One year Transfer with an F?

SDGoldenBear
Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:04:07 +0000

One year transfer here who was in a very similar situation. I had 24 CC units from dual enrollment but only had 7 AP classes. I also took 9 units the summer before my fall semester.

If your end goal is CS, I agree with @luckie1367 in that you need to stop right now and aim for two years. It’s not happening as a one year transfer with an “F” on your record. For mathematical sciences, it’s more doable as long as you have Calc BC and Physics C: Mech or the equivalents completed.

As far as your questions:

Yes, they will see the “F” regardless if it will be “academically forgiven” or not. Additionally, if your “F” is in a major preparation course, it’s definitely a negative regardless if it’s repeated through academic forgiveness due your small sample size if you intend to go through as a one year transfer.

Also, you can definitely take more than 4-5 courses, but you need to petition with the registrars office to allow what they usually call a “unit overload.” Taking classes at another nearby community college (or even online classes with the far flung less crowded ones) will work, but pay attention to your assist.org and make sure you take ALL major prep courses as I know most UCs will reject you if you don’t meet even one of them. Having multiple community colleges on your record means you also you are expected to take any/all major preps available at those campuses so it can definitely backfire for for one year hopefuls.

Bottom line, if you go through with the one year transfer: I think which course you got the F in (and to a lesser extent whether it was your first ever CC class or not) will be very defining of your chances. They will look at your APs as part of the process but will not put much weight on them relative to CC classes so if you only have 8 completed courses (3 dual enrolled + 5 Fall courses) that is a very small sample size to operate on.

Take it from someone who went though all of that: spread it out over two years. Unless you are a real wunderkid, the stress really isn’t worth it. There isn’t any real advantage for one year transfers and IMHO the only real reason you should consider a one year transfer is if you would run out of major prep classes to take.

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