<p>I have searched the forums for an answer to this question, and all I can find it the opinion of different people, nothing concrete. This is a quote from a Harvard acceptance letter:
"The Committee on Admissions reserves the right
to withdraw its offer of admission under certain conditions described on
the postcard enclosed for your response"
Does anyone who has been admitted to Harvard in years past, or who knows someone who fits in this category, know exactly what these "certain conditions" are? I don't want something lazy like "if your grades drop" unless that's precisely what it says on the postcard (which I strongly doubt!) : )
thank you!</p>
<p>I think the general consensus is that something rather drastic has to happen. A few slipped grades won't matter (I myself went from a 4.0 to having two Bs and an A- in my last semester of high school and never heard a peep from them), but drastically dropping your grades is a red flag. I think if you were to be charged with a felony or something, they might take a second look too.</p>
<p>A famous situation in which admission was withdrawn occurred when the admission was withdrawn of a student who had killed her mother, but didn't mention that on her application.</p>
<p>Tufts later admitted the woman (who had claimed that her mother was abusive). Harvard may have permanently admitted the woman if the woman had told the truth on her application.</p>
<p>I can't remember the woman's name, but you easily can read about her if you search on Google.</p>
<p>when my brother got accepted they said two things: "don't fail and don't get arrested."</p>
<p>In addition to the things everyone else has already listed, if they find out you lied about something on your application or plagiarised an essay, that is grounds for withdrawing an offer of admission.</p>