rescinded from UCSD, what would you do?

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<p>I was rescinded from UCSD because I tried to do the right thing. I reported that there was an incorrect grade report of ‘NP’ when it was still an ‘F’. I told UCSD, however, that I was in the process of resolving the issue, and that it should have been an ‘NP’ in the first, place – administrative errors at my previous institution delayed the actual ‘NP’ grade from showing up. The grade was finally changed to ‘NP’, but UCSD thinks the issue is academic honesty now(The grade was an ‘F’ when I reported ‘NP’ – but it was not my fault). So in essence, I am getting rescinded for telling UCSD about the grades(the right thing);whereas lying to them and not telling them anything would have made everything okay. Here are the cliff notes:</p>

<p>a.) During Fall 07, I had a grade that was supposed to be changed to ‘NP’, however, the institution I was attending claimed that I did not get the paperwork in on time, and denied my request for an ‘NP’ grade, so it showed up as an ‘F’.
b.) Since I knew I was 100% correct, and that I would eventually win the fight(which I did), I reported to the UCSD counselor through e-mail that it was indeed a ‘NP’ grade.<br>
c.) The fight took longer than I thought it would, and I contacted UCSD just to let them know what was going on.
d.) 3 days after I contacted UCSD, the Dean from my institution apologized for all the problems and signed the ‘NP’ form, and the grade was changed.
e.) Even though the grade is ‘NP’ on the transcript now, I am still rescinded for…telling the truth?</p>

<p>I’m not exactly sure what to do now. I called UCSD admissions and came a very rude officer who told me that “it was impossible to do anything, and that I would not be going to UCSD this fall. Pursue other educational venues.” I also asked her, “If I didn’t report the problem to UCSD, then things would have been okay?” and she said “Probably”. </p>

<p>This seems a bit ridiculous to me, because I was trying to be honest the whole time, and it was my institution that made the mistakes. Also, when I reported the ‘NP’ grade to the UCSD counselor, I was in a dilemma:
a.) I could not report ‘F’, because it was not the true grade and it would also get me rejected from UCSD
b.) It was difficult to report ‘NP’, because that wasn’t the grade that was shown, but I knew 100% that it would be changed. It now shows up on my transcript as ‘NP’.</p>

<p>So given the two situations, I chose to report ‘NP’, because there was no clear-cut answer, and it was the best answer I could give.</p>

<p>Please tell me what you guys think…</p>

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<p>Since your school Dean apologized for all the problems…I think that you should ask your dean to contact UCSD and speak with them…I think that will work</p>

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<p>Wow first of all man, I feel really bad for you, no one should have their admission rescidned unless of course they completely falsified their grades…</p>

<p>But WOW, resciding ur admission becasue of 1 grade??? one stupid grade… obviously you deserve to go to UCSD because they initially accepted you, and now to rescind because of 1 class does not make any sense.</p>

<p>Thing is… didn’t you have a lot of time to get the grade fixed? If it happened during fall you’ve had all this time to change it…</p>

<p>Yah best thing to do is talk to admins at your school to help you out, they should be able to clear things up with UCSD</p>

<p>Good luck man.</p>

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<p>Listen to Sweet. Get in touch with your school dean ASAP, and ask him to intervene. I’m sure the dean doesn’t want this mark against the school.</p>

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<p>I e-mailed the Dean, it seems that I have to include a letter from him with my appeal. I’m not sure if I can get him to directly call them and help me with the matter, but I’ll ask him Monday. </p>

<p>This whole situation just boggles me…doing the right thing gets me rescinded? I’m so confused. </p>

<p>And to disengage: yes, i was fighting since fall to get the grade change, I’ve had numerous e-mail exchanges with my institutions academic affairs office, I was finally able to change it in the middle of May. As pathetic as it is, yes, it took a few months to get it changed. But the fact is that it was changed, which goes to show that I was correct the whole time.</p>

<p>Ugh…so confused.</p>

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<p>Was this class a requirement for you to transfer? I know that with some classes they want you to complete by the end of the spring semester.</p>

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<p>no, it was not…it was just an issue of me reporting ‘NP’ when it was an ‘F’, but like I said: it was not my fault and given the situation, I believe reporting ‘NP’ was correct.</p>

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<p>bump, any more input would help…so far it seems to me that people think i’m right, which is giving me more confidence.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t really matter whose fault it was, all that matters is that UCSD decided they didn’t want you. Unless someone at your college can somehow manage to straighten things out (which I wouldn’t bet on, but it is possible), you’re going to have to find somewhere else to go. Sorry.</p>

