Provisional Agreement

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<p>Do all people who get accepted to UCLA get a provisional agreement? If so, for a good standing student, what does the provisonal agreement usually state? Is it rare for an admitted student to be declined due to less than par spring grades?</p>

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<p>The general provisional agreement is something along the lines of:</p>

<p>1.Finish off with a minimum 3.0 GPA for your last semester (spring)
2. Earn no lower than a “C” in all your classes
3. Smoke high contents of marijuana and retire from collegeconfidential forums</p>

<p>I’m working on #3</p>

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<p>does that mean if someone who gets a 2.85 would get revoked or is their admission just not guaranteed anymore?</p>

<p>Also, if someone is working and say only taking 1 class and gets a C, not really too fair…</p>

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<p>this is what a counselor told me (but who the hell can trust counselors anyway)</p>

<p>admission can be rescinded if the student:
becomes a part time student without unusual circumstances (12 semester/ 18 quarter is full time) and gives no explanation for their light course load
doesn’t have a 3.0 or above in the term or overall
has grade(s) of D/F/NP or takes a W without notifying the school
doesn’t fulfill their major/breadth requirement before spr 09 </p>

<p>so …taking 1 class in spr 09 would seem to be as big of a problem as screwing up in it </p>

<p>someone correct me if any of the stuff I said was wrong</p>

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<p>beardy, amen on #3.</p>

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<p>“taking 1 class in spr 09 would seem to be as big of a problem as screwing up in it”</p>

<p>there’s no way that can be the case.
if you’ve got over 60 units by the time spring comes around, no one expects you to take a full load. i finished Fall with 62 semester units and am taking 1 phil class just to show that i haven’t taken my mind off school (or philosophy, my major). </p>

<p>If, however, you get a C in that class, though i don’t think it’s grounds to rescind your acceptance, it can’t look great. i mean… it’s one class. even working 60 hrs/wk, how hard can it be to pull an A?</p>

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<p>That’s what she said.</p>

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<p>“Earn no lower than a “C” in all your classes”</p>

<p>Just to elaborate on that…
A good friend of mine got into UCLA last year and violated his “provisional agreement” by getting a C in one of his major pre-reqs (for psychology, which is an impacted major).
He contacted UCLA and they basically said “don’t worry about it” and he’s currently at UCLA right now with no consequences whatsoever.
So I think you guys have nothing to worry about. One C isn’t going to kill you</p>

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<p>Every counselor and adviser I’ve spoken to (both at my CC and at UCLA) have told me that it doesn’t matter how big of a course load you take the semester before you enter, as long as you have your 60 units and IGETC cert.</p>

<p>I’m not taking a single credit this spring.</p>

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<p>The provisional agreement has all of the guidelines that you will have to meet. I believe the 3.0 GPA is overall. You are required to have a minimum grade of a C or better in all of your courses after your acceptance. However, your overall GPA can not go below a certain point, in this case it would be a 3.0 GPA. If your GPA is near the 3.0 mark then it is better if you get a B or better in your courses (depending on course load as well).</p>

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<p>I see, so say you have a 3.5 gpa (65+ units) and in your last semester you get a 2.75 gpa(13 units)… (all >=C); that doesnt violate the provisional agreement?</p>

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<p>Yes, if the provisional agreement states that you must have a overall GPA of 3.0 or greater and that all courses you take you get a C or better then yes. In fact I know someone who transferred to Cal and they got mostly Cs during their last semester at a CC. As long as when you calculate the Cs into your GPA and your overall GPA is 3.0 or greater then you are fine.</p>

<p>Again the details are clearly listed in your agreement. In fact if you want you can post your agreement or pm it to me.</p>

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<p>well i havent yet recieved the agreement… im just taking a really hefty schedule this semester and was wondering whether a worse case scenario would revoke my potential admission.</p>

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<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, but I remember reading somewhere of students who EXCEEDED OVER 19 semester units were required to complete some of their specified courses with no lower than a B. Could anyone elaborate on this?</p>

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<p>the agreement can say x-y-z at the end of the day it is up to UCLA to actually rescind you and it is pretty much individual from person to person.</p>

<p>And you surely do not have to take a full load- ever! i took like 2 classes in spring.</p>

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<p>does the revoking happen often? anybody know the approx percentage of students who get their admission revoked? Is it less than %1 or like 5-10%?</p>

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<p>bummmp 10char</p>

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<p>I am thinking it depends on the number of people who sign the SIR. If it is more then they can handle, I am sure they will revoke more acceptances based on a student’s spring performance. This is just speculation though.</p>

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<p>I know someone who got their UCLA admission rescinded due to bad grades. When she realized that she wasn’t gonna make the 3.0 gpa cut, she had all of her appeals on hand and now attends UCI.</p>

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<p>^^^ omg thats really scary!!..KingInc, I am also taking a huge load of classes this semester and am worried about the same thing happening to me. I would just say, dont slack off and take this semester seriously. I have 20 units, and I know how easy it is to slip up in one class. How horrible to be accepted, then to find out you are rescinded :[[[[[…maybe I wont tell anyone I got in until the first day of school, as I am sitting in my first class -__-</p>