<p>First off a little background about the situation.</p>
<p>After graduating from high school around 2 years ago, my left lung collapsed and I was in the hospital for about a month. I underwent surgery and was on the road to recovery. I took my first semester of college off so that I could fully recover from my surgery. The doctor notified me that I may still be at risk for collapses in the future and to be on the lookout for symptoms. Over the past two years I have had reoccurring symptoms (difficulty breathing, sharp pains), and have visited the doctor numerous times. However, the chest x-rays showed that my lung hadn’t collapsed and that it is a common thing to have happen after an operation like the one I went through. Sometimes, I would have really bad days where I would be unable to attend school. </p>
<p>On top of that, I have been experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression. I started seeing a psychiatrist at the beginning of my Spring semester of 2012. I was diagnosed with reoccurring depression, general anxiety disorder, dissociation disorder, mild post traumatic stress disorder, and mild obsessive compulsive disorder. I was prescribed to a plethora of medication, but none of them seemed to work. He continued to cycle me through several different types of medication. The symptoms I experienced were so bad, particularly with anxiety that I could not function in a social setting. I tried my best to attend class on a regular basis, but I could not handle being in that type of setting. I would have panic attacks, the world would seem like it was spinning, and I would feel as if I was almost in a dream-like state. Imagine living your life as if you were watching yourself in a movie from a third-point perspective. That’s how I live my life every day. All this stress caused me to withdraw from all of my Spring semester classes. After withdrawing from my classes, he decided to prescribe me to a very strong Benzodiazepine called Alprazolam, better known as Xanax. This actually helped me a great deal as it has been allowing me to function in a social setting, without experiencing panic attacks, etc etc. (I really wish he prescribed this to me earlier).</p>
<p>A few days ago I was admitted into UCI after being on the wait-list. I was ecstatic at first, but realized that my admission was already in jeopardy due to the aforementioned situation. Dropping my Spring semester classes put me at 50 units, 10 short of the transfer requirements, and I also was unable to complete my math requirement (was taking it Spring semester). I didn’t really think that I would be admitted into UCI, but my symptoms were so bad that I couldn’t attend school anyway. </p>
<p>I immediately messaged the admission counselor upon receiving the news of my admittance, and this was the response that I received. </p>
<p>"Thanks for notifying us of your situation. I’m
sorry to hear you had such a difficult semester.
I’m glad you’re taking care of your health and I
hope you continue to get better. </p>
<p>I completely understand that you had to drop your
Spring 2012 courses for medical reasons.
Unfortunately, because you dropped your Spring
2012 courses, you are deficient of two of your
admission conditions. </p>
<p>The first condition was that you had to complete
Psych 9A with a C grade or better by the end of
Spring 2012. The second condition was that you had
to complete 60 transferable semester units by the
end of Spring 2012. Without your Spring 2012
courses, you’re at 50.33 transferable semester
units (AP credit & El Camino credit). </p>
<p>I will have to forward your file to the admission
committee for further review. They will determine
whether your admission will be rescinded or not
after we receive your final college transcript. If
you want to fax me your medical documentations, I
will attach it to your file for the admission
committee to consider when determining your
admission status. Please fax to
949-824-2951-attn:Cindy Wu. </p>
<p>Continue to take good care of yourself. Feel free
to contact me you have any questions. "</p>
<p>I am terrified of the thought of being rescinded once again (was rescinded from UCR after high school due to a TEACHER’S mistake, even after going through the appeal process and explaining what happened). </p>
<p>I am currently enrolled in two summer courses and trying to get into a Statistics class (which seems to be impossible at the moment). </p>
<p>I have all the medical documentations and am faxing them to the counselor tomorrow. I was wondering if anyone else has been in a similar situation and was still admitted. </p>
<p>Thanks in advanced!</p>