Should I even bother applying to my target school (USC)?

zettasyntax
Sun, 24 Dec 2017 07:46:50 +0000

How many units will you have taken? I’m not going to lie, USC doesnt’ honor grade forgiveness so even if you ace the classes, they will factor both grades into your GPA and that will hurt your chances quite a bit. However, if you don’t try to repeat the classes, that would definitely be disastrous. If you’ve maintained a nice record of consistent full-time college attendance, you still have a shot. It would make those grades seem like a minor hiccup, but this is sure a bad time to have such an event happen! I wish you the best of luck. Your background/other info might be of interest to USC. I believe they are more holistic than the UC’s since the school isn’t as overcrowded. However, it sucks that they don’t honor grade forgiveness. That’s going to follow you around at USC too. When you graduate, they go with either your USC-only GPA or your combined USC + CC GPA and select the lower GPA when determining honors. Online courses can be more difficult than traditional courses though - you can definitely slack off. I forgot to turn in my final essay for a health GE class I took online during the winter session. It was due at 5PM whereas all of other assignments were due at 10PM, so I was caught off guard when I noticed. I emailed the professor and thankfully, she accepted my essay. If you’re going take the classes again in the winter and haven’t done a winter session before, make sure you have the time. I was reading 3-4 chapters of the health textbook per week and had two exams every week. The winter session doesn’t mess around.