<p>Before you blast me into the melting pots of hell, please try to understand my situation and think from a perspective of a desperate student. I am suffering in my math class and currently have a D in the class and now that the AP Exam has drawn closer that means we only have a measly final left worth about 7% of our grades. It is almost impossible for me to raise it up and the teacher is extremely strict about his grading and doesnt care if you have a 69.99% he will not give in, extra credit is something unheard of. Now I received this grade primary due to simply a bad foundation in math as well as a overloaded schedule and of course some classical laziness.
So at this point my enrollment to UC is on hiatus and uncertainty certainly sucks big time.
I also predict a 3.33GPA. (W) with 4 APs. I only have a few options 1. Take a risk without and safety net. 2. Enroll at a lower rated UC school (UCR). 3. Submit a SIR and also submit a SIR to a random Out of State school (top 100) as a safety net. I?m pretty sure there is no way schools can cross reference this.</p>
<p>I am really considering #3 despite its obvious moral flaws. What is your take on this issue?</p>
<p>The UC is a mid-tier UC. </p>
<p>BOTTOM LINE: SHOULD I ACCEPT ADMISSIONS TO MULITPLE SCHOOLS AND WILL THEY FIND OUT?</p>
<p>Do colleges infact cross reference and is this a revokable offense? I know this is a big NO NO on the IVY level but when Space isnt as limited and their is no waitlist… </p>
<p>Advice, Opinons, Experiences, Facts please!!!
You may criticize me but also give me some HELPFUL advice!!!</p>
<p>Now I definitely don’t know for sure, but submitting SIRs to two UCs might get you rejected by both, I remember reading about that. Can anyone confirm/deny that?</p>
<p>Don’t do it. Remember a small thing called the Internet? Colleges know how to use it too. And the odds are that they’ll find out and you’ll have nowhere to go. </p>
<p>Contact both schools, explain the situation, and ask what effect it will have on your admissions. Be upfront and honest about it. Since you know that you can’t raise your grade, they’ll be able to give you a true answer. If your grade will knock you out of UC, deposit to the out of state school. If it won’t, deposit to UC. I really don’t understand why double-depositing will change anything, if your grade won’t change between now and the end of the year.</p>
<p>I think the best thing you can do is to have your daughter call the out-of-state school’s admissions department and tell them about your predicament, and that she herself doesn’t know whether to choose the out of state school that she loves or to choose a school with lower requirements. Make sure that your daughter makes clear how much she loves the school, that she is sorry for the drop in grades, and also that she explains the drop in grades. I am almost completely sure that if your daughter were to do that, there is no way they would rescind her acceptance.
In addition to which UC schools are notorious for rescinding far many more students than private schools; it may be because they over-enroll and need an excuse to take the burden off in a morally righteous light.
Keep in mind that your daughter is not the first person to be struck with senioritis; despite their claims to the opposite, the majority of private schools accept that. One D is not so rare, but rescinding admissions is. You have far less to worry about than you think.</p>
<p>Can someone confirm or deny whether schools do communicate with each other? These are two pretty random schools… They are not tied together in anyway. I know IVY’s have the common app and nextworks but these schools are especially latge 25,000+ undergrad. Do they really look into it???</p>
<p>If you want to take the risk, go ahead. I still don’t see what it would get you, though. If you can’t change your grade, what will be different in May than now? Why not just call the schools you’re considering and ask them what happens if you get a D in the course?</p>
<p>Sending an SIR for one UC and an out of state school probably wouldn’t make much of a difference, I doubt you would lose anything more than the money for one of them.</p>
<p>I would not accept anyone posting “I doubt you would lose anything”. If you double dip you are betting on something too important to leave to chance. Call both schools. Do not double deposit. It is not ethical and may leave you without an admission to either school.</p>
<p>a bunch of ideas in there. I would think the odds the 2 schools proactively talk to each other is very-very low. That said there might well be an indirect way that one of the schools finds out … and the down-side risk is huge; possibly losing the slot in the freshman class. If this were my family the much bigger question would be the example and lesson my actions teach my children … this concern would guide my actions … and push me away from dual deposits.</p>
<p>If i get a D, i am confident that the 2nd school will be more lenient and say its ok since i am on the higher end while i am at the lover end at me 1st choice school. The rankings are separated by about 15 ranks. Keep in mind these are public schools one and tier 1, and the other in tier 2.</p>
<p>Once again, my advice, since you are convinced of the D, is to ask the UC what will happen if you get the D. Then if they say you’re rescinded, send the deposit to the second school. (Tier is irrelevant - the only question is whether you can still go.)</p>
<p>Or are you no longer certain that you will get the D? Do you have a reasonable chance of bringing up the grade?</p>