<p>I would SIR to both schools and wait until your grades are in, and make sure UCLA is okay with you grades. As far as I am aware, nothing happens to you if you Sir to both schools (you lost your $100 of course).</p>
<p>mkcman: where did I say I was headed towards an A-? I might end up with a 3.0 for the quarter. </p>
<p>JamesGold: what are my other options? If I choose UCLA and get rescinded, I’m completely screwed. </p>
<p>CaliTrumpet: Now THAT definitely seems risky</p>
<p>if UCLA rescinds you I will let you punch me in the face</p>
<p>@Arcade</p>
<p>There was a thread somewhere on here and people sirred to both schools and nothing happened to them. However, I suppose I wouldn’t take the risk either, LOL.</p>
<p>Welcome to Berkeley :)</p>
<p>Edit: Oh and if UCLA rescinds you, you can punch me in the face too</p>
<p>Punching you guys in the face wouldn’t change the fact that I’m stuck at my school that I’m sick of for another two years!</p>
<p>Just… try your best? I mean, it all comes down to you, right? Don’t prepare for (or even consider) the worst.</p>
<p>Well it might. There’s the possibility that you’ll wind up in jail for assault and battery and then you wouldn’t be stuck at school at all.</p>
<p>^And then you can reapply next year with some ‘experience’ under your belt.</p>
<p>edlynyl: I don’t know what you’re talking about. That was just some vague random encouragement! haha. My dilemma is that if I choose Berkeley I’m safe, but if I choose UCLA I run the risk of getting rescinded.</p>
<p>arcadefire-- I think you should get in contact with UCLA before you start planning on going somewhere else. Unless your gpa will change dramatically, I think you’ll be fine. If you’re not failing any classes, don’t sweat it too much. They just want to know you’re not slacking off now that you’ve been accepted.</p>
<p>I’ve tried talking to them but they won’t tell me anything. All they say is that they review applicants on a “case by case” basis. They refuse to let me know the conditions of my admission. I sent an E-mail and I’ll call again tomorrow. I really think this is ridiculous. Admitted students should be allowed to know their conditions of admission.</p>
<p>Right, so why aren’t they reviewing your “case”? That is pretty ridiculous. I would be frustrated too. Maybe you haven’t gotten in contact with the right person. My advice would be to be persistent about it and mention that you’re seriously considering submitting an SIR to another school if they can’t tell you.</p>
<p>Ahahah. I meant as in your grades. It all comes down to you to get a good (enough) GPA this semester. But I forgot it’s coming to an end… Damn time flies.</p>
<p>Maybe you should call and give the rep a scenario? Ask the question in the most subtle way possible hahahha</p>
<p>I don’t know, from my experience (and the seeming experience of many other CCers) the UCLA reps aren’t very helpful. It’s rather unfortunate, I expected much better. But meh.</p>
<p>arcade, if you get rescinded I’ll give you my admission. I think the 5/10ths gpa rule is a pretty good rule of thumb. I think almost everyone has some form of ‘transferitis,’ or else we’d all be rescinded.</p>
<p>5/10ths seems like a good rule, but I applied with a 3.96 and there’s a very real shot of me getting a 3.0 this quarter. I’m not saying it’s gonna happen for sure, but I need to know if it does if I’d be ok at UCLA. At Berkeley I’d be fine.</p>
<p>well try to calculate your gpa and see if a 3.0 this semester will put you at .5 less than 3.96</p>
<p>Arcade, I know you see it as a big risk because you are applying out of a UC, but I really wouldn’t let it get to you. If you like UCLA, go to UCLA. If you like Cal, go to Cal. Just don’t go to Cal because UCLA is being EXTREMELY vague about the situation. Also the quarter is not completely over yet. You never know if your professor might curve the course or give you a grade that you didn’t expect (can go both ways though). I calculated my winter course GPA as a 3.7 a month before my finals and I actually ended up with a 4.0.</p>
<p>You know that it’s a very very small chance that they will rescind you and even if that happens, you can always appeal (even though that’s not guaranteed either). It’s just going to suck 2 years from now if you start wondering why you didn’t just accept their SIR. You rarely see people get rescinded just because they got a 3.0 in their last quarter (I’ve never seen it in my life). However, I have seen people get rescinded because they received a D in a course. People on these boards were also worrying about reporting their course changes for spring quarter because UCLA supposedly looks over that on a “case by case” basis.</p>
<p>If I were in your case and I liked UCLA more, I’d just SIR there.</p>
<p>correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the gpa will be compared to the previous semester? also, you don’t avg in the 3.0, it’s compared to your previous performance. if you’re really worried about it but want to go to ucla, I would honestly suggest SIRing to both schools and accept losing $130 in deposits to one or the other. compared to what you’ll be paying for school, it’s a drop in the pan. it’s also worth it to be able to get the most appealing situation possible. if you’re that worried, I would seriously do it.</p>
<p>well, I spoke to someone on the phone who said that a 3.0 or above would be safe. She didn’t look at my specific case or anything though, which I wish she would have. I’m not sure she realized that my major was super duper impacted…</p>