<p>Whenever you're accepted into a UC and submit your SIR, it warns you that your admission is provisional and that earning a "D or F" may result in the withdrawal of your admission. I'm just wondering if this is a hollow threat to keep you from totally slacking off or a serious stipulation. Is it a big deal even if you get a single D or do you need two or more Ds/Fs to irk the UCs? Has anyone had their admission rescinded because of a single D?</p>
<p>People have had their admissions rescinded for that, particularly if it is in an a-g course they need a c or better in in order to be eligible for ANY UC, and where they don’t go to the school with the problem so it can be worked out. I have not read here of a rescission for a single D where those have not been the case (in other words, they contacted the school and worked out summer school or entry on academic probation or whatever.) I have heard, however, that at UCLA you have to notify the school if you have more than two Cs, as well. I also read a post here that a UCSD admissions counselor had told someone that the number 1 reason they rescinded admissions there was people dropping a math course senior year. I don’t have personal knowledge of that, though.</p>
<p>So would it be fair to say that the chances of getting your admission rescinded due to a single D are relatively low and that summer school/academic probation could be worked out?</p>
<p>I would never say that. I am sure it varies by school and situation. I know Ds do get people rescinded, I have just never seen one here where someone who proactively went to the school to work it out wasn’t able to. Mind you, I have never seen one where it was in a needed A-G course, either. </p>
<p>Define “needed A-G course.” The D I might receive is in AP Chemistry but I already have fulfilled the two year requirement for lab science.</p>
<p>You need to call the admission office ASAP on Monday to confirm where you stand if you get a D. One D may not get you rescinded but how it is handled can vary by UC.
Also talk to your teacher and do everything you can to get at least a C in the class. At our high school the teachers will work with the graduating seniors if they are willing to put in the work to get their grades up to prevent getting rescinded,</p>
<p>Well, I’m borderline right now and I don’t know what grade I’ll end up with until the beginning of June. </p>
<p>Everyone is telling you to talk to your teacher to see if you can change it and talk to UCi – BEFORE they leave for summer and while you have time to enroll to take it over in summer school if you have to. You seem to be kind of passively waiting for someone else to come along and give you an answer you like better.</p>
<p>That’s because “talk to your teacher” is a generic answer that isn’t quite applicable in my situation. My teacher doesn’t give extra credit and there is no way to talk to her to “change it” – whatever that means – because she’s stubborn and not exactly the best teacher in the world. And again, I’m borderline right now. I don’t know whether I have to take it over in summer school yet and likely won’t until the end of the school year. I’m not waiting for the answer I want to hear; I’m just waiting for one that isn’t generic and is situation-specific.</p>
<p>It is both situation specific and generic to say that if you wait until the final grade is available, options you might have had might no longer be open, deadlines to sign up for make up classes might be over, people you need to speak to to get authorizations at UCI may be away on break, etc. I’m not trying to bully you, I am trying to get you to make a phone call I think you really need to make to UCI on a ‘what if’ basis. Say you are still working on it but that there won’t be much time to come up with a way to address this if you wait for the final grade, and you want to have a plan in place, in case you aren’t able to keep the C/pull up to a C. That is my recommendation, in any event.</p>
<p>If you need a specific answer here it is; UCI has the right to rescind you if you get a D so proceed as if you are going to get a D and CALL THEM. We are not saying to talk to your teacher to get her to change your grade, we are saying to talk to her to see what you need to do to get a C. Do every single thing she suggests to improve your grade after you have had a one-on-one conversation with her. If she says you cannot get a C, then you have something specific to go to UCI with.</p>
<p>UCI is a big school and no one is going to be holding your hand there, so treat this as practice for advocating for yourself when you get to college.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll do as you say as it relates to calling UCI and informing them of my situation. However, your advice on talking to my teacher is rather underwhelming. I know where I stand in the class and know that I need to do well on the remaining assignments to get a C. Isn’t it rather obvious you need to get good grades to improve your grade? What do I need talk to her for when I know my own grade and can determine the exact grades I’d need on my remaining assignments to preserve a C?</p>
<p>Sometimes teachers give extra credit. Sometimes when a student takes the trouble to come to them for help and they know the student is trying, it influences their subjective grading on subjective portions of the tests etc. On the other hand, my son had a teacher who was sufficient problem that parents discussed his existence even at the middle school level (as in, if our kids go to and get accepted to this magnet, they will have to deal with Problem Teacher.) My son got a D from him, with a 4 on the AP exam in one class and a C from him with 5 on the AP exam in the second class. There was no way to avoid his classes. There was no talking to him with any benefit. The D at least my son was able to take over elsewhere (an A) and since UCs replace a taken over grade (if it is NOT senior year), that one ‘didn’t exist’ for their purposes - however much it hurt him elsewhere. </p>
<p>So if she is like that guy, just call UCI. But, obviously, don’t complain about the teacher.</p>
<p>Yes, sometimes the student coming in for help and to let the teacher know they are really trying and doing everything they can to improve may make the difference between a D and a C- at the end of the year. She may also give you some helpful advice on how to get better grades on remaining assignments and tests. Unless she really is just a bad teacher.</p>
<p>Saying she’s a bad teacher would be an understatement, unfortunately. She hasn’t given any extra credit all year long and just gives test after test while barely explaining the concepts in class. I understand that AP classes are about independent study, but she (and I do mean this sincerely) is of no help at all. While teachers do favor students that take the time to come for help, this is more so early in the year. If I rarely came for help early in the year and all of a sudden do come in near the end of the school year, then it obviously isn’t going to change her perception of me. </p>
<p>What did UCI say?</p>