<p>Hey guys. So I am currently a second year at UC Merced (C/O 2016) and I had a terrible second semester where my professor accused me of cheating on an exam. Working through this whole mess right now, but i'd just like to know what are my chances if all this goes terribly wrong. First semester I got a 3.6667 and second semester I got a 3.10 with 4A's and 1 F. Yeah, it sounds freakin ridiculous cause i have straight A's and an F. It's really unfortunate. S now my cumulative GPA for my first year is a 3.31. Now, I'm wondering what are my chances of Inter UC transfer to UCB with an F on my record. I'm positive I can raise my GPA bck into the 3.6-3.7 zone by the end of this term. So what do you think my chances are at this point? Am I done for, lose hope or do I actually still have a chance? Btw, it was just an F without an academic dishonesty mark on there.</p>
<p>Retake the class and get your GPA up. If you do that I see no reason why you wouldn’t have a shot.</p>
<p>As the above poster said retake the class and if you get an A, B, or even C it will greatly improve your GPA and you will still have a good chance.</p>
<p>I dont really know how this grading system thing works. SO if i retake the class, the F will still show up in my record right? or will it be replaced? I have no clue about retaking classes because i never had to deal with that.</p>
<p>If you retake it it will show up in your transcript still with an E next to it meaning exempt and it will not be factored into your GPA only the new grade.</p>
<p>Does that apply for all colleges? cause i’m not sure if that is a standard procedure.</p>
<p>The UCs will honor it but other schools (such as privates) may not.</p>
<p>You’ll primarily be limited by the potential GPA of 3.7, but it depends into which major you want to get.</p>
<p>i’d like to apply as a biology major or something in the premises of letters and science. The only thing i’m worried about is how the F will look on my application. I’m going to try to fight it with the professor regardless, but this is worst case scenario.</p>
<p>So why’d you get suspected of cheating anyway?</p>
<p>apparently he says u altered my scantron and asked for a regrade. I’ve given him lots of proof including my two friends who were with me when i got my exam back and they saw that the answers were shifted down by one so i got a lot of the questions wrong. But when i asked him for a regrade, he said that there were no mistakes to begins with and i altered it to make it look like it was a transcription error. It’s so ridiculous how judicial affairs takes so much weight into what the professor is saying any just overrides my two friend’s testimonies because the professor “suspects” me of altering and never caught me red handed.</p>
<p>By the way, I’d say it’s not standard procedure to have an “exempt” put on your transcript after failing and retaking a class. More likely, all of your grades will show on your transcript meaning the F and retake, but during the review of your application the UC’s will only factor the most recent passing grade into their calculation of your UC transferable GPA. The F would still be visible, but won’t hold any weight in your GPA. You may want to talk to a counselor or administrator at your college to see exactly what their policy is, but the aforementioned is what I’ve seen as standard practice at several of the colleges I’ve attended. </p>
<p>As someone else mentioned the limiting factor for your admission is going to be your GPA. The average admitted transfer GPA to Berkeley was 3.77 in 2012. While 3.6-3.7 is certainly right within that range, it’s always nice to know your at or above their average. To improve your chances you’re going how some worthwhile extracurriculars, preferably related to your major, and write an exceptional essay. If you’re able to do that and maintain your GPA in the 3.7 range your chances at being admitted should be very good.</p>
<p>Thank you for the info. It’ll really help me out for this year. Btw, 3.7 would be the CC GPA right? I would think Inter UC transfer applicants would generally have a lower GPA as I presume the curves would be higher in a UC setting.</p>