<p>So the past semester my house got burned down, and then my mother went to the hospital for major back surgery and had to be on bed rest for a month and I had to take care of her since my parents are divorced. I ended up with 3 D's and one F. Do you think that they'll still let me attend? I know my grades totally dropped (I am normally an A + B student only) but a drop that dramatic has to be because of extenuating circumstances! </p>
<p>Now my family is under an intense insurance investigation and the insurance company has just decided that they won't reward us money.
I'm literally crying right now. :'(</p>
<p>First of all I’m very sorry that all that happened to you and I hope your mom and your family make a great recovery.</p>
<p>Next what school did you get accepted to?</p>
<p>And they may rescind so the first thing I would do is contact the campus you mailed your statement of intent to register at and speak to their admissions coordinator and they may inform you of if your admission will be rescinded, if so, which it most likely will be, will ask you to submit an appeal or letter explaining your very extenuating circumstances and if your GPA is still above a 3.0 or 3.2+ depending on where you’re going your letter or appeal may be approved and accepted with proof of circumstances to allow you to still transfer. I believe it’s called a special action admit.</p>
<p>What is your current cumulative GPA?</p>
<p>Hope all goes well, I rly hope I have you some insight</p>
<p>And even though life may be rainy right now it doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot of sunshine to come your way, so try to keep your head up and take everything that brings you down and use it to build you and your family back up, even stronger and more together than before.</p>
<p>Thanks Matt!
My school in question is UCSB.
I’ve contacted my high school counselor about sending a letter to my admissions counselor but she is currently out of the country and not checking emails. My GPA is most likely under 3.0, probably hovering around a 2.9. My weighted GPA is most definitely around a 4.7 if that helps?
The F is for international studies which is a 4 years program that only gives you .25 of a credit so I don’t think it made a huge impact.
My admissions counselor for UCSB has already contacted me and I gave her a quick summary of my situation and a voicemail asking her to call me back so she can get all the details. </p>
<p>I feel like they should just let you rule one semester out of the gradebook. I haven’t even told my mom because she is in the middle of such enormous stress and our whole family is just angry.</p>
<p>Okay this is from UCSB for 2012 (2013 not yet available)</p>
<p>Total Special Action Admits: 50</p>
<p>A total of 33 students were admitted with a GPA below 3.0 to UCSB</p>
<p>Would that be the international baccalaureate program?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t bother with your HS counselor I’d go first thing Monday morning to the admissions office at UCSB in person as well as to the department that you’re majoring in (sociology, psychology, communications etc…) bring some form of proof tht this is what happened and that these are your circumstances and they will go from there.</p>
<p>Would you be considered an EOP student? Check the criteria on the UCSB site and let me know.</p>
<p>They should but then everyone might take advantage of that and just party all senior year in HS or the last semester in community college prior to transfer haha</p>
<p>Hope for the best but expect the worst you know?</p>
<p>And your mom will get better just have a little faith</p>
<p>I meant 3.7 for the weighted GPA, luckily UC has a weighted system. </p>
<p>And yes, I was full IB all the way up until my D’s. :(</p>
<p>I am not close to Santa Barbara so I wouldn’t be able to do that, however, I would be able to send news articles and photographic proof via email. </p>
<p>I qualify for full need based aid, would that qualify me for EOP? I’m having a hard time finding the requirements for UCSB on their page.</p>
<p>Honestly im mot too familiar with the weighted system all i know is that once you start at UCSB you start from scratch with a 0.00 GPA. </p>
<p>Even if its a 2 hour drive I’d make the trip because in person is more solid than anything over the phone or email, and in one day you could secure everything.</p>
<p>Students who checked yes on the UC Admissions application expressing their interest in being an EOP student will be considered for EOP membership. If students meet the income and first generation requirements they will be admitted into EOP and will receive an enrollment letter and/or letter from EOP. Students who did not meet criteria or did not indicate their interest on the admissions application may visit EOP and request to walk-in.</p>
<p>I actually live in a different state, Oregon, so I don’t think that will be possible.
Would a phone call be the next best thing?</p>
<p>However, I will contact the EOP office. What are the first generation requirements? I’m not the only college attendee/grad if that’s what that means.</p>
<p>Also, thank you so much, you have no idea how much stress you’re helping me unload!</p>
<p>Edit: Also the UC system allows for you to weigh 8 classes, so I should have a weighted GPA over 3.0, which is the min GPA for UCSB acceptance.</p>
<p>EOP services all students, while focusing on those who are income eligible and first-generation undergraduates. Excellence, achievement, leadership and community serve as the key elements to EOP’s purpose.</p>
<p>Uhm I’d try to set up a virtual appointment and pursue it via that way because even though your cumulative GPA weighted is above a 3.0 you did not follow the terms of acceptance of admission which was to have a 2.0 semester GPA minimum in the Spring…so the virtual appointment and then they will give you the steps to take from there, and I’m 99.9% sure they will be sympathetic to you and grant special action. If you can’t get a virtual appointment then call and speak to both admissions and the department that your majoring in.</p>
<p>I’d look over your transcripts and add everything up yourself or there are a number of weighted GPA calculators if you google it and see what your exact GPA stands at both weighted and unweighted just for your personal knowledge.</p>
<p>And it’s no problem, I’m happy to help :)</p>
<p>I’m transferring to UCSB next Fall as a Junior so I’m sure ill see you around and hopefully by then your family will have come back from these hard times and that the insurance company will have a heart and make sure you guys are taken care of, just have some faith and be as honest as possible with them and UCSB too!</p>
<p>Okay well if it was your last semester even if you got all D’s and F’s it shouldn’t effect you extremely heavily if your weighted GPA was around a 3.9 and unweighted a 3.46, I’d estimate a 2.9-3.0 unweighted and a 3.2-3.29 for weighted, but that’s just a guesstimate.</p>
<p>Just do what I said and you should be golden</p>
<p>It’s roughly 50k a year for non resident, 30k for resident but there are Cal Grants for CA residents while non residents don’t get that however blue and hold is available to everyone if they qualify. </p>
<p>So it’s about 20k more a year.</p>
<p>But I’m assuming that a lot of scholarships are involved that she would come to CA or maybe it’s just the view, but either way it’s worth it to her :)</p>
