[clairdeluned]

My cousin was supposed to begin UCSC in the fall. He went to 9th grade in Korea and moved here for 10th-12th. During the application process, I guess he wrote down that all of his 9th grade scores were "equivalent to A", because the UC site did not provide grades according to the Korean grading system. His grades were most definitely not "equivalent to A" and probably drifting along the "C" level. UCSC checked out his grade report and saw the discrepancy and asked him several times for an adequate explanation, which he failed to give.

He has talked to a dean of admissions and he explained the logic of what he did, but the office does not find his explanation adequate (and to be honest, neither do I, but he's my cousin, I should try to be helpful instead of critical >.<) All of the other Korean international students scaled their Korean grades to fit the American A-F scale, which he failed to do. He called the office of admission today and they say that they will be sending out a letter of cancellation and he can never attend a UC school in his life (breach of integrity).

Any advice for what he can do?

[vc1188]

I don't think there's anything else he can do. Technically he lied and when they gave him a chance to explain, he didn't.

So now I guess he can go to CC for two years and transfer to other schools.

[yum_yum]

Lying on your application is serious. He shouldn't have done so in the first place since UCs don't look into your freshmen year grades nor does it affect your admissions to a large degree. However, that being said, it is too late. They gave him a chance to explain, yet he didn't give an appropriate explanation. I suggest, like the above post, that he attend CC then transfer. It's easier to transfer as a CC student rather than getting into a UC straight from high school. If he has the will to wait out 2 years and finish his GEs in CC, then he can transfer then.

[vsl4]

Theres nothing he can do because he lied on an application. Except what they said ^

[goddessofkrw]

He shouldn't lie in the first place. Good luck to him in the future.

[JUJU bar]

Dang, that breach of integrity is pretty harsh. ):

[Jaeho]

That REALLY sucks. I'm not sure what to say, but has he applied for any other schools? I'm sure all hell is breaking loose at his house... no? >_<

[Lebanese_Blonde]

yeah i can't say much because i hope a ton of koreans (at my school) who cheated on their apps get kicked out of the universe! haha so i don't know what to say...

[Take Five]

sex up an admissions officer.






but seriously, i don't think you can do anything. that's pretty harsh though, not being able to go to any UC.

[tontamoo]

I don't think there is much he can do. They already gave him his chance to explain himself and he didn't take it. I'm sorry about your cousin, but there are lots of other schools out there.

[watcher]

My cousin was supposed to begin UCSC in the fall. He went to 9th grade in Korea and moved here for 10th-12th. During the application process, I guess he wrote down that all of his 9th grade scores were "equivalent to A", because the UC site did not provide grades according to the Korean grading system. His grades were most definitely not "equivalent to A" and probably drifting along the "C" level. UCSC checked out his grade report and saw the discrepancy and asked him several times for an adequate explanation, which he failed to give.

He has talked to a dean of admissions and he explained the logic of what he did, but the office does not find his explanation adequate (and to be honest, neither do I, but he's my cousin, I should try to be helpful instead of critical >.<) All of the other Korean international students scaled their Korean grades to fit the American A-F scale, which he failed to do. He called the office of admission today and they say that they will be sending out a letter of cancellation and he can never attend a UC school in his life (breach of integrity).

Any advice for what he can do?

hire a lawyer

or... find a decent school he can attend (honestly, UCSC isnt the best school in the world...he can do much better transferring to another non-uc school)

[sweetddalki]

Eek.
I'm going to UCSC myself... hmm... Well he did mess up his chances... but did he really know that he messed it up when he submitted it. He can argue the fact that there was no set method of converting grades... but other than that... I don't know what to say...

[melkimx]

10th-12th. During the application process, I guess he wrote down that all of his 9th grade scores were "equivalent to A", because the UC site did not provide grades according to the Korean grading system. His grades were most definitely not "equivalent to A" and probably drifting along the "C" level. UCSC checked out

well i think at this stage he's effectively screwed... but in the past, could he have argued that since the UC site didn't provide a way to scale the korean grading system, he simply misunderstood?

i don't know. man, that's a harsh lesson... but it's a really good one too. i don't think your cousin will ever try to fib his way through an application again.

[clairdeluned]

Thanks guys for the opinions/ideas etc. Well, they revoked his admission, which sucks. But hopefully he won't lie on applications again He's e-mailed some other schools that accepted him to see if they'll let him attend at this point, so we'll see about those.

[TKS]

Ouch, that's pretty unfortunate. There must be some way to appeal.