Can you erase a D on your transcript by retaking a class?

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<p>I got a D in a remedial math class at my community college, and I heard that if I retake the class and get an A, I can petition to have the D erased from my transcript. So when I apply to grad schools, they won’t see the D. </p>

<p>Is this possible? How? Can someone give me more information?</p>

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<p>not possible. Schools may calculate ur gpa differently (using A instead of D), but they will still see the D.</p>

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<p>Your GPA will be calculated without the first grade if the course is retaken; however, it will still be on the transcript, you cant take it off. You can explain the “D” to the grad schools in an essay.</p>

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<p>You can take it off with what is called in some schools…“Academic Renewal” the trick is at one school they may take away up to 18 units but lets say that D was in the Spring of '09 and you got an A in English 101 an A in History 105…those A’s would be gone as well.</p>

<p>Some other schools let you pick which courses you want to have Academic Renewal on…for example a couple colleges in the LACCD…allow you to chose which classes you want to have AR on.</p>

<p>When you apply and you have had AR on your record you must indicate it when they ask for your grades.</p>

<p>Go to your counselor and ask about Academic Renewal.</p>

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<p>i was under the impression that academic renewal doesn’t take the grade off your transcript, but it just isn’t included in your gpa. so yes, grad schools will still see it</p>

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<p>@iambeowulf710: it really depends on the school. Each one apparently handles it differently and OP may want to take Jane’s advice and go talk to a counselor to see how her school handles it. Some schools will erase it from the transcript completely. Some will annotate the transcript and remove the courses from GPA calculations like you are suggesting so that it can still be seen by a grad school.</p>

<p>It’s probably not a great showing to a potential grad school, but neither is a D in a remedial math. The good news is that some grad schools put more emphasis on upper-div courses in their decisions, but something like an academic renewal will probably require some explanation in the application.</p>

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<p>Could I possibly change that D into a W?</p>