<p>legendofmax, i haven't heard that story.</p>
<p>My daughters principal told the seniors that an A student who had been accepted to Stanford had her acceptance rescinded because of two C's. I am still not sure if this was a true story or cautionary fiction; it did make them all nervous.</p>
<p>(Our high school's seniors don't skip class second semester because if anyone misses more than seven classes they can't go on "senior project," where you do a service project or job shadow or intern your last three or four weeks of the year, keep a diary, make a posterboard or other final report, and "Hurray!" you don't need to take any finals - a really nice end to senior year for our burnt out kids. Being excused for senior projects starts around the time of AP tests. Most of our seniors do it.)</p>
<p>a kid from my hs "almost" got rescinded from lehigh last year. he dropped from a B to a D in AP calc and from a B to a D in AP French. he got in ED so these grades were already dropping by midterms. he got assigned a counselor from lehigh to go over his situation. he emailed her everytime he got new tests back and pulled his calc grade up to a C by the spring. he said it really seemed like they DIDNT want to penialize him and the lady who he was talking to was always really nice and helpful.</p>
<p>Since you brought this up, I might as well present a moral dilemma I have. </p>
<p>One of my old school friends unfortunately cheats a lot his senior year and almost never does his homework. But I had no idea these habits would continue into even applying for colleges. As it turns out, his application to the University of Washington was cheated through. He lied on his activities log and even had someone else write his personal statement.</p>
<p>I was naturally enraged and am even considering contacting the University if he gets accepted. Friend or not, I believe this is really pushing the bounds. He signed a legal contract when he finished that application and broke it. My other friends are not happy about the situation either and we've all been trying to assure each other that he won't make it anyway (since he submitted the application a day after the last deadline, and has had poor senior grades).</p>
<p>^If he gets in, I'd let them know before he turns down other schools. It's one thing to stop him from going to one prestigious school (which I agree, I think it's right to notify them about lying on the application), but it's another to screw him out of going to college altogether.</p>
<p>^
The only thing that makes this situation unique is that I think UW was the only university he applied to. He has ambitions of going into the USMC, but I don't know how far he'll go through with that. </p>
<p>And if I do tell the university, they'll also rescind the application of the person who wrote his essay, who (though lazy) is one of the smartest fellows in the class.</p>
<p>I have a friend who's grades dropped from an A to a D in one AP class, and dropped another AP class during spring semester and still did not have his Yale admission rescinded.</p>
<p>Good luck to all</p>
<p>I have a friend who got her admission from CSU Long Beach rescinded the summer before she left because they got her transcripts and realized that she had gotten two D's her SOPHOMORE year of high school. It was ridiculous. Wouldn't they have noticed that before?</p>
<p>This is news that came today from D. A huge cheating scandal (involving theft of teacher exams and students having passkeys to classroooms) was just uncovered at Chapel Hill High School. The news is that UNC-Chapel Hill is going to rescind the admission of at least six students that had been given early action. Good news for all of those deserving students who had been deferred.</p>
<p>"There wer two students in my school who got into the ivies. They cheated during the SAT but the person who was watching us didn't see. We the students were upset but didn't say anything. One of them got caught cheating on a physic exam. The teacher didn't turn him over otherwise he wouldn't go to his current school. I will never denounce them but I wonder about how it will feel if they get quick out..."</p>
<p>As far as I am concerned, you and all of the students who aren't turning in the cheaters are just as responsible now as the cheaters are for the cheating that has been going on. By ignoring the problem, you've been telling the cheaters that what they're doing is fine, and yes, there is a good chance that the help you gave the cheaters will help them take a noncheaters' spot at an impressive college.</p>
<p>Northstarmom's response is on the money.</p>
<p>i wouldn't go out and report ppl cheating, though, it just doesn't seem to be my business.</p>
<p>Why isn't it your business? After all, they are stealing from you by potentially causing you to get lower grades (if the teacher grades on a curve or refuses to give extra credit after an unfairly hard test that the cheaters were among the rare students to pass).</p>
<p>The cheaters also may end up getting college acceptances that you would have gotten if the cheaters had been held accountable for their cheating.</p>
<p>well if they were hurting me i would definitely report them =/ but if not, i'm sure there are people the cheaters WERE hurting, and it would be their job to turn the cheaters in. but why would cheaters be so stupid as to publicize the fact that they were cheating?</p>
<p>aaa007--
Did I understand your post correctly--Your worst grades were 85s in two AP classes and you got a note from an assistant admissions director--Say it isn't so...please!!!!</p>
<p>Anyone else have a similar experience?</p>
<p>I would report cheating even if it didn't affect me. Not reporting it is like encouraging the person to cheat. If no one says anything, they'll continue doing it. =/</p>
<p>I applied to colleges with a 3.7 weighted GPA, and in the first semester of my senior year I got a 2.4. Two C's, one D, all AP classes. What do you predict will happen to me?</p>
<p>Manoffaith: Because adcoms generally fear that major grade slides senior year predict major grade problems in college, I belief is that if you're lucky, you'll get into your safety schools.</p>
<p>I think most people "know of" or "know of someone who knows of" someone who had an offer rescinded, but I think its very rare. Just from anecdotal evidence, it seems like MOST of the offers are rescinded based on stuff like cheating, serious run-ins with the law, etc. For the most part, it seems like a few C's and D's won't kill you.</p>
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I wouldn't bank on this, particularly not the part about D's. We don't know exactly what will kill your admission. If you keep your grades up unnecessarily, you'll still go to college. But if you let them drop, and horsegirl is wrong, you could be in real trouble.</p>
<p>Just be the student you've been, for the most part, and you'll be fine. A's or B's to D's? Not a good idea.</p>