, or you'll have no chance of tranferring anyways. It's a lot more expensive with greater consequences if you fail a semester at a 4 year school than at a community college, since the units are much more expensive.

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