<p>I was accepted to UCSD with almost all of my tuition paid for, by some sort of a miracle in my opinion as a lot of my friends with higher GPA's and more EC's didn't get in. I feel like I'm making a huge mistake and totally screwing my life up right now since I have a 67% in my IB Biology class with only 2 more test scores to be added to my grade. My teacher is very strict and I don't think she'll help me out if I don't get the grades I need on these 2 tests. I'm also a Human Biology major so that doesn't help much. I'm aware of the 3.0 GPA and no D/F's policy.
-I will still get a 3.0, with A's in most of my other classes along with a B and a C.
-I've already completed my A-G curriculum like last year.
-I've never received a D in my life, and my average GPA is 3.8, this is very unlike me. </p>
<p>What should I do? Call, email, write? Now or after I report my grades? I'm more stressed out right now than I have ever been in my life. I can't go to community college. Please help!</p>
<p>This is what you should do - talk to your high school teacher and bake them something and plead with them. I assure you people are rescinded from UCSD every year and they come on here and complain. It’s high school, it’s not that hard, get your grades up or you won’t be here in the fall.</p>
<p>Well that’s the plan - to study like crazy. But assuming I end up with like a borderline grade or something ridiculous, there’s no chance UCSD would make an exception? It’s ONE D, in the ocean of my whole high school career of A’s and B’s. They would for sure take this opportunity away from me?</p>
<p>^Uhh, yeah they would take it away from you. People don’t realize that their admission is simply provisional, you aren’t guaranteed anything. UCSD admits you solely with the expectation that you will maintain your academic performance throughout your senior year. Why would they have the rule if they would just make exceptions for random people? Seriously, I’ve heard numerous stories in the last few years about people getting rescinded and frankly it’s their own fault. I’m really sorry to sound harsh right now but if you can’t manage your last semester in high school you’d really struggle at UCSD. Admissions doesn’t want to reward people who they believe are “slacking off.” I wish you the best of luck in getting those grades up.</p>
<p>I keep hearing about an unknown policy that D\ F and GPA below 3.0 in senior year get rescinded but I have never seen a written policy from any UCs let alone UCSD. I would appreciate if someone can attach a link to a written policy. </p>
<p>My point is UCSD has many applicants that accept through SIR - more then what they can accept. Since they have to trim down from the pool this is an opportunity for them to weed out those who are slacking off in their senior year and this is likely to include those with D, F and GPA<3.0. Since there is no written policy, what stops them from weeding out candidates with a C or 2 Cs or what ever combination it may be. The goal for any UC is to finally limit to the best candidates possible when everything is over.</p>
<p>I would really like someone to explain how this has worked in the past - Perhaps that is all we can go by for now.</p>
<p>Sign on to myapp, click “continue to admission status page” (under your acceptance letter), click on “review my admissions offer.”</p>
<p>It will say the conditions, among them, this: </p>
<p>Conditions of Admission:
Your senior year weighted grade point average (GPA) in all UC-approved “a-g” courses must be at least 3.00.
You must receive a “C” or better in all college preparatory “a-g” courses taken in senior year.
If there are other conditions attached to your admission, an additional document will be mailed to you.
Your admission will be subject to immediate cancellation if:
there are any inconsistencies between data reported on your application and official documents.
all provisions have not been met, regardless of your enrollment status.</p>
<p>So ya, basically get your **** up or you’re screwed…</p>
<p>Someone already told you where to find the written statement, so I’m not going to say it. But otherwise, by UC policy (as in the entire UC system), if you have a D or a GPA< 3.0, you’re supposed to be rescinded. Some schools are more strict than others, obviously with the Big 3 (Cal, UCLA, SD) making no exceptions. If any school went against the UC policy about rescinding by taking away admission because of a C, then lets just say there could be a major lawsuit against a school (therefore, it wouldnt happen)</p>
<p>^^ rooting for you too. just study your (insert body part here) off and talk to your teacher about this. hopefully, you will do well on the tests so that there is not much of a need to get help from your teacher. but they are the ones to talk to first, before the UCSD advisors. good luck !</p>
<p>It’s risky, they can both rescind you if they find out. Plus you’re taking away spots from people on the waitlist who would genuinely want to attend.</p>
<p>Yea you can commit to both and no they wont rescind you theyll just get a little angry beside by the time they find out your going to both they probably will have made a decision.</p>
<p>Or you could stop thinking of stupid and ridiculous plan b’s and just work on getting your grade up… for shame if you had to go to sfsu instead of ucsd over one d your second semester senior year. Just make the grade, I know you can!</p>
<p>I want to see your face at SD next year. Pull your **** together, man! I was almost going to get a C in one of my classes last year. I studied like crazy and got an A+. Don’t give up.</p>
<p>well i don’t want to make either one angry, i just thought that would be a good back up plan haha. but thanks for rooting for me you guys, i really should be trying my hardest on the tests right now. i think i can do it :)</p>
<p>LOL my friend is in the same boat as you…he currently has a D (not sure on the percentage) in AP Bio and wants to go to UCI. I told him to study more than the 3 hrs. he spends before the test…and if worse comes to worst, then he can possibly drop the course as he still has more than enough HS credit to graduate. However he should consider himself very lucky since he was expelled from my school last February :(.</p>
<p>@ BrandonY
yes they will reconsider. but you need to send them some type of formal letter explaining what happened during the actual school year and explain what you’re doing to make it up.</p>