<p>you know what sucks</p>
<p>how everyones high school teachers are totally different
and GRADE INFLATIONS
OMG ._.
i hate it but
my ap english teacher
is BEYOND easy
everyone, i mean everyone literally has A's</p>
<p>but wow, everyone is failing biology.
i mean, do colleges take this into account??</p>
<p>sorry pinkylee, i have another question
when you say revoked, are you talking about your senior year when you got the D?
and uhm with the 3.0 both semesters unweighted, is that for junior year or senior?</p>
<p>I have a question: I got a D for my first semester of AP Calculus AB, and I am not sure if I have to report this (as in, send a letter?) to the UC's. Since I am technically not taking this class to meet the required A-G courses, does that mean that I do not have to report it? I know it will still look pretty bad, but could someone specify whether I have to notify the admission offices?</p>
<p>On another note - is it too late to make changes to my application? I didn't put down a foreign language course that I took outside of my high school because I wasn't sure if they would be recognized by the UCs. Thanks.</p>
<p>When I say revoked I mean your senior year. I did not get a D my senior year ( I got a C-, but I did alot of research beacuse I thought that I was going to get a D). These conditions are for your senior year. You have already self-reported on your application what your grades were for junior year. If you have below a 3.0 in your junior year, this will not cause your admission to be rescinded, since they already have that information up front. (I hope that makes sense).</p>
<p>If you get a D your senior year (either semester) you risk being rescinded. Similarly, if you get below a 3.0 uw GPA either semester of your senior year, you also risk being rescinded. If either of these things happens, you should notify admissions immediately. This is what UCSB (for example, all UCs have the same policy) has to say:
Notify the Office of Admissions immediately if you earn a grade below "C" in your senior year. Even one D or F may render you ineligible to the University of California. By notifying us promptly, we may be able to offer some alternate preparation that will allow you to maintain your admission.</p>
<p>Yes, the D still counts even if it is not for a class fulfilling an A-G requirement. Any grade below a C in any class your senior year can cause your admission to be revoked, if you do not take the proper steps. The UCs do not require a transcript until after you have already sent in your intent to register and have completed your school year. Therefore, they will not know if you get a D until then, but if they find out just by looking at your transcript they will rescind you. This is why you need to contact the office of admissions and ask them what you can do. I have heard through purely anecdotal evidence that in most cases they will work with you to make sure you don't get revoked (especially if you have extenuating circumstances). They don't want to revoke you. They want you to come to their school, which is why they admitted you in the first place. But they will revoke you if you aren't proactive about it. Sorry if I'm being repetitive, but I'm trying to get my point across as clearly as possible. I know that there is alot of confusion about this matter because me and several of my classmates last year had similar thoughts/concerns (we were all worried about the same class, interestingly enough).</p>
<p>I don't know about changing information on your application, but you could probably call the admissions office and ask them.</p>
<p>Wow that was long and rambling, I hope that it made sense.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the post pinkylee. It really puts it into perspective. One question though: is one supposed to email the admission offices after admission (this coming March) or as soon the the D/F or below 3.0 GPA is confirmed, of which would probably be before admissions in March?</p>
<p>My grade scare was in my second semester, after I had already been admitted, so I'm not sure about what you should do if the problem is first semester. My advice, however, would be to tell them right away before you are admitted. The reason I say this is because of this quote I already posted, which is from the UCSB website (I believe that all UCs have a similar policy):</p>
<p>"Notify the Office of Admissions immediately if you earn a grade below "C" in your senior year. Even one D or F may render you ineligible to the University of California. By notifying us promptly, we may be able to offer some alternate preparation that will allow you to maintain your admission."</p>
<p>Notice that it says immediately. If you wait until after you are admitted to report a first semester D (and this is pure speculation), they might resent that you did not report it earlier, and feel as if you are trying to hide it from them. Again, this is just my perspective. I think that the best thing for you to do in your situation is to call/e-mail the admissions office directly and ask them what you should do. That is the best way to make sure you're getting the right information. Good luck!</p>
<p>This is not fair at all. What if the kid LIKE ME, is talking ALL AP classes?</p>
<p>I have a 2.8 uw, 3.8 weighted senior year. now because of this stupid website, im freaking out. NO i didnt get a D or an F but i did get two C's, two B's and an A all of which in AP CLASSES....</p>
<p>UGH</p>
<p>bump...would it be better to drop the AP Course and get a 3.0 uw? or just get the 2.8 uw and stick with the AP Course hoping for a better improvememnt in the spring?</p>
<p>Thank you very much, pinkylee.</p>
<p>In the letter to the Offices of Admissions, should I just state that I received a D in ____ class? Would they expect/want (stated in the letter) some sort of reason why I attained that grade? And how exactly do they follow up on this?</p>
<p>yeah i'm like jakes revenge and have my first below 3.0 gpa because of my 5 ap classes. No D's or F's, just 3C+s (so close...) Should I write a letter? Will they think that I'm slacking? HELP!</p>
<p>YOU PEOPLE HAVE IT EASY... we go on a 7% grade scale.. u have that low of a D and u arent going anywhere with it... man i wish we were on 10 point scale... id have straight A's... wow</p>
<p>I read in an e-mail from UC Irvine that all classes must be passed with a "C" or higher and with a 3.0 WEIGHTED minimum. I have never read anywhere about both semesters having to be 3.0 unweighted minimum.</p>
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<p>It's not unfair when in fact your senior course list is also a factor in UC's admission process. You taking 7 AP classes in your senior year would no doubt have benefited you in their evaluation of your application. Your complaint would have some validity had the admissions ignored whether the class is AP or not. In essence, would you like the admission process to recognize you are taking these AP classes as you are maintaining good grades or simply want the process to completely ignore them and offer some relief to students like you that are taking AP courses?</p>
<p>Anyone can take 7 AP courses; however, can they do well under this immense difficulty?</p>
<p>Then there's the question why you are taking 7 AP courses in the first place when you are somewhat struggling.</p>
<p>YES, you should explain why you got the D. That is the purpose in contacting them. If you don't tell them why you did poorly they are going to assume that you slacked off, and that is not good. In response to someone saying that UCI requires a 3.0 weighted... maybe that is the case for UC Irvine, I wouldn't know because I didn't apply there. But for every UC that I applied to, it was 3.0 unweighted GPA. I just double checked this on the accepted students pages (interestingly enough, they still had them up for people who were accepted last year) and it was definately 3.0 uw. Then again, I did not apply to every UC, so again, I would check. For some, it may be 3.0 weighted.</p>