<p>I got accepted into UCSD into Revelle for Human Biology today.</p>
<p>First semester senior year:
Unweighted GPA: 2.8 (D in AP Calculus AB, C in CP Physics, As and Bs in other classes)
Weighted GPA: 3.0
Taking 3 APs this year</p>
<p><strong><em>If I were to make up my AP Calculus grade through an online class and finish it before the school year ended, would I still be rescinded? Because from what I’ve seen online so far, my chances of being rescinded are very high right now.</em></strong></p>
<p>Extra Information:
My junior year:
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.5 (uncapped)/ 4.3 (capped)
took 4 weighted classes (3 of them were AP; another was honors) </p>
<p>My sophomore year
first semester: unweighted: 3.3, weighted 3.6
second semester: unweighted 3.4, weighted 3.6
took 1 AP class</p>
<p>Overall my UC GPA looking only at 10th and 11th grade is 3.6 unweighted and 3.9 weighted. My SAT score is 1960. I
received a 710 for SAT Molecular Biology. For ACT I received a composite score of 31.</p>
<p>I was in the top 16% of my class.</p>
<p>My extracurriculars include
founder/president of a club.
top 10 in the state of California for piano
internship at a hospital
various piano awards
AP Scholar with Honor
& a couple of other things that aren’t really worth mentioning</p>
<p>You have to notify them, and should do it asap so you have time to work out a way to fix it. Propose raising your grade and see if the final grade will be enough, or ask if you can’t raise it can you take it in the summer, or whatever. They may work with you, but if they aren’t going to, it is still better to know it now before you loose your other opportunities for college instead of finding out after they get your transcript.</p>
<p>I’ve seen people report being allowed to take a single bad grade over in the summer, but they had proactively gone to the school to work it out. That may or may not work in your case, however, since you HAVE to report it, it seems to be your best plan.</p>
<p>But on the University of California website it says
“Q: If a student admitted to UC receives a D or and F in an “a-g” class in the second semester of senior year, can they make up the class the summer after graduation?
A: No. An admitted student whose academic achievement has dropped in senior year should immediately contact the admissions office of the campus to which he or she was admitted and let them know. The admissions office at the campus can then best advise the student about his or her options.”</p>
<p>Also, I called UCSD a few months ago, asking them if I’d be rescinded, and the admissions officer wasn’t very responsive to me. He would basically cut me off and said I cannot say anything. It is a moot point unless you’ve been accepted. And I read that UCSD is very strict about deficient grades… </p>
<p>Is there anything else I could do that would raise my chances of not being rescinded?</p>
<p>I don’t live in the States; in fact, I live in Canada. So how does the GPA system work in the States? Here acceptance is primarily based on the senior years of high school with focus on the last year - for a work trend. I’d like to apply in the US as backup. Thanks!</p>
<p>@alliecakes I suspect the admissions person was doing you a favor not to ‘engage’ with your problem until decisions were out, so it didn’t keep you from getting admitted to begin with. Now they may work with you. They were a little busy, earlier. Now you HAVE been accepted so you can call back and say you called previously and were told it was moot unless you were accepted, but now you have been accepted and while this is not second semester grade (yet) you want to make sure you address this however they think would be the best way. You will also want to send it in writing to show you did, since there is a requirement for that, but don’t wait on that, that is just so you have a paper record that you did it. You can ask the person you call what you should put in what you write.</p>
<p>@OldtheOriginal you should start a different thread. No one will see that in here. In answer, colleges differ. In this thread we are specifically discussing the University of California system, which largely consider only sophomore and junior year grades, with a specific formula, but also require a set amount of classes in specific subjects. Other colleges differ from that substantially. Upward trend does help however, if that is what you were asking.</p>
<p>alliecakes you really have to ask THEM that question. They have some UC online approved providers and you can suggest it. I think it is a good idea to go in with a plan of how to rectify it.</p>
<p>I know it’s really scary but your chances are best if you call them asap. There may be a way to work this out, but you must call the admissions office. Don’t wait for them to find out from your school. Some (all? - not sure) schools automatically report Ds and Fs to the admitting colleges. You don’t want to look like you are engaging in a coverup so it’s best to be proactive and call.</p>
<p>@calla1 do you know how ucsd usually treats cases like mine if I were to inform them asap and say I would definitely make up my deficient grade through an online course</p>
<p>You sound like you are understandably scared that if you talk to them, all of a sudden, they notice and rescind you. Even if that were the case, you should talk to them. </p>
<p>Worst possible scenario is they find out later and rescind you after you already turned down your second choices, and you are off to community college.</p>
<p>Instead go ahead and call them. If your call prompts them you rescind you, it means you would have been rescinded later on anyway. It is better to find out now, so you can make alternate plans.</p>
<p>OP, I don’t know, but rgosula has a great point that it’s better to find out now, rather than after you’ve burned your other bridges in case they rescind you. Some schools are quicker to rescind than others. I honestly have no clue what UCSD would do. </p>
<p>But I DO know you won’t be able to hide it. Far better for you to be seen as proactive.</p>
<p>Let us know what happens, okay? We’re sending good wishes your way.</p>
<p>I’m terrified of being rescinded during the summer though. I only applied to UCs. I got accepted into Davis and i think Santa Barbara. I’m pretty sure UCSD won’t rescind me on the spot because before I was accepted I called and the guy said they don’t finalize their decision until the beginning of august.</p>
<p>Thank you @calla1</p>
<p>Does anyone know of anyone who received a D in their senior year for ap calc and wasnt rescinded from ucsd?</p>
<p>If you are so scared of calling. Do the following. Have a friend call saying specifically that he has a friend in your situation that is scared of calling. Without divulging particulars about you specifically. And ask what should be done. </p>
<p>You are making one of the biggest mistakes ever by not calling them. Better find out now than later.
We are all rooting for you, and understand your fears, but you have to help yourself.</p>
<p>It is much scarier to have nowhere to go in summer, than to be rescinded by one particular university. That might be the path you are taking by not calling.</p>
<p>It will say on their ‘conditions of admission’ what should be done, ie NOTIFY them. I can predict with much greater confidence that your offer will be rescinded if you do NOT report it and the transcript comes to them in July – and by then you will have had to release all other offers, so what would you do?</p>
<p>I don’t agree with rgosula on having a friend call although I know he is trying to help you at least do what you need to do. Your best chance is to IMPRESS UCSD with how ‘stand up’ you are, coming to them immediately, proactively, suggesting a solution and asking them what you can do to work this out for the university. Having a friend call first kind of undermines the whole ‘stand up and take responsibility’ part of it.</p>