So to keep a long story short, I took one course at a different community college about four years ago that I forgot about when I was doing my application in November (it was a non-transferable course anyway, if it makes a difference) and I was wondering if I could possibly add it into my application now that the update is available. Also, would the UC’s notice that I initially forgot to include it in November and would they consider that academic dishonesty? Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer my question, this has been bothering me for a while now.
They belong to the National Student Clearinghouse and they will notice when they check. The bad news is they aren’t going to spend the time/money to check until after they have received enrollment deposits; why check kids that aren’t attending? You can be rescinded for this since the Clearinghouse is just going to say you were enrolled somewhere, not that you only took one tiny non-transferable course. For all the UCs know you are hiding something. This is an email you don’t want to get in the middle of the summer when you’re looking forward to starting at UC in the fall.
Information on how to fix any mistakes in your app can be found at http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/after-you-apply/
Hi mikemac! Thanks for your response, I appreciate it. But I was actually wondering whether they would rescind my application for adding the college to my academic history too late (as opposed to not putting it on my application at all) because I noticed the transfer update, which was made available today, allows me to add new colleges to my previous history and fix my mistake. If I did this my application would be totally consistent with my record in the Clearinghouse. My real issue is whether the discrepancy in my application which was submitted in the fall, and the transfer update which I’m completing now would affect my admission. Would they understand that I just forgot to include a course when I originally submitted my application and overlook it because I’ve corrected it now? I heard that the UC’s don’t look at your academic history until you update it during the winter anyway, but I’m not sure whether this is true. Thanks again for your time.
No, putting it in late is OK. Just email it to the docs email. I didn’t see the link Mike attached, so hopefully it is on that page.
— I just saw your comment that TAU allows new college insertion. Just add it. It gets attached to your general application. They aren’t even looking at them until Feb. You’re fine.
FYI, forgetting about one course from several years ago (or taking a college course in high school) happens a lot.
I don’t work at a UC so I’m just guessing, but my feeling is that since you’re straightening things out before any decisions have been made there will be no repercussions. You made a mistake, you fixed it, end of story.
There is another lesson to be had here, though. There really is no option other than to fix the mistake. Worrying about what is going to happen is not helping you, since its going to happen whether you worry or not. If something bad happens your worry didn’t make it any better, and if things are fine you just made yourself unhappy for nothing. As the saying goes
@mikemac Great words of wisdom!
Thanks for all the help and feedback everyone. I guess it wasn’t that big of a deal after all and I was just stressing over it too much. As a matter of curiosity though, if they don’t look at your academic history until February, then why do they have you submit it in November and then update it in January? Why not just have students do the whole thing in January when their Fall and Winter grades are ready? @lindyk8
Haha @disyatov12 very good point. I never thought about that before. I noticed that the application auto-adds stats about you. If you look at the PDF copy of your app, you’ll see a section that gives some lines, such as very high academic performance, extensive community involvement, etc. I’m just paraphrasing, but there are about 4 lines that are a capsule analysis of your application. (It’s before the essays, as I recall.) So the app is auto-populating some immediate results.
I do know, now that I think about it, supplementals come out around Jan 21, and my daughter got asked for an unofficial transcript around Jan 10 from Riverside. So they must be doing some basic generalizing based on app, with fine-tuning, and maybe human eye-balling at a later time,
But, yeah, it’s a very good point. I’d like to know the answer.
Okay so I just realized that although the transfer update allows you to enter new colleges, it only let’s you enter “Start and End Dates” after Fall 2014. Who can I contact about this? I spoke to the help desk and they said it was almost impossible to change anything on the application except for planned coursework, and the best I could probably do is to write an additional comment telling them about the college. Would my application be rescinded if I did this? Is it really too late to fix my mistake?
@disyatov12 Yes, write it in comments but there is an email and phone number. Let me find it.
UPDATE:
Send info to this email: docs@applyucsupport.net.
