I got into Berkeley, but really messed up this Summer. Am I getting kicked out?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Hi. Well. This is embarrassing.

I got into Berkeley. I had a 3.97 GPA. I got one B throughout community college, and it was in philosophy. I’m a L&S computer science major.

I took differential equations this summer to satisfy my math-54 requirement. I am going to get a C. I was not prepared for how difficult this class would be. The pace was much faster than I could keep up with. We had our last test this Monday, and then we started a new chapter, we are finishing that chapter tomorrow. Our final is on Thursday. I don’t understand this new chapter at all. I have an 81 in the class right now.

I know that the transfer contract says that I need to get a 3.0 during the Spring semester, and it doesn’t say anything about the Summer semester. Does anyone know if I am going to get kicked out? I didn’t apply to any other schools because I didn’t have the prereqs.

I know I should be sleeping so that I can get up early to continue studying, but I can’t keep my eyes closed. I’m so nervous. Not getting in would have been one thing, but getting in and then being thrown out… :frowning: I don’t know how I could face my family. I was always the dumb child, but I really got my act together in the last two years. I can’t even bear to imagine how smug my siblings will be when they hear I’ve been kicked out. I will be so disappointed.

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CONTACT BERKELEY.

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I concur with the above.

I will assuage some fears: your contract is explicitly for the spring semester and people who have done poorly in the past during the intermediate summer have still matriculated.

Just uh, don’t fail.

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@iamsodumb123 If the summer course is not part of your provisional - in other words, it wasn’t extended due to your needing to finish something - then the summer course is separate. A C in summer is acceptable. Your provisional will say through what term it is covering.

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A “C” is normally acceptable because it still meets the “good standing” clause–defined as a 3.0 or higher GPA–that is usually required for all subsequent terms. Alternatively, history shows that a “C-” probably won’t be as acceptable.

Additionally, if your Diff EQ course is taken at a completely separate campus from your other courses, the 3.0 GPA requirement will absolutely apply to your summer session. (As part of the “good standing” at each campus attended admissions clause.)

Best of luck with those Laplace’s, Euler-Cauchy’s and Fourier’s.