<p>I'm really worried and would like to hear from any strong opinions and help. So here's my story, I took 5 college courses for my spring semester because I was lacking units before I transfer to the university. It was really hard keeping up with all five of the courses in 1 semester. I was accepted to UCR as a sociology major and all I needed to do was take the courses as planned and pass all of them with a C or better. Since I got a D, I already know that I did not meet the requirement and have a good chance of getting my acceptance letter revoked. I worked hard for 3 years to transfer and here on the last semester I end up getting a D it really sucks. The worst part is, the professor who gave me the D is a really bad professor. The professor taught psychology 9b: which was the last course of psychology (Research study of method behaviors). In the course, we had a midterm, research paper, and a final. The professor does not care about the students at all and does not let students know how they are doing in the class. He wouldn't even care if students came to his lectures/lab or not. I ended up getting a C- on the midterm because his exams are really hard and he is not organized when he is lecturing. He made our final APA paper due in the last day of class and final on the last day of class. So its impossible to know what I was going to get when I was done with the class. I really tried my best on the final, but since he gave me a D in the course I'm assuming I did bad on the final. He uploaded the grade about 2 weeks after school finished when all the other professors uploaded the week after school ended. This Psychology 9B course is only offered once a year (every spring semester), and he's the only professor that teaches it. So if I wanted to retake and pass this class for units, I would need to wait a whole year to do this. I really want to transfer to UCR and finish with school. The class I got a D in isn't related my major sociology, so I was wondering if I could somehow explain to UCR about my situation and I really want to go there. Can anybody please give me some advice??? I don't want to spend another 4th year at a community college. Thank you.</p>
<p>No one here know for certain. Be proactive and contact UCR. Tell them you got a D in a class and ask your status. It may be fine. And if it is not, ask them the fastest route you can make up that class/units (and reapply for the next year if needed).</p>
<p>DO NOT WHINE about the “bad” professor or how the work stacked up to the admissions office. No one cares and it doesn’t make you sound like you are owning the “D.” Sometimes classes or professors are hard and the student still needs to move the mountains necessary to meet a certain benchmark to get the C- (which I’m sure many students did).</p>
<p>What UCR wants to see is that you can handle hard classes/professors with maturity–trouble shooting early, being able to switch study habits when lectures and tests cover different materials, being able to handle papers and tests being scheduled close together, etc etc. There will be more difficult professors at a UC and you will be taking upper division courses not intro lower division courses… so don’t whine, demonstrate that you’ve learned from this experience and have a plan on how you’d handle the class differently next time.</p>
<p>yeah. worst mistake when dealing with colleges is that you talk bad about your past professors. In fact, doing that will make it worse for you. Just own up to the mistake and tell them that it was not something that will happen again. Show them that you are determined. As for rescinding, there are many students that have gone to UCR with D’s with risk of being rescinded. Even if you are rescinded, you should still try to get in by appealling to the school. good luck and welcome to UCR.</p>
<p>Wookster: The university may rescind your acceptance and you may have to wait, but then again, they may not. It really depends on their admissions committee. If you’ve had a very good record, up to now, I wouldn’t worry about it. Taking 5 classes your last semester would impact anyone and the university will know that.</p>
<p>Re your psych prof: Welcome to college. Some university courses are like this. Your courses at UCR may be taught by grad students who don’t care if you show up for the labs. Grin, and take the abuse. It’s just one class. This is common in some schools. If I were you, I would make an appointment with an admissions counselor and see where your stand. Don’t bad mouth the teacher who gave you the D. If it comes up, you can say, “I was really surprised about that grade; I was under the assumption that I had performed well on the final and the paper”.</p>