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Originally Posted by rcmp1234
I dont think that summer courses count toward your GPA. And regardless of whether or not you tkae summer courses, you are still required to take a full course load during the school year.
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Marcie's right on both counts. Summer courses count toward the calculation of your CA.
The way that it was explained to me is that your CA isn't reviewed in the summer unless you've completed 18 units since the last review (which happens at the end of the Fall/Winter term), which may be why many people assume it doesn't count.
For example, if your average at the end of the Fall/Winter term was a 7.5 and you take summer courses, your grade report will show how the summer courses have affected your average at the end of the Spring/Summer term. However, your reviewed average (the one by which the school determines your academic standing) will still be a 7.5. This is because you probably completed less than 18 units (unless you overloaded) in the summer, so the school won't review your average until the end of the next Fall/Winter session.
This is all visible on your grade report. If you've taken summer courses before, go look at it, and it'll say "UNREVIEWED AVERAGE" at the end of the section showing the Spring/Summer term you took. Below that, it'll say that it isn't reviewed unless "18 units have been attempted since the last review."
But those summer marks do affect your CA. I've heard this works slightly differently for people on academic probation, but I'm not sure how it works in that case.
Additionally, you can
definitely take courses in the summer in order to lighten your workload in the terms to come. Two of my housemates got Organic Chemistry out of the way in the summer so that they wouldn't have to worry about in the Fall/Winter session, and thereby lowered their unit load this year. A good idea, if you've got the time to spare in the summer.
I want to take this one!
