On my application I said that I was taking two HS courses and four CC courses 2nd semester. I registered late and got waitlisted for two of the CC courses, so I decided not to take them, as taking 4 courses is considered rigorous at my high school (we’re on the quarter system). Is this a significant enough change to threaten my admission?
The dropped courses aren’t major related, and I’ll probably get As in the remaining courses. If it matters, I reported it to UCI (they let me do it before my decision) and they still accepted me.
If you made a change, I would recommend informing all schools that you’ve been accepted to or still haven’t made a decision on you…similar to what you did with UCI…better find out now than have them raise an issue when they get your final transcript.
We strongly encourage you to report changes as soon as possible and preferably by July 1st (changes after July 1st must still be reported to our office).
Use this form if:
a) You dropped and/or withdrew from any courses which were listed on your application.
b) You changed any courses which were listed on your application.
c) You received poor grades (incomplete grades, D’s, F’s, 2 or more C’s) in any of your courses.
d) You fail to meet the provisions of your admission contract.
Please do not use this form to report hypothetical scenarios/situations.
be prepared to offer that as an option if problem arises. You still have 2nd session and/summer. UCLA does not start school until last week of September so you have plenty of time to make up classes if UCLA gives you a hard time.
How long ago did you inform UCLA? I.e. early enough that they likely included the change in admission reading, or just recently as they are about to release decisions?
If just recently, then there could be more of a risk of rescission since they did not know about it when reading your application.
If you do get admitted, you may want to contact them directly to check whether the dropped courses will risk rescission.
That’s the end result – my original question was whether I could get away without taking replacement courses, but that seems a tad risky. So I don’t think there’s an issue anymore.