Sham Classes vs Real Boosters: What Asu Students Must Know About Easy Credits
By Alexander Ross
Students looking to repair a bruised GPA frequently ignore ASU's most direct remedy: the official grade replacement policy ASU provides. Instead of adding new courses to mathematically average out past failures, undergraduate students can retake up to 12 credit hours of coursework where they received a grade of D or E.
When an eligible course is retaken during early degree progress (specifically within the first 60 credit hours attempted at ASU), the new grade replaces the failing grade in the cumulative GPA calculation. The original grade remains visible on official university transcripts, but its punitive impact vanishes from the overall institutional tally. Retaking a required major course, such as MAT 210, ECN 211, or CHM 113, delivers substantially more mathematical impact than adding an unrelated elective. An F replaced by a B instantly restores GPA ground that would otherwise require four separate A grades to counterbalance.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
