<p>So I'm new to the forums but I've been lurking for quite some time. So just about 2 days ago I found out that my admissions got revoked. My GPA dipped to a 2.92 because I got two C's in the spring (molecular biology and calculus 2). I decided I was going to appeal. I'm a transfer student and was planning on staying at the village. My appeal would essentially consists of me talking about some personal home issues of having to take care of my paraplegic mother, and me committing to a huge role at the hospital which takes up a lot of my time. </p>
<p>Does any of you know where I can find any information on the appeal process? Also, the hospital manager and a PhD I did research for said they would both write letters for me, is this allowed? I'm taking a summer course for a D I have on my transcript, should I wait until I get my final grade and then submit the appeal? Sorry for all of the questions, but I'm just worried and stressed because the admin office was of no assistance to me. If any of you could guide me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. I will keep you all posted on the process as well.</p>
<p>If the conditions of your admission was to maintain have a 3.0 GPA, I think you may be out of luck. Did you apply for UCSD with TAG?
Rules are rules. There are many college students that have difficulties and hardships that they deal with and face in their day to day lives.</p>
<p>If I were looking for the rules and conditions of my agreement I would have looked over my TAG, but that;s not why I’m here. There’s a plethora of other things that affected my performance that I’m not going to go over on the forum. If there’s a slight chance that I could get readmitted I’ll try.</p>
<p>Still no luck finding anything. I read through a few previous posts and came across one by AVHS Dad:</p>
<p>Not sure if there is anything similar to this for transfer applicants.</p>
<p>"It wasn’t easy, but here you go.
Note there are two steps you need to follow.
The first step is to talk with an admissions officer.
The SECOND step is the secret online form with the link below.
The PID is your User ID.
It’s all outlined below.
Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Q: Can I challenge the admission decision?
A: Any applicant who does not receive an offer of admission has the option to appeal, whether or not they are on the waitlist. The procedures for appeal are set out in the FAQs for Applicants Not Offered Admission. Appeals are considered only after consultation with an Admissions Officer, and then only if new or compelling evidence.</p>
<p>Q: Can I appeal the admission decision?
A: UC San Diego reviews every applicant thoroughly and extensively, taking into account all the information provided on the application. Because applicants are examined so thoroughly in multiple reviews, admission decisions are rarely reversed.
Requests for reconsideration are most likely to be persuasive only when students present new and compelling information. By “new,” we mean information not already presented in the original application—see the examples, below. Additional extracurricular activities or fall-term grades are not a basis for a reversal of the decision, since decisions are based upon academic information available at the time of application.
Students are strongly advised to take advantage of other offers of admission. UC San Diego does not reserve spaces for students who appeal admission decisions.
Appeal decisions will not be given over the telephone.
In rare cases, students may find it necessary to be in San Diego due to a personal or family hardship or need for medical care. In itself, this is not necessarily grounds for reversal of an admission decision since there are several other colleges in the San Diego area. Academic qualifications combined with the particular hardship listed may allow for an additional review of an application. If you base your appeal on an emergency, family, or medical-related situation, you need to provide documentation of your circumstances.
Examples of new and compelling information may include:
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information that shows a stronger academic record than reflected in the original application;
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missing on-time ACT/SAT scores;
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courses not listed as AP/IB or honors;
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additional course work;
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personal hardships; and/or
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extraordinary personal circumstances or events.
This new information may or may not result in the reversal of an admissions decision. Additional extracurricular activities or high senior-year grades are not a basis for the reversal of decisions.
Step One:
If you have a concern about your admissions decision, you must first discuss it with an Admissions Officer by calling the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools at 858-822-0790. This number will provide you with recorded information about UCSD’s Fall 2010 admissions, after which you may opt to speak with an admissions officer directly during office hours, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Admissions Officer will discuss UC San Diego’s selection process, admission criteria, and how the decision regarding your application was reached. If the Admissions Officer determines that you indeed may have new and compelling information to merit a subsequent review of your application, you will be instructed to submit an appeal as described in Step Two.
Step Two:
After an Admissions Officer confirms that your appeal may provide new and compelling academic or personal information that was not in your original application, use this link to submit your admissions appeal online or type the address into your browser: <a href=“Web Login Service - Stale Request”>Web Login Service - Stale Request;
We do not accept appeals sent by mail, fax, email or over the telephone.
You must attach documentation of the challenge or issue that is the basis of your appeal (e.g., transcript, score report, documentation of circumstances). While we do not require letters of recommendation, you may submit one letter in support of your appeal with a maximum of two attachments total.
Appeals must be submitted no later than April 15. UC San Diego will make every effort to provide a final decision before the May 1 Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) deadline; however, appeals received after the April 15 date may not receive decisions before May 1.
