<p>Okay. I'm a second semester senior who has gotten pretty much all A's for my 1st semester senior year. I just got the Regents' and Chancellor's candidacy for UC Berkeley last last friday, so I know I'm pretty much goin' to Cal. However, my ap bio teacher is being a total ***** and not letting make up for a test (I was sick), so I got a 0% on that test. Long story made short, I think it's pretty hard for me to get a B in AP Biology, but more likely a C. I'm also taking AP English, AP Calculus BC, etc. and I can get A's in everything else, but since my biology teacher sucks so much, I think I'm going to get a C this semester (even though I got an A in that class last semester).</p>
<p>Now my question is, will getting 1 C and 4 A's (my other classes are just elective/TA) get me rescinded from UC Berkeley? I'm worried that such a top-tier UC would take back their acceptance and I'd be cooked for life...</p>
<p>Anyways, I heard that you only need a 3.0 unweighted GPA w/o D's or F's and you'll be fine. Is that true for UC Berkeley? Thanks.</p>
<p>The C will be fine, but you should get your parents to talk to the principal about that AP Biology teacher. </p>
<p>In Senior year, I lost half of my points off an in-class project from a history class because I was TAKING AP TESTS, and she wouldn’t let me make them up.</p>
<p>thanks! So has it EVER happened before that a person who got accepted was rescinded for falling from an A to a C in one AP class 2nd semester senior year? Because if you were the admission officer, you’d be wondering, “How did this person drop from an A to a C? Must be slacking off too much, better rescind him.”</p>
<p>anyways, thanks a lot! I’m getting more paranoid about this. (and I tried but I still can’t make up the test )</p>
<p>if it’s valid enough, you could just go talk to administration about it. and by talk, i mean get angry. my friend (who was a straight A student) had a C in one of his classes last year because the teacher really didn’t like him, and then his brother who was a freshmen had the same teacher that year. He got a B even though he had almost 100% on every assignment and test. So my friend just got into this huge controversy with the teacher until she changed his brother’s B to an A and my friend settled with the C. (There’s some missing parts in the story b/c it involved parents, but the results were true hah)</p>
<p>To answer your question though, getting a C isn’t gonna get you rescinded. Rather, I should say it shouldn’t. If you keep above their minimum reqs for second semester, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Since you’re in high school, you’re fine, but for CC transfers, if you don’t meet their provisional requirements which are CLASS by CLASS(ie get at least an “A” or higher in Class X and a “B” or higher in Class Y) even if you miss it because of a - notation you will most likely get rescinded.</p>
<p>Even if you GPA were to drop below a 3.0 you would be fine. They do not immediately rescind your admission. They first ask for an explanation as for why your grades dropped. If you were to explain to them that your teacher did not let you make up a test, then they would likely just say okay, or ask for proof and then just say okay. Contrary to popular belief the people who work in the admissions office are actual people and not computers.</p>
<p>you are an entering freshmen, aren’t you? What did you base your advice upon? Do you have older sibs or a number of friends who risked being rescinded yet were treated that as you described? </p>
<p>Asking because it is different from the (admittedly smallish) number of situations discussed here or talked about at Berkeley.</p>
<p>Yes. I am an entering freshman. I know 2 people who this kind of thing happened to last year. One of them cited family issues and the other one had a conflict with a teacher. Cal simply asked them to write a letter providing a good reason for why their grades decreased. After that they received an email that they were good to go.</p>
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