<p>Hey Guys,</p>
<p>I’m new here to College Confidential, but I’ve been browsing around on this section of the boards here and I’d assume these kinds of topics come up a lot. So, without belaboring the point, Im a high school senior and IB Diploma Candidate whos been admitted as a freshman to UCLA next fall, and Ive submitted my SIR, housing application, and everything else needed to enroll as of today. Additionally, I was accepted as an “Undeclared Humanities” major and I’m an out-of-state student. I’d like to declare English as my major as soon as possible. However, Im immensely concerned about my current senior grades and how they will affect the continuation of my offer of admission to UCLA. I was accepted with a 3.86uw GPA, and my senior grades should come out to be </p>
<p>Worst-case Scenario:</p>
<p>IB English HL: A
IB Theory of Knowledge: A
IB History of the Americas HL: B
IB Italian: B
IB Physics HL: C-
AP Calculus AB: C- (unless Armageddon happens and I get a D+
)</p>
<p>Best-case Scenario:</p>
<p>IB English HL: A
IB Theory of Knowledge: A
IB History of the Americas HL: B+
IB Italian: B+
IB Physics HL: C (maybe C+, probably not)
AP Calculus AB: C (maybe C+, probably not)</p>
<p>So evidently that will raise at least one red flag from their admissions board, coming from straight A’s and a B in Math my entire high school career. My Provisional Admissions Contract stated the common no D’s, F’s, no more than 2 C’s, and at least an unweighted B average (3.0?), and while I’m teetering on the edge of a 3.0uw GPA at this point, I seem to have fulfilled the other criteria of the contract, albeit with the lingering, vague “maintain the same high standards you applied with” tagline, which I certainly have not done. The reasons for my poor performance are numerous and are both inside and outside of my control. Not to throw out a sob-story here, but at the tail-end of my junior year into the summer and my senior year, I had gone into a significant degree of family problems; my brother underwent a few physical and mental health diagnoses, and my parents were in a near-constant state of severe animosity, falling on the brink of divorce, ultimately placing me caught between everyone as the middleman, so to speak. Overall it was an incredibly stressful period in time, and between problems at home coupled with a full-throttle IB Diploma schedule (plus the IA’s, CAS, and Extended Essay) and the college admissions process itself, I became considerably depressed, with problems at home distracting me from seeking help for Calc and Physics from the get-go. Due to the cumulative nature of both courses, my poor performance only snowballed into a vicious cycle for three quarters out of the year. This effectively shot my chances at all the Ivy Leagues I applied to, as well as many other highly competitive private schools, as these grades were reflected on my Common Application Mid-Year Report I assume. However, because UCLA never required mid-year grades (if I’m correct only Berkeley out of the UC’s requires them), I managed to slip through the cracks. I was straight-up admitted without a blink, no augmented review, no nothing. But what frightens me especially is UCLA’s notoriety in rescinding admits, as I’ve read they booted a whopping 73 students (I’m not sure which year), in comparison to Berkeley’s 37 and Harvard’s mere 1.</p>
<p>So, my question is, based on how UCLA treats final transcripts, is there/how large is the chance I could be rescinded? I called the admissions office earlier today, but the woman who took my call was actually quite rude, and refused to consider any hypotheticals, or really answer any of my questions, repeating the generic “it’s a case-by-case basis, fill out an academic change report, wait until we review your transcript” deal. </p>
<p>Additionally </p>
<p>Does the rigor of AP/IB classes or the Diploma factor into their ultimate decision?</p>
<p>Can I use good AP/IB test scores (perhaps 3-5 or 4-7, respectively) to prove that I have mastered at least some of the material that I wasn’t able to during the year?</p>
<p>Though the admissions advisor stated otherwise (maybe to be indignant), does my choice of major affect my chances of being rescinded, since Physics and Calculus I’m assuming are not major pre-reqs for at least a number of humanities?</p>
<p>Would the nature of my out-of-state status or the introduction of the UCLA wait list affect my ultimate decision to any extent?</p>
<p>Can I take any classes over the summer (i.e. similar classes to Physics/Calc at a local community college) to make up for my poor grades or otherwise prove I know the material?</p>
<p>Can I take similar basic college courses at UCLA in the fall to make up for AP Calc and IB Physics?</p>
<p>Can I still pass under the radar and be admitted under academic probation?</p>
<p>Aaaand I only took Theory of Knowledge for half the year. If that translates to 0.5 credits, how should I factor that into calculating my overall GPA?</p>
<p>That should be more or less it. I completely regret letting my grades drop so severely (even the advisor admitted it was a “big drop,” out of the little constructive information I was able to garner), but this year has been incredibly rough, and I haven’t been the same person I truly am academically or emotionally in general. That being said, I am getting tutored for both subjects now, though the added stress of this predicament comes even more problematically in time for finals and AP/IB test season, and being scared to death of revocation is shaking my focus as much as I try to fight it off. I’m certainly not the only one to say that UCLA is truly my dream school, I had dreams of going to Los Angeles to pursue film and literature, and became really excited to travel California with my brother and one of my best friends, who are both going to UC San Diego, sticking together in a new world, as it were. That being said, and to my discredit, in being distracted and distraught for much of the year, I never bothered to look up the provisional contract for UCLA. And now with these circumstances in place, it’s unbearably worrisome to know how badly I could disappoint my family and friends who were all so incredibly ecstatic I got in (I’m still a bit shocked myself ), considering how easily I can be axed from everything altogether. What I would like to stress though is that even if common senioritis comprised some of my drop in academic performance, the degree by which it did was very minuscule, and I fear this won’t be acknowledged even with a report filed on my behalf. My personal problems exacerbated my own negligence, hampering my motivation to seek help in the subjects I was weak in, though now that I have been accepted, my family situation is in fact improving, now that everyone knows what’s at stake. Additionally, considering how much of a huge leap it is to go an entire coast away with an enormous out-of-state tuition riding on my success, I can’t afford and won’t make the same mistakes I did, I just don’t know if and how I will be able to make it apparent to UCLA how merciless my work ethic should be in learning from these current lapses. If anyone could shed more light onto how exactly my situation might play out, however colloquial or hypothetical, it would help my ability to rationalize things enormously. Thank you!</p>