<p>naw he goes to coc</p>
<p>Aaah yes titration. Two times my pink became too bright indicating too much base (I couldn’t work the stopcock well enough, I suppose) so I would snarl because I wanted to do my calculations and leave before the stockroom guy came in demanding the florence flasks. I had the strangest stockroom guy too. He was an older gentleman with long flowing white hair and a beard to match. He was the most pokerfaced guy I ever met. Very dry sense of humor though, we laughed together in mutual glee when we overheard someone calling acetic acid “hydro acetate acid” we were shocked, I think (it was the freakin’ end of the semester).</p>
<p>I didn’t know that precalculus wasn’t offered at other places. My CC has had it for years.</p>
<p>solidblu im prayin for you and i think ur an awesome person</p>
<p>just keep doing what you’re supposed to do and results will come as they come </p>
<p>dont even worry… what’s meant to happen will happen… trust</p>
<p>in any case, be proud of yourself for what you have accomplished</p>
<p>i wish the best for you</p>
<p>this is what Ws are for.</p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck man. What others have said is pretty much dead on.</p>
<p>I’m thankful my contract requires a 2.0 and I got a 3.7.</p>
<p>the class that I had the B in I had a 94% grade but apparently attendance counted. I’m making an appeal to alter it. I’ll see. it’s for the sake of pride though. I’ll say though that I deserved a B in that class, I didn’t put in much effort.</p>
<p>I love how some of you are being helpful, and some of you are stressing the hell outa me. </p>
<p>And for the record, I got titration right on my FIRST TRY! Just had to say that. All about the power magnet stirrer thing and patience.</p>
<p>@bagelsbagels Thank you so much, I really appreciate your comments. </p>
<p>I have one question. I tol a friend about this, and she assured me that Berkeley meant that I had to have a 3.0 CUMULATIVE UC transferable GPA by the end of Spring Semester. She said that many of her friends had been freaked out about the same thing, but that they found out that they needed to leave with higher than a 3.0. Could this be?? </p>
<p>I took it that I needed to complete the Spring semester ALL BY ITSELF with a 3.0. Here is exactly how it is worded, and I have to admit, it could be taken either way:</p>
<p>“You must complete all UC-transferable courses in the Winter and/or Spring 2010 terms with a 3.0 or higher GPA and no grade lower than a C.”</p>
<p>UPDATE: one of my professors (who loves me dearly, apparently…either that or this individual doesn’t want to feel responsible for ruining my life…) has agreed to raise my grade to an A if I do an extra credit assignment by next week. It will bring my GPA up to a 2.9 though, because this class is not weighted as heavily as the precalculus class is. Still, I’m sure this will help during the appeal process, or whatever I’m going to have to do???</p>
<p>from what i heard, you need at least a 3.0 for SPRING semester. i’ve heard of a few guys actually getting rescinded even for a 2.8-2.9 in their last semester.</p>
<p>and thats great news! a 2.9 will definitely be more negotiable than a 2.6. good luck man!</p>
<p>Jane, is that your Berkeley contract that you are quoting??? Mine doesn’t say anything that specific at all!!! Can you send me a screenshot of WHERE it says that?? I mean, which section? I’m gonna email you right now</p>
<p>naw a b is a 3.0. a b minus would be 2.7 or something like that…</p>
<p>ya. We just don’t happen to get B-'s, but the UC thinks in -'s and +'s, so that may be a benefit. My contract didn’t say anything about a b average though…does that mean my contract is being stricter or less strict with me?</p>
<p>what is coc? the only community college in cupertino is de anza…?!</p>
<p>College of the Canyons.
And the only thing I took during Winter, by the way, was an Emergency Medical tech class for 2 credits that was pass/fail. That doesn’t help @ all, does it?</p>
<p>My contract said 3.0 or better with no grades lower than a C. I told my advisor of the possiblity of a 2.9 but she said it was fine. Although the reason for the 2.9 was due to a PE class. My gpa for my academic courses met the requirements though…</p>
<p>Hope things work out for you. Best wishes.</p>
<p>@Bimmer, Ya, it seems I may have hope yet :)</p>
<p>I’ve got an important question: WHEN do people get rescinded, and HOW??<br>
My counselor is being very vague about what she wants from me. I emailed her my dilema, expecting to hear advice on the situation, but she emailed me back asking me to send her an explanation for why my grades are lower than last semester, two recommendations, IGETC certification, and something else. Why in the world is she asking for all this? She didn’t tell me whether my situation is serious, or not that bad, or whether she has insta-rescinded me, or what. I don’t even know my status now.</p>
<p>I read this thread with interest, and here’s my opinion fwiw:</p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think you’re in that much danger of being rescinded (especially after reading your very last post). This pretty much confirmed what I had initially thought about your situation and here’s why:</p>
<p>The fact that you ventured FAR away from your major and took challenging courses “just for the heck of it” shows academic curiosity and desire, which is looked upon with a very favorable light at places like Berkeley and UCLA. They don’t want people who just “follow a safe and easy recommended pattern”, but rather people who are willing to take a risk, and challenge themselves!! As an engineering major myself, I know that most people with a major such as yours, would not go ANYWHERE NEAR an engineering or “higher level” math course if they did not have to. Not only that, but you took them and managed to get a “B” in most, except Pre-calc. (It’s not like you failed them or got a D). So, sit back and relax, and don’t worry too much. I know they have that “3.0” cutoff, but it’s only a number and, trust me, places like Berkeley do not look at things in just BLACK and WHITE. </p>
<p>However, all that said, you still have your WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. Basically, your advisor is asking for all that stuff to keep you from getting rescinded. You have to make a really good case for yourself and you should be fine! So here are some pointers on what to do:</p>
<p>Take those teacher recommendations seriously. I presume you’ve done well in the pre-req courses relating to YOUR MAJOR. So approach these teachers WHO KNOW YOU VERY WELL (not necessarily ones in which you have the best grades) and explain the situation and ask them for STRONG recommendations. If they too can explain what happened it could help even more.</p>
<p>Per your advisor’s request, write a HEARTFELT and HONEST essay explaining (as you did here) that you decided to take some challenging and interesting courses COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY UNRELATED to your major to satisfy your intellectual curiosity, and then explain what happened. Emphasize strongly in your essay that you DID NOT NEED TO TAKE THESE COURSES for your major (you need to do this in a subtle way)</p>
<p>So, I must say that it’s just my opinion, but if you do these things and explain yourself well, I think you should be safe. Good luck!</p>
<p>Hello solidblu,</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation now. I got an email from my admission officer yesterday. My GPA for the spring semester is 2.739. I took that phrase in the conditions of admission to mean that my cumulative GPA must be maintained at a level above 3.0–which it has been. I took 23 units my last semester, including a calc-based physics class that I didn’t need, as my major is political science (I’m hoping to do a double with math). What happened to you? Do you think I’ll still be able to go? See my original post at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/969620-gpa-uc-berkeley-transfer-conditions-admission.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/969620-gpa-uc-berkeley-transfer-conditions-admission.html</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>