<p>@ James
I can say whatever I want because under the first amendment I am entitled to have freedom of speech. I have been saying something constructive, you apparently don’t want to hear nor comprehend so I’ll say it again if you needed a 3.0 GPA for your admissions to be accepted at UCSD and you failed accomplish that then stop complaining and nagging and accept that you didn’t fulfill your contractual agreement you had with UCSD to be accepted. I’m sick of the I’m 0.8 away… if that’s your argument then that is extremely weak. Like I have said previously there are plenty of hardships that students face and they are able to have their GPA at or above a 3.0. You sit here and list your resume of all the extracurriculars that you are involved in and all I can say is maybe if you cut out some of your activities and spent more time studying you may not be in this situation.</p>
<p>dude, guys, relax. </p>
<p>there’s probably nothing we can do to help jamesclark’s case, but nagging and lecturing isn’t going to help anyone here, calimade. activities can sometimes make up for the GPA requirement, but TAG seems to be pretty much set in stone.</p>
<p>@astrina
Do you really think calling me out is going to help the situation? The only intellectual thing you stated in your post was that TAG is set in stone with a 3.0 GPA, no matter how many extracurricular activities you may have.</p>
<p>you should email them at <a href=“mailto:admissionsreply@ucsd.edu”>admissionsreply@ucsd.edu</a> and explain your story about your mom and the other things.</p>
<p>@Cali</p>
<p>I’m done with you, it’s like bickering with a child considering you obviously don’t understand proper English when I tell you to stop posting in my thread. Seriously bro, grow up.</p>
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<p>why yes, as a matter of fact i did.</p>
<p>Wait, honestly, can all the rude comments stop? James and I are both in the same situation: our admissions have been revoked after not keeping our ends of the provisional contract by having our GPA drop below 3.00 by fractions of a GPA point. We both understand that. We truly realize that we are in the wrong of the TAG agreement, but it does not hurt our case to attempt to appeal in order to get readmitted to UCSD, in my case…my dream school. </p>
<p>In all honesty, just put yourself in our shoes, @CaliMade. Our futures are at stake here and all James wanted by starting this thread was a little direction and help with his appeal because the Admission Officers provided none. True, point out his faults and note that he has slim chances, but after that has been noted, answer his damn question and give him advice and constructive criticism. There is no need to analyze any aspect of this thread. Rest assured, our appeals will be turned in sometime this week. Whether we get back into UCSD or not is up to the the university, not to you. Calimade, your comments really are not necessary because I doubt you have felt or experienced what James and I have gone through. And if you have, please use your freedom of speech to explain yourself. </p>
<p>Other than that, I hope you all have a goodnight! :)</p>
<p>keep us updated you guys! :))</p>
<p>CaliMade, I had my admission rescinded and had to appeal after getting a D+ in a class my last semester of high school. I’m just going to let you look at my screen name. Do you think it worked? I hope THAT preferential treatment just makes your blood boil. Bad things happen to good candidates. In my case it was a teacher who honestly just had it out for me. That sounds like a paranoid, childish thing to say, but seriously. This guy hated everything about me, not least of which that I was dating his niece. You are not your numbers, as is made clear a thousand times during the application process. Appeals do happen, otherwise they wouldn’t exist. Just one more thing. And I want you to remember this one. My degree, is going to look just like yours. There won’t be an asterisk, or any notation. My effort will be considered equal to yours. Oooh, I bet that just makes you furious.
James, Kelsey. All I gotta say is that you shouldn’t give up. I called Admissions every day for about two weeks asking every new adviser I got what they thought my odds were. Maybe one even said there was a possibility. But, I figured out who I had to meet with, gathered letters of rec, transcripts, AP scores, wrote some essays, put it all into a neat little binder with one of my Senior Portraits tucked into it (I was holding the UCSD pennant in it, and hell, if this didn’t work I wasn’t gonna need that picture anymore.) I went down to SD dressed in a shirt and tie, made my case to admissions in person, and just hoped for the best. Sure enough, about a week later I received a letter in the mail and an email saying that an exception had been made in my case. I have two close friends (who will be two of my roommates next year) who had similar experiences and got in their own ways. I know that the odds are stacked against you, but don’t give up until you’ve exhausted every option, called every random 858 number you can find, and had everyone you know who could put in a good word for you do so. Mae Brown is a very sweet woman and if you do have the chance to meet with her she won’t laugh in your face. Best of luck to both of you, hope things go well. If not, don’t let it get you down, you both sound like you’re going places and you’ll figure something else out. I was gonna go to Culinary School haha.</p>
<p>^ Did you get a chance to talk to Mae Brown?</p>
<p>Triton14, you’re amazing. To keep you all updated, I sent in my appeal Tuesday July 26th in person because I live nearby in San Diego (Del Mar). I unfortunately did not provide official transcripts with the appeal, but signified that I would send them in as soon as my community college sent them to me. On that Friday, I was reinstated as a Triton 
And the following Monday I turned in both my official high school and community college transcript. The woman working in the admissions office asked if I had heard anything yet, and when I informed her I had already been reinstated, she was surprised.
I did not get the chance to talk to any official, everything concerning my appeal was written in my personal letter, three letters of recommendation (two from undergraduate students who work at UCSD [one is a magazine writer and the other works with the alumni] and one from my manager at work). Also, my biology professor from community college personally emailed Mae Brown aiding my case.
I am so happy to attend there in the Fall, and James I know they’ll reinstate you as well! I’m taking a summer school course right now and the campus is beautiful. On paper yes, we fell below the bar and violated our TAG agreement. But as a judgement of character, putting the time and effort to organize an appeal package shows how dedicated we are, and I thank the UCSD Admissions committee for recognizing and rewarding that.</p>
<p>congratulations! i can’t wait until they let us move into the village in sept.</p>
<p>jamesclark, I’m surprised someone as intelligent as you appear to be would speak to an admissions officer the way you did and then post about it on a public forum. She has the powder to determine your future at the school. I’d be interested to hear how you make out.</p>