I am in a dilemma. I got an from UCLA saying they are withdrawing my admission because I did not maintain the grade point average reported on my UC APPLICATION on the provisional contract. I am an AB540 student so I don’t know if they are stating me as an out-of-state or in state student. For my last semester in community college, I received three C’s although one of those classes was UC transferable. I’m not sure what GPA UCLA was stating in my provisional contract whether it was for overall or uc transferable GPA?? I’m not sure what to do at this point because their offices are closed on the weekend. Will able to appeal or hopefully get my admissions back.
Your provisional contract should state what the required grades are needed for your classes in progress to maintain your admission. My guess is that you need a B or higher in the UC transferable course. I am sure some more knowledgable UC transfer posters can chime in with more information.
I do know for Freshman admits, their provisional contract states to maintain a 3.0 unweighted GPA with no more than 2 C’s.
It sounds like on your application you had put down your grade point average, and you were admitted based on the GPA on your application. With 3 Cs from your last semester in CC probably brought down your GPA quite a bit. I am not surprised they are withdrawing your admission. They probably would have overlooked one C. What did you put down as your GPA on the application.
Thank you for replying, @Gumbymom
In the provisional contract it never stated to maintain a certain GPA.
The only thing that might affect me might be the three C’s but I’m working with my professors to see if there is any work i can do to change the grade. If that does work can i still get my admissions back.
They are revoking admissions now for a C in one UC transferable class. It seems a little harsh.
They admitted 1,500 more freshman students this year than last to comply with mandates by the state legislature to increase higher education opportunities for California high school students. Maybe they realized they have too many students for their resources and are looking for excuses to trim down the entering class.
I think they should at least give you a chance to provide an explanation before making a final decision. My guess is your chances are better if you are an in-state student.
Thank you @oldfort
I did not put down a certain GPA on my application, I just put the grades for the classes I took and the classes I was going to take for Spring 2016.
oldfort, I thought for a transfer student they recalculate the GPA only with transferable credits. The non-transferable credits are basically meaningless because they are dropped from the student’s GPA.
I just quickly read UCLA transfer admission guide. It said you had to have “GPA of 3.2 or higher earned in transferable courses.” UCLA’s letter to you is referencing, “the grade point average reported on my UC APPLICATION on the provisional contract.”
Call the admission office on Mon to see if there is anything you could do. I know my kid’s school was very strict with their transfer requirements - all grades had to be above a B
@oldfort Thank you for that information, on my provisional contract it doesn’t state anything about a GPA requirement and on my application i never put the GPA because i still had to take those classes. I will call them monday morning.
Thanks again
A few things. At the very least it says contact them if more than 2 Cs. Yes, maybe only one of them is transferable but it doesn’t say contact them if more than two transferable Cs. They look at general grade trends and three Cs out of five classes, whether transferable or not, shows a lack of commitment or some other issue. Contact them and explain as best you can, but they have the final say, and they do look at overall trends, and they may have seen it as a red flag. Good luck.