Blue and gold technicality

[Zairair]

<p>One if the requirements of the blue and gold promise is that you must be in your first 4 years of attending the UC you’re in.</p>

<p>I’m in my 4th physical year of attending UCI and have been receiving the awards to meet this plan for 2 years. This year I did not get the award because I entered my freshman year with 64 elective credits thus I was a sophomore.</p>

<p>My senior year I took 7 AP tests most of them sciences. I was admitted before taking the AP tests. Being a premed, many AP courses don’t count for med school requirements. So I retook several classes to ensure I’d meet the requirements.</p>

<p>Question: should I have failed enough of my AP tests to start college as a freshman to receive blue and gold for 4 years (ie start with 44 units?)</p>

[WayOutWestMom]

<p>Bad move if you’re serious about med school since AP scores, if sent to the college, are recorded on your college transcript.</p>

<p>While failed AP exams won’t be averaged into your GPA for med school admission, nevertheless those scores are on the transcripts for the med school admissions committees to see. (And what are you going to say? I failed these intentionally so I could get financial aid? Not sure how well that explanation is gonna fly…)</p>

[Zairair]

<p>They aren’t factored into admissions. But even then… Yeah I would say that… Its rational no?</p>

[Zairair]

<p>Or the much better response to any failure is that you learned from your mistakes and turned your life around.</p>

<p>Posting from an Android.</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>*Bad move if you’re serious about med school since AP scores, if sent to the college, are recorded on your college transcript.
*</p>

<p>Many schools do not put AP scores on transcripts. </p>

<p>That said, it may have been better for the student to have NOT taken the exams. </p>

<p>I do think the B&G policy needs to be re-examined.</p>

[thumper1]

<p>You could have taken the exams and NOT have had them reported to the colleges. That way you would not have received college credit for them.</p>

[somemom]

<p>As far as I recall UCI bio does not accept AP to count for the classes required by the major, can you petition to have those useless AP credits removed from your file?</p>

[Zairair]

<p>This email I received.</p>

<p>

I received a response from Director ---- in the Office of Financial
Aid and Scholarships at UCI today regarding your question. It was
confirmed by the Office of the President staff that a student’s years of
eligibility at a particular UC campus is based on their academic status
at time of entry to the campus.</p>

<p>After verifying your file your academic status upon entry was
“sophomore” due to the units that were transferred to UCI. This made you
Blue and Gold eligible for 9 quarters at UCI and as we discussed you did
receive the Blue and Gold for 9 quarters.</p>

<p>All UC campuses were provided the same guidelines for the Blue and Gold
Program per the Office of the President.

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<p>Sometimes, when there is nothing you can do about it, there’s just not much you can do about it… it just makes me sad. Oh well. I’m over it, I’m not in extreme financial need or anything, it’s just an extra bit of cash would have been a nice thing to have after striving for such academic excellence.</p>

<p>Removing credits would be hard I can just tell… Because credits have an effect on enrollment periods yada yada yada. I guess… just know how your credits can effect you and be aware of the economy.</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>Sorry to hear about your situation. There have been others who have posted similar Blue and Gold issues and coming in with AP credits/DE credits. :(</p>

<p>Calif GCs need to be more aware of this so that these kids can be properly advised. I can’t imagine how this must negatively affect those in Eng’g majors who often come in with a bunch of excess Humanities credits (via APUSH, AP Euro, AP World, etc) and AP foreign language credits and then have soph/jr status from Day One. :(</p>

<p>And, certainly the UC advisors and UC FA offices need to remind kids about this issue.</p>

<p>I wonder if a Calif legislator could do something about this either thru legislation or pressuring those who set up the B&G guidelines.</p>

[FresnoMom]

<p>My son struggled with this issue, too. We decided to withhold five of his AP scores to ensure that he entered his UC with freshman status.</p>

<p>“To have a score withheld from the indicated college, AP Services must receive your written, signed request by mail or fax by June 15 accompanied by a $10 fee per score, per college…You may later release the score to that college by sending AP Services a signed written request.”</p>

<p>[AP</a> Scores - AP Scores & Reporting Services](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>View Your AP Scores – AP Students | College Board)</p>

<p>I’m so sorry this has happened to you. As my son said, it is like they are penalizing you for taking the toughest course load in high school.</p>