well am i screwed?

killmyentourage
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:07:08 +0000

When applying last year, I had an issue where I had to list my schools as on a quarter-like system (yet my school is semester-based) due to having a five week Winter Intersession in which I took a class once. During the Winters in which I didn’t take a course, I received the gap prompt. I wrote something like “Short intersession didn’t offer classes I needed”. I don’t believe I had to write anything for not taking classes during Summer but if you are prompted to explain that gap, I would just write something simple like “Worked during Summer/no available courses/etc.”

You only really need to thoroughly explain a gap if you miss an entire semester (or true quarter). They know most people don’t take Summer courses, so I don’t think this will be too big of a deal to correct.

@ucbecon
I’m surprised she answered. Cal’s email has been down since last week. Frustrating.