How important is second semester coursework in UC transfer admissions?

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<p>Hey guys, I am wondering how much weight UC admissions puts on the classes you take in the spring semester before you transfer. I know that we get admissions decisions in May before the spring semester is over, so essentially they only see what classes we take but not the grade we get in each class.</p>

<p>If I have a heavy honors course load in the fall semester and do well in them, is it worth it to load up on more honors courses in the spring just to show them I am still challenging myself and not slacking off (similar to taking AP courses in the second semester of senior year in high school)?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any responses.</p>

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<p>this is the main thing i want to know to be honest.</p>

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<p>As part of your condition of admission, you are required to complete the courses you listed on your UC application. Making changes to your schedule or receiving bad grades after you submit the application may result in your acceptance getting revoked (this occurs around August after the campus receives your final transcript and sees the discrepancy between that and your UC application). You will have an opportunity to revise your schedule in the January update and you should update the campuses if your schedule change after that, but dropping honors courses are likely frowned upon (receiving D/F grades is a definite no-no) and you may lose your acceptance-</p>

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<p>If nothing else, they see what you’re planning to take and backing out of the honors track will send a message you probably don’t want to send. Will it be something that makes or breaks your application? Depends how solid the rest of your application is, probably. If you were borderline it won’t help. If you were a shoo-in it probably wouldn’t hurt.</p>

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<p>Taking hard classes looks good, passing harder classes looks better</p>

<p>Getting below a C in any of those classes will strip you of your admission.</p>

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<p>whats the gpa you need in the last semester? Or do you have to just pass all the classes that you put on the UC update??? I am probrably going to get an A in a 3 credit class and a C in my 4 credit stats class which would be a 2. 86 gpa for the final semester but i got a3.74 right now</p>

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<p>I have the same question as jg2290…anyone got an answer?</p>

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<p>You should really aim for a 3.0 GPA for the final semester/quarter if you want to stay under the radar. You also need to check your Provisional Admission Contract/Conditions of Admission to make sure there are no special GPA/grade/course completion provisions attached to your offer of admission.</p>