<p>In almost every college acceptance letter that I’ve seen it says somewhere that our acceptance is contingent upon the successful completion of our senior year, however this is no where to be found on the BC acceptance letter? Does this mean it’s okay if we slack off a little for the remainder of our senior year?</p>
<p>Um, no. It’s never OK to slack off.</p>
<p>BC asks for midyear and final reports. Just because BC doesn’t specifically mention that in the letter doesn’t mean they won’t do that.</p>
<p>The rest of your senior year still counts.</p>
<p>Unless you fail everything (which hopefully won’t happen), or unless you have been indicted for a crime, I highly doubt that BC will revoke anyone’s acceptances over a few Cs and Ds here and there.</p>
<p>Dear weeger : Quite frankly, it is absolutely beyond my comprehension that someone could be so engaged to receive an acceptance letter, but would be so willing to now kick-back and let the grades fall where they may in senior year. Let me give you several reasons (aside from rescinding your acceptance) that make a “slack off” strategy a poor launching pad for collegiate life.</p>
<p>[1] Undoubtedly, you are taking some AP courses right now and those courses could well help you waive requirements from the substantial BC core curriculum which will make it easier to complete your degree or possibly double major in an area in which you have no experience as yet.</p>
<p>[2] Even if you retake one of your AP courses on a collegiate level, the material is NOT going to get easier at Boston College when you are taking freshman classes - so it would be better to learn the material in your first exposure.</p>
<p>[3] As you have seen from others, BC academics are quite challenging and often demanding. Like training to be a marathon runner, quality academic students keep their foot on the gas peddle to perform their best. The minute you accept lower performance is the point where your academic career will face challenges.</p>
<p>Ultimately, these thoughts come down to something very simple. If you are looking to “cut back” on your senior year rigor, you seriously need to think quite hard as to whether Boston College really is the right place for a four year education for you. This advice is not offered to you in protection of BC’s yield or freeing up a slot for another student. Instead, this is about you maintaining the right attitude that earned your application a spot in the Class of 2014. [Hopefully, we have read too much intent into your posting.]</p>
<p>Let me see if I have this right. Other schools have warned you against slacking off during senior year, but BC makes no similar warning. Instead of interpreting this “omission” as an acknowledgment of the (presumed) hard work and maturity you displayed to get into BC, you view the “oversight” as some sort of permission to slack off the rest of high school. What a fascinating display of logic!</p>
<p>Just because your parents don’t warn you every time against drinking and driving doesn’t mean you have permission to have a few pops and get behind the wheel of the family car. They assume you have enough maturity and self-awareness to realize that this is the wrong course of action. I suspect that BC feels the same way; they are assuming that you will continue to perform to the level that gained you admission. I find it somewhat insulting and disappointing that a college or university finds it necessary to remind admitted students to keep working.</p>
<p>Scottj raises a number of good points. Many people assume that they can just “turn it on” when they have to, the first time they find out they can’t is always an eye-opener. Some realize the error of their logic and respond accordingly, some never figure it out. The right answer is to keep grinding, not just in high school, but in college, at work and in your personal life. The easy answer is to take it easy. The easy answer is to give in to all your friends who are questioning why you’re working so hard. Do what you think is best, just don’t be surprised if your time at BC turns out to be difficult or brief.</p>
<p>okay woah, my comment was entirely misinterpreted. All I was trying to ask was if BC was big on revoking acceptances like some other schools are. In no way am I planning to do poorly for the rest of the year, infact I work very hard. Sorry for the miscommunication.</p>