<p>I'm a sophomore at UCR. I currently have a 1.933 cumulative GPA for my first year. I am on subject to dismissal :'( I'm in big trouble because according to the financial aid requirements all students must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA by the end of spring quarter. Well in my case, I don't (ugh! so damn close). I'm freaking out!! I email my financial aid counselor and she said that I can appeal to not discontinue my financial aid for next quarter. I don't know what reasons to write for this appeal. I mean it has to be a really good reason for them to accept my appeal...cuz if they deny it I'm screwed! :( I would have to take a lot of loans out for fall quarter and I really don't want to do that! Please help me! What should I do??</p>
<p>Can you retake classes over the summer?</p>
<p>I don’t know…but I don’t think so cuz that’s the summer and those grades don’t count in the cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>Summer classes at UCR do count as part of your GPA. Summer classes at a CC won’t.</p>
<p>just write what happened your first quarter. If i remember correctly Psych 2 got to you along with other your first quarter. Just tell them to give you one more quarter and you ll hit the 2.0 target</p>
<p>Taking summer school wouldn’t matter for her. She said she needed 2.0 by Spring.</p>
<p>Well, your 1.933 is definitely really close. Give them some really good reasons. If you have to tell a little white lie to get financial aid, then do it. Did your GPA for the spring quarter improve compare to your winter quarter? If yes, then use that as a point. If you had problems your first quarter, then say you had a very hard time adjusting to college, etc.</p>
<p>That sucks… Were you not the bio major who inquired about changing majors to psychology? Aside from offering a dazzling reason, there is really not much you can do now. If you do not mind me asking… What happened?</p>