<p>I see that they say they don't accept "new information" to be added to one's application. However, one of my spring semester classes--Spanish III--I'm now taking as Honors Spanish III. I know it won't make much of a difference at all, but anything could help (especially since I'm already informing them of a class I had to drop due to extenuating circumstances). But is that considered "new info" or just a change in your senior year schedule that would be appropriate to write them about?</p>
<p>If you have dropped classes or reduced the difficulty level of your courses, it is worth notifying the admissions committees - without this having been documented there is the risk that the campus would rescind the admissions offer based on a material change from the information in your application. </p>
<p>However, an upgrade, such as moving from a non-honors to an honors version of a class, is not a breach at all. There is no risk of rescindment based on that kind of increased load. </p>
<p>You alluded to an earlier issue, where you had to drop a planned class that you had reported. That earlier situation is an example of what needs to be reported - so that they don’t believe that the application was submitted in bad faith to mislead them about the rigor of your planned senior workload. It sounds like you did report that along with the reason for the drop. </p>
<p>No need to do anything about the upgrade to honors Spanish III. Whoever verifies your final transcript at the campus you choose to attend would consider that a complete fulfillment of your listed Spanish III plan.</p>
<p>Yes, I am already planning to report the dropped class and I know that moving to an Honors class would not put me at risk for rescindment, but rather my question was: can I include the increased workload in my letter (to make my chances even just a little bit higher) or will they not allow it because it may be “new info”?</p>
<p>No, since you have not reported the dropped class, it would be to your advantage to include that as a ‘compensatory’ adjustment that you made based on the problem that caused you to drop the other class. That is, it can be portrayed as a good faith move on your part to replace the workload that disappeared because of the drop with extra work in an honors version of Spanish. </p>
<p>I misread your post and believed you had previously reported the drop.</p>
<p>Ah, okay, that’s what I was thinking (and hoping). Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Just to clarify, you must report all senior course changes. Berkeley will accept changes via fax, call the admissions office during normal business hours and press 0, the recording will give you a fax number to send the change.</p>