My offer of admission to attend UCI was withdrawn a few days ago. Although I was not told the reason why my offer was withdrawn when I contacted the admissions office, I know that one day prior, my MyAdmissions portal still had not received one of my transcripts. The deadline for all transcripts was 7/1, and my offer was withdrawn on 7/18.
This is simply speculation, but I believe the reason that the UCI admissions office did not receive my transcript is because I sent my transcript electronically to admissions@uci.edu instead of physically to the mailing address. I sent my transcript on 6/28, which was before the 7/1 deadline. I attempted to communicate with the admissions office by email several times because I was unsure if they had received my transcript or not (since it was not updating on MyAdmissions), but I never received a response. I’m not sure when, but at a certain point the admissions website stated in red text to not contact the admissions office until after 7/15, citing that they were still processing our transcripts. I did not contact them any further. Unfortunately, I did not contact admissions between 7/15 and 7/18. When I went to check MyAdmissions, I saw that my offer had been withdrawn.
What do you think my chances are of successfully appealing? I understand that it was my responsibility to send my transcripts to the correct address, but I would have liked some communication with the admissions office on this issue. I know some other students are in the same position as I am, and if any of you have successfully appealed in the past, I and many others would sincerely appreciate hearing your stories.
I also understand that I don’t have to attend UCI as a freshman. I’m open to attending a community college with the intention of transferring, and I am even considering joining a military branch if I am not reinstated to UCI. At this point, I am waiting for the admissions office to get back to me on my appeal, which they say will take 4-6 weeks to respond to.
Thank you for your time.