My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California

Hi all,
I know I'm not going to beat this ticket, but I'm curious about the penalty. When the officer pulled me over (going 100), he told me I was lucky I wasn't going 1mph faster since I would face license suspension. He also said I could just pay by mail and wouldn't have to appear. Today I called the court, and they said that, although the ticket hasn't been fully processed, they thought I would have to come in since I was going over 25 mph over the speed limit. They also said license suspension was a possibility. Who is correct in this situation?

The ticket is a 22356(b) and the court is in Shafter, CA. I've read that going over 100mph is a different offence than going exactly 100. It will be very difficult for me to make the court date because I am a student who lives about 3 hours away from Shafter, and I can't miss class.

Thanks for your help!