So I got in for CS for the fall, but the one class I needed to transfer was CS 240, Data Structures and Algorithms. The class I’m taking at my CC is called “Data Structures and Algorithms” but I just found out that the class I’m taking doesn’t satisfy the CS 240 that CPP wants. Instead, it satisfies their “C++ Programming” course.
My school doesn’t even have a class that would satisfy that requirement. When I called Admissions, the guy told me that if I’m not going to have the class they want completed, then they will revoke my admission. He said “if your school didn’t have the class, then you would have had to take it somewhere else.”
So they knew from my application that I wasn’t going to be taking that class, yet they still admitted me, just to now revoke my acceptance? Is this really happening?
They might since that is one of the requirements that CPP wants. You should have used http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html to compare your community college classes to the classes that CPP has. If your community college does not have the class then you should have enrolled in another community college that had the class. No offense, but it’s your responsibility to fulfill all requirements for transfer. If you get denied, take the necessary classes in the fall and re-apply. Sorry.
For the record, I did use assist. This class completed requirements for every other school I applied to. I wasn’t going to not take it just to take the class that only CPP wanted. I was told that if my school doesn’t have the necessary class that CPP would let me in and just let me take it there. Now I’m hearing that they will revoke my admission.
Any other school that determined I wasn’t going to meet the transfer requirements for by the end of spring rejected me. That is completely fair. CPP is the ONLY school that looked at my transcripts and planned classes, admitted me, only to then reject me after taking my enrollment and orientation fees.
You dont think the Admissions department has a responsibility to only admit students that meet their requirements? Isn’t that what they get paid to do? Why did every other school fulfill that responsibility, but not CPP? You dont think that if I’m paying them hundreds of dollars for application fees and orientation fees and enrollment fees that the least they could have done is send a short email about the issue?
I’m fine with not being admitted to a school. That’s totally fair. But I think its ridiculous to admit someone and take their non-refundable fee money KNOWING you’re just going to reject them, especially when determining who is qualified for admission is literally your job, and ESPECIALLY when every other school actually does it right.
So dont try to deflect blame by making it about my “responsibility”. That’s asinine.
I feel for you. I was provisionally admitted because I stated I was going to take the Data Structure class in Spring on my application. However, I decided to take C++ instead because I heard the Data Structure class was C++ heavy so I wanted to be ready. After CPP got my final transcript, they saw that I did not take the Data Structure class and denied my application after being provisionally admitted. It was my fault for switching classes at the last second. I am really pissed and sad at the same time. Now I have to wait another year just to apply and compete with other transfers again…