<p>They can make mistakes, and of course they knew that you were going to get mad, but that’s what they had to do for your brother, and they’re allowed to do it.</p>
<p>Well, you’re being pretty rude. First of all, my CC hours ARE important, considering they asked me to apply to their lead scholars, because of my hours. Secondly, the community service what a means of escape from my alcoholic mother, who constantly makes life hell, as well and being mentally and physically abusive. He won’t ‘slap the ****’ out of me’ because he’s not you, thank God. You must not have a good relationship with your twin, and I feel bad for him/her for having such a brother as you.
Think before you comment, and don’t tell what I should or shouldn’t have done, you have no clue the hell I’ve been through.
Have a FANTASTIC day.</p>
<p>Well me and my twin are both guys, so we wouldn’t fight over something like this. But I was just trying to help out, you should just retake the ACT in February and re-apply. The deadline is May 1st. They’re not going to accept you for e-mailing them about the problems they’re causing you.</p>
<p>Write I know you’re angry but you’re also wrong. AP LAW DOESN’T EXIST. I just checked college board!
Also, these people are just trying to help. And they’re right. CS hours are pointless (I have none) and statistically you never should have been accepted. Stop being mad and start researching plan B. </p>
<p>And you can always enlist!</p>
<p>I think she meant AP US Gov. and Politics, but anyways, if your family life was that bad, I still don’t see how your brother managed to pull off a decent GPA and you’re using it as an excuse for your GPA not being as good.</p>
<p>It sounds like you are trying to use this tension between you and your brother as a way to persuade the school to let you in. To me, that doesn’t fly. You and your brother are responsible for your reactions to this and complaining about that to the school makes you sound pretty immature and may turn them off.</p>
<p>The rest of the issues - that you’ve changed your circumstances in reliance on your acceptance can be more persuasive. The head of admissions should be contacted about this - preferably by you and your father together - and a resolution should be reached quickly. Good luck.</p>
<p>I have to agree with everyone, I don’t think that CS hours are an important part of admissions decisions. I was invited to apply to be a LEAD Scholar with less than 75 CS hours. </p>
<p>However, it is really unfortunate that this happened to you, and I hope that everything works out for you.</p>
<p>Thank you, college, it’s good advice. Warrior, that is the exact class I mean, though the teacher himself was a law student. I believe it didn’t impact him, because a bigger reason of the curve of my GPA is a very…personal reason, that I cannot mention on the thread, because no one knows about it. Not even my brother, though he would go crazy if he was to find out. It’s why my grades were low, because it was targeted at me, not at him. I suppose we’ll see what happens. We are also not trying to use the tension as an excuse, they said they hoped they didn’t cause that, and we admitted that they had, indeed, caused a lot.</p>
<p>I know this may not apply to you- but some schools on my list have deadlines after the 1st: George Washington University’s deadline is Jan 10th, and Spelman (even though it may not apply to you haha) is Feb 1st. I would do some research to find schools with later deadlines. Also, I think (DONT know for sure) if you send in all of your essays/scores/common app by the 1st and get your transcripts in on the 10 (but let the school know beforehand) you should be okay. There were a few girls at my school that hadn’t send in their scores by the deadline (because they thought our college counselors did it for us) and it didn’t affect them at all.</p>
<p>This thread is now about guessing WRITE’s personal issue.</p>
<p>It affected me a lot, and no one else, because it involved me and another person.</p>
<p>Seat, I must stay in Illinois or Florida, only:( I will, however, email certain schools to see if they’re willing to make an exception! Thank you!</p>
<p>Hmmmm…</p>
<p>does it involve drugs?</p>
<p>No, I’ve never touched drugs in my life, they’re disgusting.</p>
<p>Okay…</p>
<p>Does it involve physical violence?</p>
<p>I think maybe we should all just end this thread. I’ve received good answers, and now I just need to wait and see, and prepare. Thank you everyone.</p>
<p>I read some responses here and there and notice that you (the OP) keeps referring to having to go to a CC like it’s the end of the world.
If they choose to deny you and keep your brother, you should just move on. Go to a CC if you have to.
It is possible to do really well at a CC then transfer out to a much better Uni.
I understand it’s a horrible situation to be in when you thought you were in and made plans already, but unfortunately they made a mistake. They are not obligated to accept you even though they carelessly switched GPA’s.
I suggest you get go to a local CC and get your GPA high then transfer to UCF or wherever else. Worrying about something you can’t control at the moment won’t help you and you might leave a bad taste in their mouth. Don’t do anything that would make them not consider you in the future. </p>
<p>Sent from my iPod touch using CC</p>
<p>Because attending a CC is the end of the world for me, because I NEED to get out of my house, because I can’t take another year or so of my mother. If I had a mother that was an alcoholic, a CC wouldn’t be a problem at all…but I do have her as a mother, and staying in the house and commuting is going to make things even worse.</p>
<p>Okay, I think this should be the end of the thread-you’ve all given me answers I can use, as well as things to consider, and I thank you for taking the time to help me.</p>
<p>Some of these replies are kinda sad… If you guys were in her shoes, you wouldn’t be saying some of the things you guys are saying. Imagine getting accepted into your first choice school to only find out weeks later that it was just a mistake. And it’s not like you guys didn’t see how much she wanted to attend this school…</p>
<p>@warrior; I don’t think you’re in any position to sit around and guess about how her family issues affected her so much and not her brother. Every individual reacts to each situation differently, so just stop acting like you know what’s going on in her personal life. </p>
<p>Honestly this is UCF’s fault and you and your brother should be working together to solve this situation. One thing I don’t get is how you’re able to afford attending UCF but you say you’d have problems with money if you attend Valencia.</p>
<p>@WRITE
Well if that is your situation than I can understand why you’d want out of that situation.
I do agree w/ ‘Mizzxvii’ in that you should be working with your brother and not against him.
Best of luck and hopefully everything works out for you and your brother.</p>
<p>Thanks Mizz, it means a lot for you to stick up for me. The reason I can’t afford Valencia, is getting an apartment down there, by the college. My father refuses to let me, no matter the situation, to stay in an apartment my first year. He said that, If I’m attending a community college, I need to stay home…which is awful.
Papertiger-Thank you for your help. My brother and I are currently sitting with my dad, working together an email they should get tomorrow morning. After this anger has subsided, he’s very sad. For one, he feels that he put me down in the email he sent, especially when he said, ‘I’m better academically then here, and do better in my classes.’ He wants me to get into school very badly, but we’ll have to see.</p>