<p>Seniors:</p>
<p>Keep up the fine work ALL YEAR. You don't want to end up in one of Lee Stetson's (UPenn) search for the "D-scholar". An old article, but thought it was worth the reminder of what happens even to top stat students....</p>
<p>hmm.. but at the same time, it's important to understand the magnitude of the fall in grades that needs to be achieved in order to have your admissions decision changed</p>
<p>my physics teacher told me that a couple years back a student that got into Duke had a major drop in grades second semester, with a couple of D's. Duke sent him a letter asking him for an explanation. the student said that he was busy studying for science olympiad, that he really wanted to make it to nationals and possibly even medal there, and his classwork has suffered as a result. believe it or not, duke sent him a letter back saying that they thought the reason was good, and they wouldn't take back his admissions... he ended up getting a medal at nationals, and the team won a gold medal, and he's now a successful doctor</p>
<p>that's not to say it'll happen to all of us... (but hey, that just gave a wonderful excuse)</p>
<p>My homeroom teacher (Yale alum) told me a collective 2 point drop or so(on a 4.0 scale) would be cause for worry; other than that it would be surprising.</p>