<p>I've just been accepted into Berkeley from a CC and it is pretty much a free ride. Sounds good, right?</p>
<p>Here's my dilemma:</p>
<p>Although I have a very good GPA, I am also an older student who had previously attended two art schools ten plus years prior and had done rather poorly due to immaturity coupled with being a young rebellious artist. </p>
<p>Although Berkeley is fully aware of the two previous schools I've attended, they accepted me before I had a chance to divulge the quality of the grades or send them my older transcripts. Big deal, I thought, one of those schools was an unaccredited art school and the other does not have any UC transferable courses. Neither will affect my transferable GPA. Problem is after nearly accepting the Berkeley offer and the consequent free ride, I happened to read on my newly created UCBerkeley student page that the GPA of my incoming transcripts must be above '3.0 overall' (not just UC-transferrable) and I'm fairly certain that my previous education from a lifetime ago will probably drop me below that threshold. </p>
<p>I've worked too hard to have my acceptance rescinded. Anyone in the know have any ideas as to how to 'fix' this?</p>
<p>Hmm, just send in the transcripts and hope for the best. That’s all I can really tell you.</p>
<p>Although, to be honest, Berkeley is very understanding about past circumstances and struggles, and they’re fully capable of making exceptions to their own rules, so it doesn’t mean you’ll automatically be rescinded. I also doubt they’ll rescind you because of some academic mistakes you made many years ago.</p>
<p>But the only way to find out is send in those transcripts and to ask your admissions officer about your chances of being rescinded.</p>
<p>Do you think an eloquent/intelligent/from the heart one-page essay attached to the transcripts might help my chances of retaining my acceptance (and possibly acceptance package) or do you suggest giving their admissions office a call?</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick response. The more informed responses the better.</p>
<p>Try to relax KingJoffrey, as you mentioned Berkeley accepted you w/o even bothering to ask for your transcrips. Which means the grades are irrelevant since they cant affect the UC GPA. I dont think that a Berkeley admission officers is going to calculate your new GPA, because it can get very subjective… If your offer gets rescinded you can always try to contact the Transfer, re-entry office <a href=“http://trsp.berkeley.edu/”>http://trsp.berkeley.edu/</a>
They deal with non-trads like us all the time.</p>
<p>and if that still does not work you can rely on your royal connections as a King.</p>
<p>Quick clarification, they did ask for the unofficial transcripts, but accepted me before I could order the transcripts. and now are asking for the 10+ year old nontransferable and in part non-accredited transcripts prior to me registering for classes.</p>
<p>Couple that with the fact that it says on the student acceptance page that the ‘overall GPA’ needs to be 3.0+ and you can see where my fears reside. I can deal with not getting the near full ride I had initially been granted, but not being accepted due to mistakes 10+ years past would be a pretty tough pill to swallow.</p>
<p>And as Joffrey was poisoned two weeks back (Game of Thrones), I doubt his/my connections as king can help him/me.</p>
<p>Right. Hence why I thought this wouldn’t be a problem. The specific school I’ve been accepted to states ‘A minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average’ under transfer eligibility requirement. </p>
<p>Hope all my worries are for naught, though. That would be a massive relief.</p>