Wait about a week, and if you haven’t heard back call here to verify they received it:
(800) 207-1710
I think they make everyone submit at the same time so that there is no confusion and also so they can calculate how many applicants they got before the end of the year.
Go to this link under Transfers. It notes a different email than the one I wrote above.
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/after-you-apply/
@lindyk8 I emailed my correction to the address listed under that link and, rather than make the correction, they told me to write it in the additional comments section of my application. However, I’m worried that if I did that my college acceptances may still be rescinded in the spring. Can writing an additional comment about the college really make up for not putting it in my record? Any other advice? Should I try emailing docs@applyucsupport instead of ucinfo@applyucsupport and what’s the difference between the two?
No, don’t worry. You’re talking one class 4 years ago, you realized you forgot, you updated in TAU. It will not affect anything. If accepted, of course, you would need to get them the transcript.
Also, make sure to keep email for reference. But they aren’t going to rescind you for that. Really.
One of my instructors told me about a student who had her acceptance to UCLA rescinded because she forgot to include a summer course from many years ago in her academic history. Even though she got an ‘A’ in the course(so clearly the mistake was unintentional, why would anyone leave out a class that raises their GPA?) and she eventually got the transcript to them, UCLA didn’t care. This is why I’m worried that if I only write a comment, they’ll reject me because they’ll figure my acceptance would eventually be rescinded anyway. It seems like they’re strictly following rules and don’t really care how small the mistake was.
Have you called and asked?
I think your story has parts missing. Despite the UCs intimidating emails, etc., they accept transcript problems up until practically the end, until it really is too late to appeal. So one class in summer from several years ago would really not present a problem, unless by the time the student realized there was an issue it was like two weeks before school was starting. These horror stories about the UCs are not standard, and usually come about through automation glitches (emails getting sent to spam and student not realizing, with no human follow-up from the UC office). And then the retellings gum them up a bit. UCLA is not an ogre and the story as told by the prof is questionable. There is more to it. For me, anyway.
What you need to do is update as the person said (you have a copy of the email), then after you get accepted just send them the transcript along with the others. You did let them know, you were told what to do and you did it. And then you sent the transcript. You are covered. There’s really no point in continuing to pursue when you got an answer.
They will see the TAU and if there is a problem, they will send a follow-up.
My one caveat is Berkeley. Not sure if you’re applying there but they have a separate email to send updates in addition to the TAU. It’s on one of the recent Berkeley threads. You should send it.
I looked through the first two pages of the Berkeley threads and couldn’t find the email you’re describing. If it’s not too inconvenient, do you mind linking it here?
I asked the UC help desk over the phone if my application could be rescinded and they said they couldn’t tell, it was up to each campus to decide what they would do. So I’m not sure if their email telling me to only write an additional comment could be used in my defense should my acceptance be rescinded. After all, they didn’t give me any guarantees as to how the individual campuses would deal with the situation, they only gave me their best advice. I’m still not sure why they didn’t want to make the corrections though, has this happened to anyone before? My hope is that at least Berkeley will accept my correction at this time, so I’ll know that I can safely get into at least one campus.
Thanks a lot for your help, lindyk8. It’s greatly appreciated.
Put it in TAU comments.
Send info to: docs@applyucsupport.net
Then I would call this number ASAP and tell them you sent it: (800) 207-1710
THEN ALSO:
If you applied to berkeley, send info, along with your name, UC ID to: application@berkeley.edu
This has happened before. I do not see them rescinding over one CCC and one course that you are correcting during the TAU period.
The docs email just wrote back telling me they would update the information into my profile, although I don’t see the changes in my application yet. It probably takes some time to appear. I guess I was just emailing the wrong person until now. Should I even bother writing a separate email to Berkeley or would they just see it in my general application now?
Edit: I guess that’s a stupid question. It wouldn’t hurt to email Berkeley just in case. Thanks again for your help.