Academic Review of older classes for a GPA boost to transfer

Transfer Students
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<p>Good afternoon all, </p>

<p>This question or position I am in might be for older students that have returned to school many years later. But I won’t count out any of the opinions offered here. </p>

<p>I know the world of education is very competitive, I was looking over my transcripts for transfer and I wanted to get some peoples opinions and insights about Academic Review of older classes that were taken 10+ years ago and boosting of the current on-going GPA. If I take the time and redo a total of 3-classes I can raise my overall GPA for transfer to roughly 3.4 – 3.5 from the current low of 2.9. Be kind remember, I was a slacker when I was a ‘Young Buck’ I admit that…wholeheartedly. I was too busy running a small business and gallivanting around the world when I could. Yet I am more grounded now and went to work in the corporate world…Ironically I think that’s a mistake on both parts, Lord I had fun. </p>

<p>After many many years of working with an AA in the working world I was ‘given’ the opportunity to return to school you might say. This economic pummeling is a monster. Now, I can go find another job in no time flat, I am not worried about working but I have this opportunity here where if I play my cards right I can transfer and get the undergrad out of the way and potentially start in a masters program before needing to go back to work I.E. when the cash I have saved runs out.</p>

<p>Is there anyone that has ever re-taken courses that they took years before?
Is it looked down upon by the schools you are looking to go to?
Is it simply worth it?</p>

<p>Thank you for the time I know it’s a long post and I am a wordy fool, everyone I knows says I picked the wrong profession; I should have been a lawyer or a politician. </p>

<p>Best regards, </p>

<p>Wayneious.</p>

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<p>I’m not so sure blowing your cash on an education right now is the best option. There is no guarantee that when you get out with your degree(s) that you will be able to get a job. In such a case, what will have happened is that you have no money, no job, but a couple of degrees; opposed to having cash (at a good time to have it) and looking for a more profitable way to invest it. Maybe there is a better way to invest your cash, or maybe not. Just some thoughts…</p>

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<p>Depends on where you want to go. Many state colleges practice’ academic forgiveness’, where they will not count grades more than 5 years old. You will need to apply to get this done.</p>

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<p>1) Do you particularly need those three courses for your projected major or in order to transfer?</p>

<p>2) Have you taken any classes recently, or are you completely out of practice?</p>

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<p>For my major, no they are not needed in the sense of learning, </p>

<p>The classes were only needed to meet general education criteria. </p>

<p>The schools I have targeted are all impacted, unfortunately, in the major which I have chosen so every tenth of a GPA point counts I’d think. </p>

<p>As well now there is a freeze on all transfers till fall 2010 for the school or schools I have selected so I have some time on my hands unless I simply go private and rack up what…40-60k in debt?</p>

<p>Not a stellar sounding plan in my book. </p>

<p>After mulling it over for a few days in order to make myself more viable for selection I personally believe I need to do academic review for a few of my older classes to see if I can boost that GPA. </p>

<p>Yes Happy, I have been active at the city college level over the summer session gathering speed by taking 3-classes in 8-weeks to see if I could muster up to the challenge. </p>

<p>Granted they were not truly frontal-lobe stimulating classes but they seemed to knock the cobwebs lose with the time frame and amount of busy work that was conducted in them.</p>