<p>Hey! I've always been told that it's important to keep grades up even after accepted to college in order to prevent having acceptance rescinded. In the "info for admitted students" that came with our online acceptance, the first thing written is:</p>
<p>"Your acceptance under the Early Decision Plan is contingent upon a senior year record which is essentially comparable to the prior three-year record; final approval will be issued upon successful completion of your present courses and the granting, where applicable, of your school diploma." </p>
<p>I'm curious how strict Penn is about students keeping grades up. So far I've had a pretty great senior year (all As and A+s basically in AP/honors courses)... do I need to keep As and A+s in all of the classes that I'm taking? I'll obviously try to keep my grades decent, but how big of a deal would it be if I were to start getting Bs? Would that not be okay because it's not "essentially comparable to my prior three-year record". </p>
<p>I'd love some insight. Thank you!</p>
<p>I'm pretty confident that even if I relax a bit I'll be able to keep up mostly As and A+s with a maybe 1-2 A- grades... but there are two classes that I'm a little worried about. One of which I'm sure I can finish with a B, but the other class is a second semester course so I haven't yet started it but I've heard grading is BRUTAL and I'm a little worried I might end up with a C+/B-. While I've generally heard that these types of grades are okay... the whole "essentially comparable" thing is making me wonder because a C+ or low low B would not be "comparable" to the rest of my record.</p>
<p>yeah i am wondering about the same thing. What is “comparable”?</p>
<p>It’s not very strict for most schools.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, the acceptance is only rescinded if there are any drastic changes. By drastic I don’t mean Straight A’s to half A, half B… it usually means failing at least one class or a GPA average drop of more than one point…</p>
<p>Oh okay, thanks! So even if I got like a B- in two courses, if I keep high As in all of the rest of my courses I should be fine? </p>
<p>I just want to relax a bit and enjoy my classes without stressing over them… but it would suck so much to be rescinded lol!!</p>
<p>I’m in the same position hopeful underdog. Just for the sake of having a wide range of input, does anybody else have anything they can add? During High School I have had two Bs and the rest As, but now it’s looking like I might get 2 more Bs this semester as a result of spending too much time on college apps. . .will doubling my amount of Bs (1 of them will be in calc and I’m in at wharton) get me kicked out?</p>
<p>^ No. Rescinded apps are for extreme situations only.</p>
<p>Thanks. . .i can’t believe I got in so I keep waiting for something to come along and take it away; thanks for the insight!!</p>
<p>I’m with you longstreet! Every time I check my inbox I get a little worried there will be an email from Penn letting me know that there was a mistake ha</p>
<p>Luckily no such email has arrived yet.</p>
<p>^Yeah I know…same here. I’ve checked the penn admissions website like 5 gazillion times, took a screen shot, printed it out…checked the penn portal and that was all good too :]. </p>
<p>I too am worried about my grades! Hopefully I can still keep them up and enjoy some relaxation timeee</p>
<p>I think it’s just because were in UPenn and we got accepted that we are now paranoid about grades! I’m under the impression, however, that acceptance is rescinded, especially for ED acceptees, only under extreme cases (one or two c’s should be fine with the rest b’s and a’s)</p>