<p>Academic disqualification help !!
I am studying in my second year in USC. I was on probation at the beginning of this year. At end of this semester my average grades (GPA) is little less than 2.0.
I am sure that this will lead to academic disqualification.
The reason of low grades could be that I may not be interested in my major, one of the GE research paper was plagiarised and may be as International student, I was not use to the American education system. Although my grades have improved overall. I work extremely hard but despite by grades come low.</p>
<p>By December all spring admissions colleges are closed.</p>
<p>What are my options?? </p>
<p>Can I do a non degree course at UC Berkeley which earns a full credit and take a transfer in fall semester? Is this acceptable? </p>
<p>Can I appeal? Will USC take me back after One semester? or apply for another University for fall?</p>
<p>Please advice and help !!!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Whats your major?</p>
<p>Did you ACTUALLY plagiarize, or are you just being accused of it?</p>
<p>regarding the plagiarism, was it because you failed to cite things properly or did you actually copy/paste (ie use someone else’s work verbatim) in your paper?</p>
<p>being an international student is no excuse for plagiarism. every professor has a section on academic integrity in their syllabus and i’m sure they or the TA mentioned it.</p>
<p>i don’t know what your situation but you can always go to community college and apply to transfer elsewhere in the fall. Community college academics are probably less challenging than USC’s, so it will ease your transition into our education system. If USC is too challenging, honestly, I wouldn’t try Berkeley because it will probably be just as hard. Think about going to an easier college that still has a good reputation. It’s better to have a good GPA there than a horrible one at a hard one, where you’re possibly not learning anything.</p>
<p>Econ.</p>
<p>Its my own words.</p>
<p>Problem is my Visa status. Which University will give me an admission in Late Dec or Jan for this spring?</p>
<p>Will USC allow me to continue one additional term on their I20??</p>
<p>In low grade situation like mine: Is there a way to appeal, will USC reconsider an extension to probation for one additional term or its rule for all. My GPA will be Just below 2.0!! </p>
<p>Meeting with the Dean of faculty, is this helpful?? Any way to survive and not waste my term?</p>
<p>Thanks. Everyone</p>
<p>lol why didnt you change major early on then</p>
<p>@charming, can you elaborate on the plagiarism thing? Why and how was one of your GE papers plagiarized?</p>
<p>I will never forget an experience I had in a very competitive post-graduate program I attended decades ago. A group of Italian guys, there on an exchange program of sorts, cheated their butts off. They’d laugh about it. The rest of us were extremely straight-laced, honor-code-obeying, hard-working students.</p>
<p>Once, while we were all out socializing, I asked them why and how they could cheat so badly – and didn’t it negatively impact the way they felt about their supposed “successes,” when it wasn’t even their own work? They told me, to a person, that in their country, cheating is as admired as getting ahead via other means. If you’re a clever cheater, they said, then you’re clever, period. And that’s admirable. (In their minds.) </p>
<p>Now, I don’t know if they really do speak for their whole country (who can?), but I do remember the shock I felt to learn that this sort of thing was, supposedly, a CULTURAL difference??? The thought STILL bothers me! 
I always thought cheating was universally looked down upon by “good” people.</p>
<p>^Oh. And, what you can take from that, charming, is that ALL US colleges (and LOTS of people) REALLY look down on cheating. That’s probably why everybody jumped right in there on the plagiarizing thing. It is really frowned upon, and it signals bad character to a lot of people.</p>
<p>Did you get help at USC, by taking advantage of all the programs they’ve established for that purpose? If so, be sure to document that and bring that up to anybody you meet with regarding your pending disqualification.</p>
<p>Due to a missing grade I got a notice for Academic disqualification.</p>
<p>I then approach the student judicial and since it was first time an unintentional plagiarism, I got zero for that paper which result in D grade. This will now take me out of probation and an Academic Disqualification now with a cumulative grade of 2.0</p>
<p>Can this notice be reversed??</p>
<p>Please help.</p>
<p>Academic disqualification. Help
Due to a missing grade I got a notice for Academic disqualification.</p>
<p>I then approach the student judicial and since it was first time an unintentional plagiarism, I got zero for that paper which result in D grade. This will now take me out of probation and an Academic Disqualification now with a cumulative grade of 2.0</p>
<p>Can this notice be reversed??</p>
<p>Please help.</p>
<p>Academic disqualification. Help
Due to a missing grade I got a notice for Academic disqualification.</p>
<p>I then approach the student judicial and since it was first time an unintentional plagiarism, I got zero for that paper which result in D grade. This will now take me out of probation and an Academic Disqualification now with a cumulative grade of 2.0</p>
<p>Can this notice be reversed??</p>
<p>Please help.</p>
<p>Dude, chill out. Email the relevant people and tell them what happened. If they can’t help you, and your professors can’t help you either, then you’re out of luck. Try asking them and the student affairs office what they suggest you do.</p>
<p>You need to talk with your advisor. Campus will reopen Monday. Email your advisor tonight.</p>