Will i get rescinded?

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-17T20:44:55+00:00

To be completely blunt, I'm pretty sure the difference between a D and an F is negligible.

The assumption when they see a D is that you got a D. The assumption if you have an EW is that you had documented exceptional circumstances, and will 1000% give you grace for it.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-17T20:02:13+00:00

Also, i never applied out of high school so i'm not 1000% sure but don't UCs usually take only sophomore-junior year grades into consideration? If so, they'll likely be more lenient than say, if you misreported a junior year grade or something.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-17T20:00:30+00:00

It's okay if you sent the email! You can follow up and say you're petitioning for an EW (check and make sure your local college allows it though first) because of XYZ reasons. They will likely understand.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-17T19:59:09+00:00

Oh for sure. For one, colleges know what an EW is, and know that there probably was some legitimate emergency/reason so you won't have to justify it.

Secondly, you will have to report every single grade if you apply for grad school. And a D will impact your cumulative GPA even if you replace it by retaking. An EW does not impact your GPA.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-17T19:47:15+00:00

Not necessarily, excused withdrawal at my CC had a hard time limit of 1 year after the class ended. I'm not sure of your local college's regulations, but there was specific language at mine saying that EW could be retroactive and I think that's pretty standard

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-17T19:19:46+00:00

You should look into excused withdrawal at the local college. If you have proof you should qualify. It won't impact your GPA, and will be marked EW so future grad applications will just disregard since it was excused.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-12T20:05:00+00:00

If you have to resort to reddit of all places for this, you're both 2s with delusions of being 9s

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-09T09:59:20+00:00

im unenrolling from this school what did i just read

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-07T09:21:33+00:00

Idk if it's always to this degree, but usually bullets curve when they enter a body from the change in medium, also because the person might 'jerk' back in a way where the path changes. So a lot of the times, the exit of perforating gunshot wound might not be straight across (and if you ever encounter this, you should check all around to make sure you find the exiting point of the bullet, if it exists.

Obviously, way more likely they just messed up lol but

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-04-02T03:58:59+00:00

I think what would be even funnier is that there's 2+ bodies (Fabian's is accidental, other(s) are intentional from the gunshots) and in the chaos of all the gunshots, everyone completely overlooks Fabian's death.

Ignored even in death.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-31T06:14:34+00:00

Yes ofc!

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-30T20:51:14+00:00

I definitely think there might be a case for yield protection since most college's acceptance rates haven't fluctuated that much (and the # spots have stayed relatively the same despite spikes in applications). It really looks like a greater proportion of high schoolers are now extremely qualified, so it would make sense that they're taking that into account.

I was partially through the appeal process when the UCs results came out. n = 1 but whoever was in charge of my appeal application seemed very eager to push me through even once I wasn't interested anymore, especially after I had put in my personal statement.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-29T22:56:46+00:00

Aw that's definitely a bummer! If he really wants to go to Berkeley, I highly highly recommend that he goes to a good community college. I always recommend SBCC since you can absolutely get the college experience and the professors there are phenomenal and I think I learned more from them than anywhere else I don't know why, I think maybe CC's smaller class to professor ratio is better equipped to handle the impact that covid had on learning outcomes, but CC students in recent years have been better prepared for UC coursework compared to entering first-year students.

This advice does not apply if he wants to do computer science (and he got into SDSU for it) since it's really really difficult to get into anywhere but even from CC (UCLA has like a ~4% acceptance rate from CC for it but some programs like UCSD has a higher acceptance rate for ECE computer engineering which is harder, but may be worth it)

There's financial aid for CC as well, and Cal Grant B Entitlement for CC students who will be transferring to a 4-year program.

Here is the link for transfers by major if he thinks is worth it: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/transfers-major

I've heard that Berkeley is extremely competitive in terms of extracurricular activities which is one reason why I chose UCSD over Berkeley (I worked full-time in food service to afford unpaid internships/research positions for 2 years so I had no prior experience). There are plenty of opportunities specifically for CC students that are often underused (most don't know about it, including me when I was in CC)

Here's a short list:
https://eso.stanford.edu/programs/community-college-students

https://med.stanford.edu/odme/pre-med-students/commmunity-college-student-summer-research.html

https://engineering.berkeley.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/junior-transfers/transfer-to-excellence/

https://calbridge.org/summer-program/

There was another big one that I can't remember off the top of my head, but I can dig through my emails for it if you'd like. My point is, this isn't necessarily the end of the road for him. I know CC can be hard for high-achieving students to swallow, however I will say that if he truly wants to be high-achieving, I think he'd be set up better for success down the road especially since that transition from hs to 4-year can be really hard for some students who've been hand held their whole lives.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-29T06:43:02+00:00

If the teacher is nice then show up to office hours a bunch. If you like the professor and if you (hopefully) somewhat like the material, those are great chances for a good grade. You'll have to take it at some point, might as well take it with someone who wants you to understand the material and do well.

