<p>I was admitted as a bioengineering major, but I just realized I have a problem. I know the two conditions for being admitted are having a 3.0 GPA and completing all classes listed on the UC application. The problem is that I listed that I was taking a calculus 1 course online on the UC app, but now I've fallen way behind because of family issues. There's almost no chance for me to finish it by the time I graduate (Mid May). Without this class I still fulfill the A-G requirements, and I know that even if I finish it I'm going to be in Calculus 1 again when I go to college. It's basically a class I signed up for for fun and now it's causing me a huge headache. I emailed the admissions office on Friday and I'll probably call them this week, but I want some other opinions in the mean time. Is this a big issue or am I worrying about nothing?</p>
<p>calc is a pretty major part of ur senior year academic rigor, u should just try to finish it</p>
<p>Don’t worry about this.You can drop this online Calculus 1 class and take it in Berkeley.
They would not take back the decision.If they ask you can explain the reason of family problem but I do not think they will ask. I changed my schedule to drop some classes and nobody asked why but right before sending the final high school transcript on July, I sent a letter to explain the schedule change–> No problem at all!!</p>
<p>That’s great to know, thanks! I’m going to try to finish it anyways, but that’s super comforting.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how strict UC Berkeley is about maintaining an unweighted gpa of 3.0? because I had a friend who almost got his application rescinded at UCLA because he had 3 C’s total in the 1st and 2nd semester of his senior year, but they still let him in.</p>
<p>If you think about the motivation that the university has for the conditions of admission, you soon realize that they are not looking to be super strict and kick out deserving students. </p>
<p>Here are a few categories that you might want to have set up conditions that justify rescinding the offer, if you were responsible for a university admissions dept - </p>
<p>1 - person outright falsified their application, significantly inflated grades, invented activities . . .</p>
<p>2 - person listed a very impressive, heavy course of classes for senior year, hoping to influence admissions committees, but instead took the lightest possible set of courses for senior year</p>
<p>3 - person went into party mode, ignored all obligations of senior year, and earned horrible grades across the board - extreme, flagrant senioritis</p>
<p>The first two are clear character defects and are likely to waste a spot at the university on someone who will not try to get anything out of all the resources and opportunities, when there are many deserving people who had to be rejected. The third is not quite as clear cut, but depending on how deliberate the behavior seems and how the student responds, you can imagine that the person might be disruptive to the rest of the student body</p>
<p>On the other hand, someone who took a heavy workload of rigorous courses and had trouble in one, but it is evident that they were not slacking off, is a person you would not want to rescind. Same for someone who didn’t take one of their listed courses, perhaps due to lack of space in their HS, but took a similarly difficult replacement course. You want that person and will not be fanatical about the conditions.</p>
<p>Wow, that was a very good explanation of the process! I’ve been really worried about being rescinded because I’m struggling in AP Calculus and AP econ right now. :</p>