<p>Thats funny that Davis puts the decision on the envelope in bold. I wonder if they put “REJECTED” on the outside of rejection envelopes!</p>
<p>My community college uses the +/- system. it sucks. i wonder if the admissions staffs will look at my GPA any differently than say someone who goes to a CCC with no +/- grading. </p>
<p>well, good luck you guys!</p>
<p>+/- system is neither better nor worse than the “regular” system. If my school used +/- system, my GPA would be higher by at least .05</p>
<p>well, at a CCC that does not use the +/- students can easily do enough work to maintain a 89.5 %. Which will leave them with a solid A. Nonetheless a 4.0 Whereas at my and many other ccc you would have to work your ass off to get a soild A (94%+) or else you’ll end up with a freakin A- and a GPA of 3.7.</p>
<p>Well, i guess it’ll prepare me for the UC grading system!</p>
<p>True but think of the bad side for the “regular” system.
Lemme tell you what happened to me during my first semester at CC. My grade right before the final on one of the courses (Calculus I) was a 91.2%. That’s an A. 4.0. But I did somewhat poorly on the Final (83%), and my final grade for the course slipped down to a 89.3%, and my 4.0 grade suddenly went down a whole number to a 3.0. I worked my ass off the entire semester and maintained an A all the way, but just because I screwed up on my final, I get the same grade as some slacker dude who end up with an 80% grade for the course.</p>
<p>89.3% gets the same grade as 80% guy.
For the adcoms, they’ll see those two grades as the same B, whereas if it were a +/- system, it would be B+ and B-. I will get no special acknowledgement as being the “almost an A” student, and instead be treated as teh same slacker guy who gets a low B.</p>
<p>That’s also true. haha i guess it all depends! good luck with college dhl3.</p>
<p>I usually get A or A- in most of my classes perhaps becuase that is what I subconsciously shoot for –> my school is not on teh +/- system. </p>
<p>dhl3 - think about if you ended up with 89.5 or 90%, you would get 4.0 points and the lack of +/- system would be beneficial to you. But, regardless of a individual examples, the +/- system is more accurate and does show the dichotomies between students.</p>
<p>lol thanks, and you too :)</p>
<p>So does anyone know how much changing you’re coursework for spring quarter 07 will affect my acceptance to UCI? In my UC app update I said I’d be taking Poli Sci (which I don’t need) instead, I decided to take Ethics which more directed towards my major…I’m afraid they’ll take back my acceptance…eeek</p>
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<p>I know, I really can’t blame the system because it’s my fault for not being able to achieve an A grade. But really =/
I just can’t stop thinking of how much the +/- system would have benefited me. Not to brag or anything, but all the courses I got A on I passed with a mid- to high-A. The lowest A I got was a 93.6%, so it wouldn’t have really mattered for me if my school used +/- system.</p>
<p>But what sucks is all the courses I got B in (Calc I and Geology) I had high B’s (89.3% and 88.9%) and I could’ve only benefitted from +/- system.</p>
<p>But oh well 
Past is a past.</p>
<p>CaliCurls, did you report the schedule change during the update?</p>
<p>I’m convinced UCLA never recieved my application.</p>
<p>I posted my app update in january. But now that I’ve registered for spring quarter at my cc, the schedule i had planned doesn’t work. So i went back on the update page and changed the courses (as they told me to do, but they said that any changes my affect my admissions decision…yikes!) But anyway, I think that I need to stop worrying about it because my class is BETTER for my major at UCI…</p>
<p>calcurls- Im in da same situation as urs. Actually i submit my UC update 5times. Also, I dropped 2 classes and add 3 classes. I actually got in to UCI recently. Although, I changed it again after gettin accepted. But, I am sure itz ok if u juss meet da requirement and report it.</p>
<p>^^^^^ im wondering the same thing. i thought i read somewhere that you should notify each school in writing of changes after the date. i needed to take different classes due to schedualing conflicts and the fact that i couldnt even get into some of them. anyone know what to do?</p>
<p>If I have a check next to my “breadth requirements” on MyBerkeleyApp does that mean I have met all the pre-reqs? If not, will I be rejected?</p>
<p>I think that just means you filled out the form and saved it … I think you need a check there.</p>
<p>Thanks torrancecali. maybe I’ll see you at UCI haha.
Silverbulletsyum: It depends on the school that you applied to. I sent a message to my admissions counselor at UCI and was told to update my new schedule on the application update page. i’m pretty sure that’s what any UC would ask you to do. But you can always call admissions</p>
<p>laneb, if im correct, the breadth requirements is the same thing as the IGETC (basically, GE requirements) for community college students here in california. Without the Igetc, some or most applicants get rejected.</p>
<p>EVERYBODY please make a comment here:</p>
<p>my second question is about a thread posted earlier regarding “how to show interest in colleges” How can we ‘transfers’ show interest or ‘suck-up’ to get admitted?</p>
<p>Smith: how come UCLA didnt recieve your application?</p>