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<p>first contact ucsd about your situation and see what you can do</p>

<p>1.Go to admissions and records (of your current school)
2. get the form about academic changes (i don’t exactly know what it’s called, just ask the person at the front).
3. state the problem etc…
4. return paper to admissions and records and the dean will sign it.</p>

<p>thats all i can think of sorry…good luck</p>

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<p>mylifeisover23: i already sent the papers in to UCSD, but I never really stated that it was my former institution’s fault for all the delays(hence the delayed ‘NP’ grade).</p>

<p>eirenarch: i think it does matter whose fault it was, because I was the one that informed them that something was wrong, and if I did not do that, I would’ve had my admission upheld. I can’t really see how it would be justified for me to be rescinded for telling the truth and having a grade delayed because of my institution.</p>

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<p>You did the wrong thing. First, you should have reported an F. Then contact UCSD and tell them that you are in a struggle with the school to have the grade changed to NP. Once the grade changed to NP, you should contact UCSD for a final evaluation.</p>

<p>But then again, you were 100% sure the grade would be changed. So why did you report it anyways? The grade was changed, it would not have mattered because your final transcripts would have iterated your story.</p>

<p>It seems to me that you probably thought the grade would not get changed and your so-called “honesty” would help you if ithe grade didn’t.</p>

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<p>I think the OP second guessed him/herself and thats why he/she called just incase the grade actually didnt change, which sucks. You should have left it as NP and then waited to see if it would not change.</p>

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<p>I strongly agree with sweet and Momwaitingfornew. Get an appointment with your Dean asap. Dean’s are there to help and they usually really want to. Ask the Dean to contact UCSD re the confusion with your grade.</p>

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<p>JPNguyen: there is no way I could have reported the ‘F’ first, I am an extremely borderline case. Anyway, it’s way too late to talk about what I should’ve done. </p>

<p>In regards to why I reported it, it is what a student is supposed to do when there is a problem right?..report to the school? it just seems that I am being punished for doing so. </p>

<p>Either way, I just wanted to let them know what was going on, and I posted my story here to see if my story seemed like a lie to objective people…because my intention was never to lie to UCSD. </p>

<p>I have already e-mailed my Dean, and I hope he will help me out with the situation. I have this really disgusting feeling on my insides right now because I was rescinded…I really don’t have another game plan if I am not readmitted.</p>

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<p>Ouch… you really have my sympathy colegeman888. If I were you I would fight and claw any way possible to get UCSD to take you back. I would do whatever I could to get in touch with UCSD’s dean as well and explain everything clearly about your situation. Maybe even write everything down you need to say first and practice before talking to him. If you can state your case to the dean and convince him that academic honesty wasn’t an issue then who knows, maybe he’ll decide to help you.</p>

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<p>Oh no, I’m very sorry to read about your situation. I guess they were a little more forgiving about my situation, but then again it was a little different… I don’t know what advice to offer you other than to talk to your dean, which you’re planning on doing anyhow…</p>

<p>I really feel for you; I hope things turn in your favor. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>Okay, I just got new information that I think will definitely turn things in my favor. UCSD said the issue was that “had the grade been an F, I would not have been accepted(the gpa would have fallen below the required transfer gpa)”. I remember I talked to a UCSD counselor two weeks ago about two community college courses I took, and how they were reported incorrectly.</p>

<p>I received an “A” and “C”, but only reported one class with a “CR”. A “CR” only gives unit credit, and does not affect the gpa. The counselor I talked to said to not worry, and that UCSD would calculate a new gpa based on the grades from the transcripts they received. The main point here is that these two grades will bump my evaluation gpa above the required gpa, and UCSD will not be able to say that I would not have been admitted if the grade was an F.</p>

<p>Cliffs:

  • Did not report the grades of two summer school classes to UCSD(thought I had to put “CR”). UCSD says they will convert the two classes and adjust my gpa accordingly, so I will have a new evaluation gpa.
  • Initial evaluation gpa was 2.57. UCSD says that if I had an ‘F’ initially, I would not have been admitted, because the gpa would have dipped to 2.4 – required transfer gpa is 2.5.
  • With my summer school grades added in, evaluation gpa would be 2.77. Even if I decided to take the ‘F’ and not have it changed to ‘NP’, it would still be above 2.5. As it stands now, I have the 2.77 evaluation gpa and the NP.</p>
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<p>ok colegeman, looks like some of your hard work paid off, good luck at ucsd.</p>

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<p>not quite there yet. this is just new evidence that i obtained. the ucsd counselors are still pretty unhelpful and seem to not care at all.</p>