Need help/advice - Am I screwed?

emilsinclair9
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:23:51 +0000

You’re not screwed. Most CCC’s in California have an Academic Renewal policy…I’ve used it quite liberally lol. I had 2 F’s and 1 D erased from my GPA bringing me from a 2.5 to a 3.74.

The even better news is that Academic Renewal or AR makes admissions departments (at least in the UC system) disregard those poor grades entirely. Basically your GPA gets a major boost. The poor grades are still on my record, but it is as good as having never taken the classes with the AR attached.

It’s an AWESOME system, and something you should seriously look into. It saved me man, no other way to say it. I’d be heading for CSU’s…if I was lucky without it. Here is Saddleback’s admissions office contact info that I got off of their site:

Phone: (949) 582-4555
scadmissions@saddleback.edu

Office Hours: M-TH 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Friday 9:00AM-12:00 noon.
Closed on weekends.

Give them a call when you can, and ask to see if you’re eligible for AR. If you’re not, you may just have to take a couple classes there to become eligible. Hope that helps!