<p>Turns out, I had no reason to freak out. After speaking with my admissions officer and my principal in a conference, I found out that the letter just served as a notification that the school did in fact know that there was a slight dip in my grade, and, as to whether or not they would rescind my offer of admission, I was assured me that they had no intention of taking away my acceptance. They were just wondering what was going on. That's a load off my shoulders.</p>
<p>Congratulations on the happy news. You should have better math teachers at Harvard.</p>
<p>Good news, but it's a lesson to all.<br>
The take away message should not be that Harvard will accept you even if you have a bad case of senioritis. In this particular case, the bad grade could be explained as being the result of a having a bad teacher. In other cases, such an explanation would not be available and the admission could well be rescinded.</p>
<p>Hey socrates, out of curiosity does your high school send many seniors to Harvard or other Ivies?</p>
<p>Other than your C- your grades were really good and it seemed that they were challenging courses.</p>
<p>My school does not usually send many senior Harvard or other Ivies for that matter. I'm the first to go to Harvard from the school, and it's been a decade, from what I know, since someone has attended the Ivy League at all.</p>
<p>Whew! All's well that ends well -- although this thread should be a cautionary lesson to all those who think that a significant drop in grades is not a problem. Don't work your tail off for 11.5 years and then risk your dream acceptance for the sake of a senior year slack-off.</p>