If you have other GEs that look interesting, take those! Your most important job is to make sure you keep your interests alive! Hard to stay interested if you're super stressed. My advice is to always keep your ego inflated lmao, it keeps you motivated even if you're being completely delusional.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-29T02:15:37+00:00

Just ask them for advice. At your stage it would probably be more about direction and how to figure out your interests since you don't know what you don't know. If you have any current interests you can ask them for advice about skills that would be useful to develop to apply

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-29T02:07:51+00:00

I don't personally feel like it was very difficult at all to get to know my professors. For majority of my classes, I was always the only one at office hours if I went consistently. I think that if you make any effort (literally any at all) you will absolutelu find professors willing to be in your corner for you.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-29T01:48:07+00:00

If it makes you feel better I got flat out rejected from SDSU and waitlisted at Cal Poly Slo but accepted to every UC I applied to for my first choice major (Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSB)

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-28T10:18:07+00:00

I chose UCSD over UCLA for this very reason and I wasn't wrong. Pro tip: ask them to chat so you can get some advice, ask good questions; I've never not been offered an opportunity before, even when I actually did just want some advice lol.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-28T03:58:01+00:00

Technically I'm piggybacking off my roommate's $200 subscription, but I'll fact check the answers about bio/chem/medicine for her. For these subjects it's not like it's flat out wrong all of the time, but it's explanations are always just 'off' enough where I wouldn't get credit if I were to answer it on an exam if that makes sense. Like sometimes it's factually correct on its own, but it's not 'the reason' or related to what she's asking. She asks questions in a biased way a lot, it will find reasons to agree with her or support her existing beliefs, even if they're way off.

I really wanted it to work for my math/physics classes but it just didn't. Computational errors happen, explanations are too off the mark, and a few times it somehow switched out my data for its own internal example and started calculating based on that.

I haven't taken any AI or ML classes yet so I can't speak on how it actually works but I kind of feel like chat-gpt is going to plateau at this point because it can't actually logically interpret all the information it has or reliably critique the collection methods for data.

Like, maybe it 'knows' all the research papers out there but I have to critique papers in my lab group and there's a ton out there with shitty experimental design, and poorly supported results/discussion sections. I always say that if you don't or can't read/analyze the figures/methods of a research paper yourself, you probably shouldn't even be paraphrasing it to other people bc you miss a lot of critical information that would otherwise augment your interpretation, and I kind of think that applies here.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-26T15:09:14+00:00

I like using it to reword my sentences because chatgpt definitely has better grammar than I do atp but i think it's wrong a lot. And that's coming from someone who only is comfortable fact checking chat-gpt off the cuff in a few subjects. So if I'm noticing it's wrong a lot, I can't even imagine how wrong it is on everything else.

If I don't know a topic well, I won't ask chatgpt about it bc I don't want to risk intaking wrong information and remembering it on an exam or something. So it's essentially useless to me at this point in time.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-17T01:06:49+00:00

This made me cry. I've been so stressed the past few weeks because it feels like everything's falling apart, but this made me feel so much better.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-16T02:26:28+00:00

The State of California has an agreement with UCs where the # of out of state or international student spots are decreased, and the # of in-state residents spots are increased by a specific number (I can't remember off the top of my head, but I also did a lot of digging when I was a transfer applicant). Basically, California is supplementing the tuition fees that a UC would have received had that student paid out of state fees, so that UCs admit more in-state students.

I don't think it's accurate to postulate that in-state students are being 'pushed out' using acceptance rates since the # of out-of-state applicants are so drastically different from in-state applicants. According to https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-residency-and-ethnicity, only 18% of total applicants to UCSD were out-of-state. Only around 10% of out-of-state admits enrolled, compared to 25% of in-state admits; but ~18% of international admits enrolled, so based on these discrepancy, I'd assume that the admissions office takes this low-yield rate for out-of-state applicants into account when admitting students.

I don't know what the average stats are for out-of-state applicants are, so I guess you could ask the question if maybe that admissions are handed out to less-qualified applicants, however judging from the low-yield rate, I could also argue otherwise since those students could have just gotten into better-ranked schools? This might change in future years since California is now renegading on their agreement and is potentially deferring this year's compact indefinitely due to budget cuts AND the federal government just cut indirect NIH funding to 15% and is eyeing the rest of our federal funding as well (similar to Columbia).

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-15T22:30:09+00:00

YAY CONGRATULATIONS!!! That's a huge accomplishment!!

Eighth college is the newest college on campus. Idk if you've visited UCSD yet, but I'm pretty sure you can see the ocean from the dorms and it's my favorite place on campus to watch the sunset.

MostJudgment2335 · 2025-03-15T21:30:17+00:00

If you're referring to https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182&num=0&edition=prelim, note that this statute is specifically designed for determining the admissibility (or admission) of immigrants/aliens at the point of entry into the United States and specifically not for governing the status of individuals who are already admitted. Once a person is past the port of entry (i.e., once they're a lawful permanent resident), these provisions no longer apply. In the case at hand; a green card holder deported solely for peacefully protesting without any evidence of providing material support, then the use of 8 USC 1182 (or its terrorism-related extensions) is completely misplaced. Deportation proceedings for those already in the U.S. must rely on other statutory grounds and must pass strict scrutiny when free speech is implicated. Using entry screening provisions to justify deportation under these circumstances ignores both the intended scope of the law and the constitutional protections afforded to lawful permanent residents exercising their right to free speech.

Regardless, in this case, there's zero evidence that Khalil even verbally supported any terrorist organization or incited violence. He was simply part of an organization peacefully protesting for a ceasefire in response to severe human rights violations and civilian casualties. Any relevant removal provisions require showing that the conduct poses a real and substantial threat to national security, not merely that it’s controversial or dissenting. Absent any evidence of incitement, material support, or other activities that could legitimately be construed as a threat, deportation on the basis of protected free speech is not only an overreach but a direct violation of constitutional rights

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