Chances of me getting rescinded? Long post.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I guess I'll just dive right into it-</p>

<p>I am a California Community College Transfer student (I attended both De Anza College and Foothill College) and I applied to the UC system for Fall 2008 admission (Meaning i submitted my application around November 2007). I applied to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI. I worked extremely hard in CC and I pulled off roughly a 3.7 GPA with honors while working for most of the time. I applied as an economics major and was accepted into the four schools I applied to. I chose to submit my SIR for Berkeley for the Spring semester (I am a Spring 09 admit). </p>

<p>Here is my dilemma though: I was a 100% sure that I had an "A" in a Sociology class that I took back in Spring '07. It's a long, complicated story but basically the professor for the class was supposed to change my grade to an A, but as it stands, the grade is a B on my transcript. </p>

<p>I reported the sociology grade as an A on my UC application. Believe me, I was a 100% sure that it was being processed to be changed, and I have some evidence that supports my claim. But the fact of the matter is that there is a B on my transcript when I reported it as an A. Now, this would be fine if my professor was still around, but he left the country because he was caught for tax evasion (or something equally absurd). I tried contacting my schools department heads, deans, etc, and I keep getting pushed along between different admin with no real help. I've also tried extensively to contact the professor via email, but with no results. </p>

<p>The situation is way out of my hands now, and I want to disclose it to Berkeley. Who should I contact? I know the odds of me being rescinded are pretty high, but my real question is would I forever be blacklisted from the UC system? I can live with being revoked, but I don't know what I would do if I was officially blacklisted by the entire system. </p>

<p>My transcripts are officially due on January 23rd, but obviously I need to know if I'm going to have to reapply sooner. </p>

<p>My only request is that responses here be gentle. I've already mentally beat myself up for all this, so yeah, please.</p>

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<p>You appear to be in NorCal. Bring your evidence of it being an A, a sealed official transcript and an unsealed unofficial transcript and talk to an admissions officer.</p>

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<p>Poppin, I think you’re being a little hard on yourself. If I remember correctly, the application asked for your expected grades. When you got your grades and they were not as you expected, you could/should have reported the discrepancy, but since your reason not to is plausible, and your grade is not lower than a C regardless of whether you successfully get it changed, I don’t think you’ll be rescinded. anon5524485’s suggestion is a good one. You should also bring copies of whatever communication you have had with the professor, department heads and deans at your current school.</p>

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<p>Gotcha, thanks for the advice. Just emailed my admissions officer to try and set up an appointment. The evidence I have is not 100% conclusive, but it definitely proves that my professor and I had some kind of arrangement for me to get my grade changed to an A. Ugh I really hope all this works out or else everything I worked for would go to waste.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't worry too much. Just be calm, explain your situation, and hope for the best. My advice isn't worth too much, but I have a strong inclination to say that your admission to Berkeley will not get rescinded based on this mistake. I say this on the thought that if they did rescind your admissions, it would be entirely holistically unfair. </p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice all,</p>

<p>it looks like the dean of social sciences did something to contact my professor and he emailed me saying he'd help me resolve the issue :) . Needless to say I am happy about this, so hopefully that all works out.</p>