We applied Nov. 2017. Entered 3 semesters into initial application.
January 15th, entered supplement application including new classes registered for and in progress.
March 2018. Accepted admission &, paid housing deposit
April 2018 attended admitted student days as directed to in contact. ( 6 hours away)
May 24th postmarked letter arrived (but letter dated AParIL 18th!) stating offer canceled due to not meeting conditional terms of admission contract. Specifically 2 self reported courses “did not articulate”. Requirements for admission stated… In order to be competitive in selection process these classes are required. You will NOT BE SELECTED WITHOUT THEM.
BUT IN FACT HE WAS. apparently. Therefore it was my understanding that he was selected despite this due to other factors and exceptions, and/or the course Western Civilizations was accepted to articulate with History of World Civilizations.
The contract States is information self reported was inaccurate it may lead to cancelled admission. (The info reported was not inaccurate, it was all truthful and matched transcript exactly)
We stated the modules required for selection were: history of world Civilizations.
Is the college not required to check that applicant has met the major requirements during the initial application process, and again after supplemental application process and maybe before 4 months and 10 days after receiving all required information?
After, May 1st… After we’ve turned down all the other offers and 3 other scholorships?
Pick up the phone. Call the head of admissions. Ask for clarification about the letter. Be nice when you talk with them. Focus on the need for clarification, and your concern about the difference between the date on the letter and the postmark date. Perhaps there has been an error, and your kid is still in. Perhaps your kid really isn’t in. And if your kid is not in, ask admissions to intervene for you with billing so that you get the deposit back.
Yup, do what happymom suggests, but if your son is not still in, also get a letter from admissions admitting their mistake. That way you’ve got something to show other schools that explains what happened and it’s not a case of your word vs. theirs. When talking to admissions, you might want to have the official course descriptions/syllabi for the courses in question on hand.
You may have been truthful, but the new reject isn’t for lack of honesty. You say the admit was conditional and then the courses “did not articulate.” Have them explain what that means.
If the original admit letter stated conditional or implied it or even if the insructions note it, that’s the infortunate reality. Not the date the conditional was issued. But best wishes.
Other threads suggest that the chosen four year school is Cal Poly SLO. Based on the course numbers, the community college is Mount San Jacinto College.
MSJC requirements for the AA-T in history are listed at https://www.msjc.edu/InstructionalPrograms/Documents/HIST.pdf . These include HIST 101 or 103, and HIST 102 or 104 (101 and 102 are western history, while 103 and 104 are world history). OP took 103 and 104. Note that “A student completing this degree is guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not a particular campus or major. Students should meet with a counselor to develop an educational plan and receive university admission and transfer requirements.”
Correct, the counselors at MSJC should have explained this all a lot better. I have all paperwork with plans by counselor that has World History circled and put into educational plan, but I was under the impression this is exactly what an A.A-T was used for. So that when the time came, I would meet any requirements at a CSU. . At the time, the plan was to apply to over a dozen schools so I could not have known which school I would get into or attend, I actually did not think Cal Poly was at the top of my list until I visited and it went to my #1. Problem is, I have now turned down my other 5 offers and $50,000 in scholarship money to attend Cal Poly. So now I am left with no where I can afford? I have 7 history classes, and many posters have said many colleges were not strict about major Prereqs, so can they not make an exception? We have already filed a appeal as told to do so by Admissions.
While “many colleges” may not be strict with their major pre-reqs, the UCs and Cal States are very strict on their pre-reqs.
It’s good that you appealed their decision, and I hope you do get in. I don’t know if they can make an exception, but this is your best shot at having them do so.
Could you contact the other schools that you turned down and see if your admission/scholarship could be reinstated? You might get lucky if one or more of the other schools had an underyield situation.
Other option is to remain at community college for another year, taking additional needed history courses (e.g. HIST 101 and 102) as listed on http://www.assist.org for every possible UC and CSU you may apply to and apply again. Though obviously a year delay is less desirable.
Given the confusion the OP can document, this is a great idea and may give everyone a way out. SLO gets their requirement met, OP gets the school.
Another thing the OP can try is to see the counselor that they worked with and see if they can call SLO on his behalf.
In the end I think this was an unfortunate confusion. The OP went to see a counselor and wanted to be CSU eligible; the suggested courses by the counselor indeed meet the AA-T requirements so the OP is promised a place at a CSU campus. Just not at a particular campus. The OP didn’t ask if the plan met the requirement for all CSU campuses, although to be fair I doubt anyone would think to ask that.
not really. To argue their side of the issue you could say their requirements are clear and the articulated classes are published on ASSIST, it is the responsibility of applicants to check ASSIST and make sure they are met.
But this was an honest mistake, not an attempt to deceive. I think the idea of taking the class over the summer may be a solution everyone can live with. I suggest looking now at MSJC and other CC in the area to make sure the class is offered over the summer.