<p>Has anyone done this? I’m considering taking a high quantity of relatively remedial summer courses at my local CC for the sole purpose (almost) of raising my lackluster GPA.
Is this recommended? Any foreseeable problems with this plan? Has anyone else done with with or without success? Thanks!</p>
<p>Your high school GPA is what it is. Classes that you take at your local CC that are not part of a specific dual-credit program with your high school will be evaluated separately.<br>
If the coursework is clearly remedial, then that will show on the CC transcript, and it will be obvious to the admissions officers. </p>
<p>Do not underestimate the commitment required to do well in a summer course - even at your local CC. Every year some people find out that it was a bad idea to take a large number of summer classes, and then post about it here. Their threads have titles like “Got a bad grade in my summer class, will it wreck my chances at College Z?”</p>
<p>Taking summer classes can be a good decision, but do think long and hard about your course choice, and the number of credits you are trying to earn. Don’t do this just because it is an easy way to improve your high school GPA. The best way to do that, is to work harder in those high school classes in the first place.</p>
<p>My apologies happymofo1, I was not clear evidently… I should have stated my background information: I am currently a first semester freshman enrolled at a state university majoring in engineering (of some sort…) with a suffering GPA.
I was looking to inflate my college GPA, not my High School GPA.
Sorry for the lack of clarity!</p>
<p>The same thing basically holds for summer school outside your regular college/university. You will need to find out whether or not the courses will transfer to your home university. If they do, the grades almost certainly won’t. What will happen is a note will appear on your transcript that reads “English 101 by transfer credit” or the like. Your CC grades will only come into play when you apply to transfer to a different university, when you apply to a graduate program, or when you apply for a job that requires copies of all of your college transcripts.</p>