<p>Well this is depressing....due to many reasons, the last month has been very rough on me and my grades went down. I got into U Chicago with two B-, AP English and AP Calc AB. I might end the semester with a C in English and Calc, which, according to my counselor will get me revoked. Will writing to the university to explain why help?</p>
<p>Why would your counselor say dropping from B- to C would revoke your admission? Admission revocation seems to happen very rarely, and usually because of significantly steeper drops in performance.</p>
<p>You’re fine. Your academic advisor at UChicago will probably talk to you before school starts, but other than that, you’re fine. No need to write to UChicago.</p>
<p>Your counselor, quite honestly, doesn’t know what he/she is talking about. You’ll be fine. Don’t get multiple Fs and don’t get arrested.</p>
<p>Your counselor is trying to keep you motivated with school work. Just concentrate and finish up the semester on a high note.</p>
<p>If you are good enough to get into Chicago, you should be smart enough to realize you should not leave things to chance. One C turn into 2 or a D just as easily.</p>
<p>When I visited UChicago as a prospy, my hosts told me that as long as you have above a C, your admission won’t be revoked. Anecdotal evidence yes, but as long as you try somewhat I think it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>You are very unlikely to be revoked, and somewhat less unlikely to be asked for some kind of explanation. One of my kids had almost exactly the same thing happen, and never heard a word about it.</p>
<p>One word of advice: How many entering students do you think went from a B- to a C in precisely those courses (an unusual combination of two worst courses)? To anyone in the Admissions Office who cares, you have effectively outed yourself. In the future, if you don’t mean to do that, you should give information that is several degrees less detailed.</p>
<p>Don’t get too upset, though. I don’t think you have caused problems for yourself. And you are not the first to do this. A few years ago there was a post from a mom about her daughter, and I know for a fact that pretty much everyone who knew the daughter could identify her instantly from the post, so something the daughter was trying to do in secret suddenly became common knowledge at her school.</p>