When a decision has been made, you will receive an email directing you to a secure website to learn of your decision."</p>
<p>found something very similar to the link I just posted for transfer students. You have to use your PID to get to the form, but apparently the form is “no longer available” any suggestions?</p>
<p>Thats bogus. You are .08 away from meeting the GPA cutoff. If I were in admissions I would cut you some slack on that one. Also, I think you have a good case so give it a go. </p>
<p>On a side note, if you are a premed student [which I assume you are since you are volunteering in a hospital and took molecular bio(a class you don’t even need to transfer to ucsd as a bio major)] then maybe lay off the EC’s if you think they are going to hurt your GPA. IMO, (MCAT+GPA)>EC’s. You can always take a year off after undergrad and then start doing impressive EC’s like traveling to a 3rd world civilization and taking care of those in need.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply coolaid…ya, I think I’ve hit the EC’s pretty hard, but have also done research and even got my work published on GenBank. I was surprised to see my admissions revoked considering everything I’ve done with school (I only need calc 3 to complete all the required assist.org courses), as well as the hospital (I’m in charge of the interns in the operating room here)…Hopefully my appeal works out, but if it doesn’t I’m not going to make a huge deal about it because life goes on as we all know.</p>
<p>So I just spoke with an admissions officer. Holy crap, I can’t believe how rude she was! I called and she laughed when I told her I wanted to appeal, without even knowing my situation. I told her she was rude and that I didn’t appreciate her childish behavior. I told her I found some information online (the stuff I posted above) and she pretended as though she had no idea what fu-ck-ing form I was talking about. She later said, “ya, that form was for students who didn’t get admitted.” </p>
<p>Anywho, she apologized and gave me the address which I’ll post. I’ve heard stories of rude admissions officers but didn’t really believe it to the extent it was told. She told me good luck, I laughed and hung up.</p>
<p>May brown
Officer of admissions and relations with schools
Attn: appeal
9500 gilman dr</p>
<h1>0021</h1>
<p>La Jolla, CA 92093 - 0021</p>
<p>It’s as though you get heckled when you get rescinded just so they could reduce the amount of appeals, classic!</p>
<p>Have you talked to your professors and see if there is anything you can do to raise your grade to a B? Like explain your difficulties and ask for extra coursework or retake the final exam?
Good luck! I hope you will eventually get in.</p>
<p>At this point I’m not going to complain to my professors. I’ve already got two letters of rec, one from a school director and the other from a PhD I did research for last summer. I figured I’d write my appeal and if I’m supposed to attend things will workout the way they should. Thanks for the support, I’ll keep everyone posted.</p>
<p>If anyone has any questions feel free to PM me and I’ll answer them. Apparently the process is a little different for students who were never accepted, compared to someone who was accepted and had their admissions revoked.</p>
<p>wait im in the exact same situation you are!! my trig class did not transfer as uc credit so my gpa dropped to a 2.967 and I received that letter two days ago. i’ve been crying ever since ): what do you plan on doing for your appeal besides the letters or rec? I want to appeal too but have no idea how to go about it.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous how so many people are acting. I’ve read about people that have bombed their finals only to have their teachers give them a new final, I’ve read people who have had “hardships” which cause bad grades. I don’t think this is fair for the people who have busted their butts to get accepted the right way.</p>
<p>dude, it’s not like your admission offer is being compromised by a few individuals’ choices to appeal theirs. and just as a warning, be prepared for plenty more of this so-called “special” treatment. i’ve seen midterms get dropped because a student “didn’t study enough,” students with lower overall course points get scooted ahead of their peers in grades, and departments within UCSD knowingly skirt employment laws by arranging fake interviews of prospective hires with no intention of actually taking them on. </p>
<p>the real world isn’t a cakewalk. better get used to it.</p>
<p>It is ridiculous, so that’s why we are trying to appeal their decisions. James is 0.08 away from the required gpa and I am 0.03 away. And in that fraction of a grade point average, I am sure we make up for it tenfold in other areas of our application. We have gotten accepted already the right way, now this is about fighting to keep our acceptance because we are that dedicated and want to go to UCSD that badly.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to be a ******, but acceptances are meant to be contractual and not promissory. Admission is contingent upon the agreed terms, one of which is the maintenance of a certain GPA, and if that term is unfulfilled, the ascertaining party (in this case UCSD) must enforce such a contract to prevent precedence from making a mockery of their TAG agreement.</p>
<p>Of course, if the rest of your application more than makes up for the decrease in GPA, appeal; but I’m afraid this thread might prompt anyone who fails to meet requirements to appeal for the sake of appealing–a process that does exhaust a lot of time from the already short-staffed UCSD personnel.</p>
<p>All of you guys who are short GPA points, I’m sorry but going into the semester you knew what you had to get to be at a 3.0 GPA. So, I feel like filing an appeal and crying about your circumstances isn’t fair for those who worked hard and studied hard. </p>
<p>Special treatment isn’t fair nor right and if I saw something like that happening I would report it.</p>
<p>I don’t know why you continue to post in my thread when you have nothing constructive to say. I have a WSC football championship, publishing’s through NCBI’s GenBank, and I’m in charge of the operating room at my local hospital; so I can assure you that my resume more than makes up for the 0.8 on my GPA. If you feel so strongly about this go complain about it to the admissions office.</p>