first semester grades?

<p>are first semester, senior year grades factored in heavily for your admissions decision? i'm asking for a friend, and i'm hoping she gets in somewhere, but she slipped up her first semester...</p>

<p>and then something else that goes along with that scenario... she was eligible through ELC, which i know increases chances exponentially at some schools... she applied to 5 UC campuses, but her first semester was definitely a sore sight. how about if she was rejected outright from all five campuses, but she neglected applying to the university that guaranteed her admission to a UC campus through ELC? is that just a lose-lose situation?</p>

<p>thanks for the input guys</p>

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<li><p>Usually no -- that depends on what you mean by "slipping up". Did she get any D's or F's? Is her cumulative unweighted GPA still above the 3.00 barrier after her first semester?</p></li>
<li><p>Not a lose-lose situation. If she applied to 5 UCs, that means she must have applied to at least two mid-tier UCs (UCSB/UCI/UCD), and according to what I've heard on these forums, ELC students get guaranteed admission to UCSB/UCI along with UCSC/UCR/UCM, even if they didn't apply to them. She can't get rejected from all five campuses...</p></li>
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<p>If your first semester grades were below 3.0 unweighted, can you make it up by having a second semester which averages the full year to 3.0?</p>

<p>i'm talking like two F's, and i think a 2.0 GPA unweighted
it was bad
i think the person in question applied everywhere but UCR, LA, and possibly merced or santa cruz...</p>

<p>i would consider uci faaar from a match now with that first semester tragedy</p>

<p>Isn't the policy 3.0 unweighted w/o any grades below a C? You may have to kiss any admissions goodbye before you even get to know what they decided. I'd contact each individual university ASAP as soon as you get your decision (or you may even want to call them right now before they even let you know). Expect some very bleak news.</p>

<p>Also, ELC means nothing when you break the provisional admissions acceptance.</p>

<p>the UCs don't look at senior grades as part of admissions decisions. they don't even see your real transcript (remember how you reported your grades?). they base a decision on the grades you reported (which were soph and junior yrs) and then if they accept you, your counselor sends a final transcript to the UC you decide to go to. </p>

<p>so, first semester grades aren't factored into the admissions decision.. but if your friend gets accepted to UCLA and they see a huge fallout in grades in her senior year (and there is no legit excuse for it), they can choose to rescind her admission.</p>

<p>So, if i were to say, drop to a 2.8 unweighted first sem, and HAD a legitimate excuse, then it would be ok?</p>

<p>i thought you were asking for a friend??</p>

<p>i don't know.. i'm not a UC admissions officer. and i don't know how much of an excuse will help you if it's a major drop. usually Cal, UCLA and UCSD expect avg grades (3.0?) or better.. i think UCI will take one D.. i'm not sure about the rest. hopefully you can pull up your GPA or something. good luck.</p>

<p>not myself</p>

<p>i am asking for a friend, but she's really close and i can't see her going to riverside community college --shudders--</p>

<p>Honestly, without a good excuse, your friend is going to have their admission offer withdrawn from at least the better UCs. The best thing he/she can do is speak to the counselors at each school as soon he/she is admitted and finish with a strong second semester. Its not hopeless, they do have some possible options.</p>