Older credits might cause UCBerkeley to rescind my acceptance. HELP!

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<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 colleges ten years prior and had done rather poorly. Although Berkeley is fully aware of the two previous schools I've attended (both over ten years ago) they accepted me before I had a chance to 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 overall GPA must be above 3.0 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I've worked too hard to have my acceptance rescinded. What should I do?</p>

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<p>Probably far too serious a problem to be expected to be solved in this forum, but I figured I would give it a go anyway.</p>

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<p>Contact the admissions office and ask.</p>

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<p>Is the 3.0 referring to the cumulative GPA needed AT BERKELEY in BERKELEY COURSES? I don’t know what UCB does, but some (many?) schools do not include a transferred course’s grade into the accepting school’s GPA. At any rate, if none of your credits were accepted for transfer (non-accredited/non-transferable course/credits), they cannot be included in your UCB record. Definitely check, but it doesn’t sound like your admissions is at risk. </p>

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<p>It says 3.0 cumulative minimum and is referring to classes prior to transfer. The question is whether non-accredited courses that wouldn’t be transferable even if they were accredited (fine art) from 10+ years ago count as ‘cumulative’. If they do, I’m likely out (as is my potential career likely). If not, I’ve received a near-full ride. </p>