After reading tons of threads already on this topic, I’m feeling a bit better because it seems my chances of getting rescinded are pretty low BUT my anxiety is pushing me to post this anyway… so my situation IS:
Accepted to UCLA fall 2017
I will receive one and only one C in a MAJOR PREP course.
If you wanna get technical tho, it’s a C for my final quarter of French (linguistics major here). All other quarters of French, I got an A. The C this quarter is because I had to take this course online as my college doesn’t offer French courses all the way through the required French 6. It was the first online class I’ve ever taken, and tbh with starting a new job and everything, it just got kind of put on the back burner yano? I don’t struggle with French, I struggled with an overloaded schedule and juggling all my other classes and work and then this online course.
I will be receiving either As or A-s in my other courses this quarter. B+ worst case scenario but I doubt it. Soooo with calculating that C into my GPA, I will probably achieve a quarter GPA of around 3.2 for the quarter.
My overall GPA is a 3.46, this C will only drop my GPA to a 3.43ish. I applied with a 3.44.
So I should be good right? The only thing that scares me is that it’s a major prep course and I know thats a big deal for UCLA. Getting 1 C in a major prep course BUT a good academic history in that subject in general, will result in a quarter GPA thats above a 3.0 and it won’t drop my overall GPA too drastically. Grounds for being rescinded or am I really just tripping over nothing?
idk anything about college confidential so im not sure if this reply would “bump” my thread but anyhow…
has anyone been rescinded from UCLA for 1 C in a major course?
provision contract is just like any other. they say to report:
1.) 2 or more Cs
2.) any D or F grades
3.) a C in a major prep course
1 and 2 do not apply to me; I’m only getting 1 C and no failing grades. But that 1 C is a major prep course. Has anyone else been rescinded in a similar scenario?
Also contract says to “maintain academic performance.” This C is only gonna drop my overall GPA from 3.46 to 3.43ish, so not that bad. I’ll have around a 3.2ish gpa for this quarter.
After the semester, report all your grades right away, unofficially, to Admissions. If it’s still a C, and the rest of your grades are good, I don’t think you will be rescinded but the Linguistics department will probably weigh in. They may look at your application again and still want you! Good luck!
Getting an A-, B, and a C.
C is major prep.
I’ve just discovered that the C will be weighted differently than what I originally thought; the A- and B are quarter units while the C is at another college and is semester units. Apparently 4 semester units = 6 quarter units??
SO my GPA for the quarter will be around 2.8ish, but my overall GPA is only gonna drop from 3.46 to a 3.35ish situation.
And I cant officially report any of this to UCLA until after the SIR deadline.
Is it time to bail on LA and SIR to UCSD instead???
@mikemac ive tried calling ucla admissions 3 times but they love being vague and saying “it’s a case by case basis” sooo… no straight answer from them BUT linguistics undergrad advisor is a new idea thank you imma try tomorrow!!
The student transfer conditions are different for every UC.
At UCI they only require you to pass your classes, obtain a 2.0 for spring and a total transfer GPA of at least 3.0
First of all, I would like to thank everyone so much for your input. I love when people actually offer advice on here instead of being condescending and borderline rude. Emailed my whole debacle to admissions and the email I received back:
“We understand that the uncertainty is stressful… If you are committed to attending UCLA, the best we can recommend is that you submit your SIR by the June 1st deadline and report your final grades as soon as they are known to you… We cannot guarantee that your admission offer will not be rescinded, you will need to carefully consider whether you would like to take the risk and submit your SIR. Please note that late SIRs will not be accepted after the June 1st deadline.”
(It feels kinda wrong to post practically the whole email here? Anyhow…)
I’m thinking… after 3 years at community college, I’m really not going to gamble on a 4th. I’m meeting with all my professors next week once midterm/final exam scores have been finalized to get an idea of where my grades are at before the SIR deadline, and if they’re much higher than I’m predicting then I’ll SIR to UCLA. But the way things are expected to turn out, I’m most likely going to SIR to my second choice which is UCSD. I meet all requirements for their contract, and SD is a really incredible school as well so I can’t be too bitter XD Other than the fact that I’ll be pissing off my dad who has been rooting for UCLA, transferring SAFELY to UCSD honestly seems like a better option than stressing the rest of this quarter about getting 100% on everything and still getting rescinded from UCLA in the end.
Again thank you so much guys, but hey if things are actually going better for me than what my pessimistic outlook predicts and I DO end up SIRing to UCLA, I’ll be sure to keep posted whether I get rescinded or not. Because I hate reading stories on here about students in similar situations to mine, and then not knowing the outcome lol
I still think it’s worth checking with the department undergrad advisor. I don’t know the internals of how admission works, whether the admissions department has the final say or not. Or even whether the department has any influence in the decision. But given what’s at stake here it’s worth it for you to look into it. My guess, and mind you it’s only a guess, is that if a department says they will take a student given their record that the admissions department will go along with it.
I’d SIR to both, if worse comes to worse. You should know shortly thereafter. You’re not trying to game the ststem, you simply haven’t gotten word back. Its similar to the waitlist dilemma.
Posters sometimes suggest ignoring the rule, even though it is clearly stated. The claim is that by the time the UC system figures out you have accepted to multiple campuses you will have withdrawn one, or that if they find out sooner nothing bad will really happen.
Hmmm thats what I thought. I do see how my situation is similar to a waitlist scenario (being guaranteed admission at one campus but not at the other), but I’m not waitlisted. I’m calling UCSD today and I’ll ask about this. SIRing to two campuses is such a nice and easy solution and I would have done so already, but I always thought it was kind of an illegal move, so to speak. I’ll see what they have to say about it. thank you so much @Ohm888 and @mikemac