<p>Today I got an email saying that my grades from senior year have been a significant drop from before and asking me to explain myself or else my offer of admission would be rescinded. I replied right away with an explaination, but either way if the admission is rescinded then my life is over :( Is there anything else that I can do right now apart from reply to the email and wait for their decision? Also I don't think it was THAT big of a drop, althought I did manage to receive a D</p>
<p>A D, in and of itself, is a big drop.</p>
<p>If you have a reason (trauma, family stress, particular difficulty, etc.) then by all means explain it.</p>
<p>Unless there's a reason, for which you can provide proof, then there really isn't much you can do. Beg and plead.</p>
<p>try having your counselor to send them a letter also?</p>
<p>do a little thing that most college applicants like to do. it's called 'lying.'</p>
<p>Well I remember talking to one of the deans and he said that if you get a D it's no problem, anyway at this point in time I don't want to lie so I just told them the truth that I slacked off a bit. Also I would like to have my counselor send something but I'm not sure what I would have my counselor send? Is a D really what you need now to ruin someones future?</p>
<p>No, but to be fair, all colleges expect you to 'maintain your current level of academic excellence'. And unless you've got other Ds on your transcript, you aren't doing that.</p>
<p>Hopefully they won't rescind you. But they have every right to under their policies.</p>
<p>Where are you getting rescinded from?</p>
<p>From UIUC's Engineering department, this all seems surreal to me espeically with the consequences if I was rescinded, Right now begging/pleading would be fine with me but I just don't know what to do</p>
<p>be sincere and frank, tell'em you're sorry and what not, yes "lie" (i prefer "embellish" the truth with sincerity and honesty) and promise you will show your "true self" when you get to college. i have a feeling it may be just a scare tactic to buckle you up for the future; im not sure. </p>
<p>sorry sorry sorry and more sorries won't hurt</p>
<p>"do a little thing that most college applicants like to do. it's called 'lying.'"</p>
<p>sleaze bag.</p>
<p>Perhaps you should beg and plead, embellish like the person above me said, but lying on transcipts can get you in major world of ****. This is different though so I understand.</p>
<p>don't think he meant lie on the transcript; i think the guy meant to lie about a reason, or something. </p>
<p>i'd assume the poster was sane enough to not suggest lying on a transcript</p>
<p>ye if the only reason you got the D was because of senioritis, then you're going to have to think of something better to say than that</p>
<p>The reason I said senioritis is because yeah I did have problems during my senior year but none of my parents died nor did my house burn down so a big part of why I did so poorly is because I did some slacking off should I lie instead?</p>
<p>No, lying is bad. First burn your house down, then say your house burned down.</p>
<p>haha...</p>
<p>but seriously I would make up a lie that could be backed up by your parents or something that would be difficult to dispute</p>
<p>or, you could just blame senioritis and beg and plead</p>
<p>but i'd go with the former unless you really think the school you were accepted to would accept such an excuse. If not, you really have nothing to lose at this point.</p>
<p>you better lie your ass off</p>
<p>its either lie or go to community college for 2 years</p>
<p>Well what are the chances that I had some senioritis will work, I mean people do make mistakes</p>
<p>^Admitting to just being lazy, does not speak well to your work ethic or personality qualities. It'll give them another reason to rescind you.</p>
<p>You can say "I may have let my level of work slip a bit during second semester due to distractions". If you had issues or problems than TELL THEM. It can't hurt.</p>
<p>Well that's true I did have other issues like work and such, but I don't think it's fair to penalize someone for senioritis when it happens to everyone to a certain extent</p>
<p>On this topic: what if a student took a very challenging class and, despite best efforts, simply couldn't succeed in that class? Now, I understand if it was related to the major that could be a problem, but what if the kid really thought he/she could do the work and ended up with a poor grade.</p>