Hello, I’ve submitted my apps a couple of days ago and I realized about a day later that for my senior year which is currently ongoing, I forgot to mark my US Government Honors class as only 1 semester and forgot to include my Economics Honors class as my second semester class. While I did mark the class as in progress, I marked it for 2 semesters instead of one and forgot about my Econ Honors class which is planned for my second semester.
I have already emailed UC admissions about the mistake and have gotten instructions about changing the mistake on several of the UCs that I am applying to (UCSC, Davis, etc.). However, I know that Berkeley and UCSB don’t accept changes post-submission, so I wanted to know if there were any way to contact those campuses to inform them of said mistake, even if I cannot change it. Since they may look at my transcripts later on in the year, I just wanted to know if there is a way to let them know. Is this a bad mistake and will it affect my chances, and is there anything else I should do/know of?
I apologize if this may have been answered already, but I just need some answers. Thanks for your time!
Sorry, but I forgot to ask something! Is this as bad of a mistake as I think it might be? I’m still worried about how this may affect my application in any way.
this really doesn’t seem like a big deal to me. the mistake is that your 2nd semester will say US Gov honors instead of Econ Honors? I don’t see what they would care. it doesn’t affect rigor or GPA or requirements and doesn’t seem like something that would have been done intentionally for any admissions advantage. it’s a totally victimless crime. I wouldn’t stress over it. I’m not even sure I would have pointed it out, honestly.
A bad mistake would be misrepresenting your grades such as reporting A’s when the were actually C’s.
It is a common mistake especially 1 semester classes. Classes taken Senior year are not used in the UC GPA calculation but they are reviewed to determine if you meet the a-g course requirements and continuation of rigor.