i really tried, but im 99% sure its not gonna work out… our school isnt the most on top of stuff like this and always blame the students based on accusations
Why does your teacher think that you cheated? Do they have any evidence? Have you spoken with the teacher and/or guidance counselor? What was the result of that conversation? Would it help to have a parent advocate for you if in fact you did not cheat and your teacher does not have evidence of cheating?
he had no evidence and based it off what he thought looked suspicious, I talked to the VP and the counsler and they werent really on my side and states “we dont know for sure”. My parent dosent really trust me because we drifted apart, she wont advocate for me because of this.
Since it is still February, you have time to get that D grade up to at least a C and you need to do everything possible to raise your grade.
For all the UC’s except UCLA and UC Berkeley, the provisional admission contract states you need to maintain a 3.0 weighted GPA Senior year, with no D’s or F’s.
For UCLA/UCB, they have stated you need to maintain a 3.0 unweighted GPA for Senior year, no more than 2 C’s (which could require an explanation) and no D’s or F’s.
If you receive a D or F, you are required to contact the UC campuses that accept grade updates and if admitted, you need to make sure that the campuses are aware of the deficient grade.
The UC’s will not act until they receive your final transcript which is due in July, so you need to have a backup plan in case your final grade is a D and they rescind your acceptance. If you show consistency with good grades and this is your only deficient grade, the campuses can be lenient but this is on a case by case basis and especially if you have extenuating circumstances for the grade drop.
Good luck.
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thankyou, are rescind’s normally an occuring factor?
They are as normal as seniors receiving Ds or Fs during their senior year.
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Rescinding acceptances is not uncommon for the UC’s for D’s and F’s but again it done on a case by case basis.
alright, thankyou so much
hello gumbymom, sorry to dwell on the fact again, but should I just incase take a honors physics course worth credit and once my transcript comes out, give that to colleges when they ask what I did to remediate the honors physics course?
It’s not that an A in an honors course and a D in a regular course average out to a C, and so therefore you’d be checking all the boxes. The conditions of admission that @worriedmomucb posted above note “one D, F, NP, or NC grade in your senior year may cause you to be ineligible for admission to the University of California.”
You need to know that your high school wants you to succeed. They don’t get a “win” by keeping you from going on to college. And right now, we’ve heard several excuses from you — “our school is pretty rigged”, “our school isnt the most on top of stuff like this and always blame the students based on accusations”, “I talked to the VP and the counsler and they werent really on my side”. Right now it’s not time to make excuses; it’s time to make a plan.
It sounds like things are rocky between you and … several people at your school, but part of adult life is going to involve A) working with people with whom you’re in some level of conflict, and B) working within some set of rules that dictate whether you get to keep working with that company or not. It also sounds like things are rocky between you and your parents? That’s a really tough spot to be in, and I’m sorry about that. You need some adult in your life who you can open up to, lay out the situation, and ask for help thinking through how to handle it all. Some of it will involve you accepting the current state of things. Some of it will involve you figuring out what you need to accomplish, in terms of making things right with your teacher, getting the zero off your physics transcript, figuring out how to make up the points through other work, or some other approach that lifts your D to a C or higher. Spinning your wheels about how colleges might handle a D is a waste of time if you can address the root issue causing the D in the first place.
Here’s what to do:
Like I said, you need an adult in your life / at your school who you can ask for help. I guarantee there’s someone there.
- Think of your high school teachers, or counselors, or members of your community, and who you connected with the best over the last three years.
- Go to them and ask them if they’re available during a free period or lunch or after school to talk. Meet with them and lay everything out, and — without blaming the school or making excuses — ask if they can help you figure out a path forward.
- If they know that you’re earnestly trying to get things in shape, they’ll be eager to help you make a more refined plan and move forward.
- Start implementing the plan, and ask your supporting adult if you can check in with them each week to make sure you’re on track with your plan. Keep them in the loop and make refinements as you go.
Is the school “pretty rigged”? Maybe it is! If so, that’s the environment you have to work in, and your plan will have to deal with it.
It is absolutely not too late for you to get things sorted out for this semester. But making excuses or creating narratives about the school wanting you to fail isn’t going to get you where you need to be.
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OP, If they ask for an explanation and you say the school is rigged or similar things to what you have said above… I don’t think that will help at all. Best course of action is to get that up to a C.
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Agree 
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I guess I’m confused because it’s only February 19, your semester ends in May (yes?). Even with a D now, you have plenty of time to work to bring that grade up - at least 8-10 weeks!
If you were my child I’d tell you that you need to speak with your teacher, let them know that you were accepted into UC Merced but that your admission may be rescinded if you get a D in the course, and ask what you need to do to bring your grade up, even to a C, by the end of the semester.
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thankyou so much, my physics teacher realized his issue but he wouldnt go ahead to talk to to the VP about how he made an issue. He decided to not give me a referral but didnt revert my test grade from a 0 to the original score. Someone told him that they had watched the student next to me cheat and he asked me if i knew this before. I said, “I saw her cheat before but i didnt think it was my place to state” (because i didnt want to fall under a blacklist or anything from the student) so he got pretty mad and thats why i still have a 0 now. I believe i can bring up the grade to at least a C, hopefully. Thankyou so much for this wake up call.
Hmmm - if you truly didn’t cheat, you’re not done.
You and your family need to talk to the principal.
Why should you get a zero? Where’s their proof?
It sounded like they admitted they let the other kid cheat off them or someone else. Not reporting cheating is also a honor code violation in most policies.
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Yes - but that’s a tough road to hoe - that’s not fair to the student who didn’t cheat. Peer pressure, a discomfort.
These are kids.