<p>I know this question's been done to death, but I've been getting mixed responses.</p>
<p>Someone (I think on CC) said that ND doesn't rescind offers of admission, but during the admitted students chat, someone asked the same question and the response read. "A slight drop in grades is OK, but a significant drop could cause some troubles. Every year 1 or 2 students get their admission offers rescinded" (or something like that) </p>
<p>Now what should I believe? I could imagine that an admission officer saying that 1 or 2 students do get rescinded to scare off the senioritis, but I don't know.</p>
<p>Kinda scary.... How much is slight and how much is significant?</p>
<p>I heard this question in my information session. The associate director of admissions in the session said that they have rescinded admissions in the past. At the end of the school year, as she said, nD sends a sheet to be filled out by the counselor. It asks for the final transcript, and the difference in rank from when the applicant applied to where it is at the end. I actually believe that sheet was in the information packet she gave us. Now, I dont know how aggressive they are with actually rescinding admissions,but they sure do scare them well though. I mean, here's my advice. Don't see how far you can slide, get back up on that horse and finish strong. You have already accomplished so much to be taken away by a strong case of senioritis.</p>
<p>i wouldnt be too worried unless your gpa drops more than 5 points overall. mine certainly went down second semester senior year and my offer of admission was not rescinded. btw, ive finished all classes as a freshman !! now i just have finals and then im a sophomore.</p>
<p>sorry for the delayed response. my finals start on monday. i have one monday, one tuesday, one wednesday. </p>
<p>studying is just about the same at any top university, i believe. might be harder here than at harvard though because the teachers here dont inflate grades like they do there, so the grade you get is the grade you deserve (most of the time). </p>
<p>courses in fys are sometimes easy to get a's in, sometimes difficult depending on the nature of the course and what your academic stregnths are. many people find economics hard, and find subjects like psychology easy. i am one of those people. others find math easy and writing hard. it really depends on what your personal academic stregnths are.</p>
<p>They go to great lengths to make sure that studying here is possible. The library is open 24 hours from study days through the end of finals. The dorms go into quiet hours, teachers hold reviews, etc. Last semester my Chem prof held a ridiculously long office hours session-- it was several hours. My physics professor stayed in his office all day both days before our exam this semester. So no, it is not hard studying. In fact, it is easy to overdo it.</p>