I couldn't get an academic renewal

<p>Yeah, when you fill out your UC application, you can just flag an F or D course as one that you repeated. The application will count the repeated course with a C grade or better in your GPA instead of the F or D.</p>

<p>I got an F in Calc the first time around, retook it at a different school for an A. Only the A is counted in my UC GPA. But know that the course you’re retaking has to be the ASSIST-certified equivalent of the original. Also, this is not applicable for certain colleges at specific UCs. For example, the College of Engineering at Cal will average the two grades together, but L&S at Cal will take the better grade and discount the old grade.</p>

<p>Edit: The Cal CoE averaging two grades together thing was told to me by my Cal TAP counselor - I don’t actually know if it’s true or not. I googled it in an attempt to verify the statement, but I can’t find any info on it, so take that with a grain of salt.</p>