<p>^I think you're supposed to tell them about the grade drop, and explain the reasons, before they find that out themselves.</p>
<p>"A friend of mine from high school had his admission from Swarthmore rescinded when he was put on probation for moving temporary event signs around our school's campus as part of a practical joke. The circumstances were so ridiculous that I actually called the school and spoke to our headmaster from my university to let them know how upset I and other alumni were."</p>
<p>This scares me slightly, and makes me reconsider plans for a harmless non-destructive Senior Prank... but it seems like something very out of character for Swarthmore. There's probably more to the story than "moving temporary event signs."</p>
<p>Either way, I feel like if you haven't gone out of your way in high school to make your administration/teachers hate you, it's unlikely you'd be rescinded for such a minor disciplinary incident.</p>
<p>@ mercruz...
stop quoting hearsay from unreliable sources...</p>
<p>D's friend got rescinded ED IIfor bad midterm EXAMS at Oberlin (still made B's in the courses for the semester) and an incomplete in calculus. No one really took the time to talk with the girl. She sent an e-mail explaining that the incomplete in calculus had overwhelmed her and that she frantically tried to salvage the grade during exam week. In a letter (again no personal contact other than secretaries relaying messages), Oberlin "applauded" her honesty and rescinded. The girl wonders if she had made up a psych problem or a sad story, she could have kept the admission. The HS was in support of the girl and explained the incomplete. Honesty doesn't pay is the lesson the girl took away from this.</p>
<p>'The girl wonders if she had made up a psych problem or a sad story, she could have kept the admission."</p>
<p>Admissions officers aren't fools. I would bet they would have followed up with the GC. In fact, I imagine that they followed up with the GC after the girl sent the letter that got her admission reinstated. </p>
<p>" Honesty doesn't pay is the lesson the girl took away from this."</p>
<p>Unless she sent Oberlin a lie, she doesn't seem to have the wisdom to have learned the right lesson.</p>
<p>only a couple people get rescinded from like harvard every year, so unless you're getting Ds and Fs, you should be ok... I don't think any senior from my high school last year had their acceptance rescinded</p>
<p>Unless she sent Oberlin a lie, she doesn't seem to have the wisdom to have learned the right lesson.</p>
<p>I don't think you read my post correctly or perhaps I didn't give enough detail for the post to be interpreted correctly. D and rescinded girl know many kids that "use" problems and have succeeded in swaying ad committees. The girl was honest with Oberlin (and this is what they praised her for) and isn't the type to lie. She was simply in a course over her head and her hs school policy did not allow a drop. The GC said positive things about the girl. D and the girl know of another girl in the class ahead of them that is now at Oberlin and fabricated quite a bit on activities. This is where the "honesty doesn't pay" came from.</p>
<p>quote above--</p>
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if they [grades] are bad... they can be rescinded.
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<p>How bad does it have to be to prompt a rescission? Does it vary by school, maybe the more selective a school, the more rescission prone they might be ? ( I would think so).</p>
<p>Also, are there rules that govern disclosure on the part of the school in a case of a rescission? If my kid were rescinded because of a gray area such as grades, I certainly would like to review the student data (anonymously) that the school did not rescind to make sure it were done equitably. </p>
<p>With (some) schools as competitive as they are, I wonder how much of a pressure there might be on adcoms to delete accepted students in order to get waitlisted students on, or even to cull their enrollment in case there were a greater then expected number of enrollment decisions. After all, there can be a .01 reduction in GPA in the 8th semester, and this theoretically cd be used to rescind.</p>
<p>"The GC said positive things about the girl. D and the girl know of another girl in the class ahead of them that is now at Oberlin and fabricated quite a bit on activities. This is where the "honesty doesn't pay" came from."</p>
<p>Oh, I get it now. Thanks for helping me understand what happened.</p>
<p>Idic5, it varies by independent judgment from school to school. There is no conversion/calculation chart for potential rescissions. Think it about it from the perspective of an admissions officer. If a student has clearly shown a lackluster effort in a senior year, then rescinding their admission may be a smart option. However, if the student's grades have slipped a little bit yet the classes are challenging, it may be good to be understanding about the student's integrity and cut them slack.</p>
<p>Heime is a very reliable resource. I trust her for all of my political, historical, science and mathematical questions.</p>
<p>you just killed a little part of me.
not even joking this time.</p>
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Also, are there rules that govern disclosure on the part of the school in a case of a rescission? If my kid were rescinded because of a gray area such as grades, I certainly would like to review the student data (anonymously) that the school did not rescind to make sure it were done equitably.
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Under no circumstances would you be allowed to review student data from other students, even redacted. This is for two reasons: based on grades alone, Student A cannot be matched against Student B. Perhaps Student B went to a more challenging high school, and was wholeheartedly accepted, while Student A went to a less challenging school and was on the borderline for acceptances. A slight decrease in grades for Student B may be acceptable while the same decrease for Student A may not be. Or, as noted above, it could be differences in curricula, differences in overall GPA, differences in SAT scores, differences in reasons for why one was rescinded and the other wasn't.</p>
<p>Second, you're assuming that there is some obligation on the part of the college to be "equitable." Just as there is no such obligation in the initial review, so that the school can accept Student B over Student A even though Student A has the same or better GPA and test scores, there is no such obligation in the rescission of acceptances. As long as the college gave sufficient "notice" that the student had to keep his or her grades up, the college has the right to rescind, and to determine on an individual basis whether to do so.</p>
<p>Duke rescinded an early acceptance at our HS because of plagiarism. The student plagiarized part of a project for one of the student's recommending teachers--smart, huh?!--who wrote to the school and withdrew his rec.</p>
<p>I <em>almost</em> had my early write at a Seven Sisters school rescinded because of being completely scr<em>wed by a bad teacher back in high school. I was doing an independent study with her, and she was new to the school. She was annoyed because, in her view, I was TOO independent, and she wrote things like "footnote this" in various places on my paper, gave me a D, and pinned it to a public bulletin board! So she basically accused me of plagiarism. I knew nothing about literary criticism at that age, and the insights she found too profound and too well-written for a HS student were purely my own. What a </em>**. The department "kindly" allowed me to retake the course, under her thumb.</p>
<p>Sorry...I think. Perhaps I ought to go see the Hive Mind to see what they think.</p>
<p>you can't "go see" what you are already a part of.</p>
<p>No. That is only saying if the Hive Mind is being somehow beamed into my mind via preconceptions or some sort of ultra-advanced computing system.</p>
<p>exactly (10 char)</p>
<p>oh no! wrap your head in tin foil quick! Follow Mel Gibson to the Opus Dei compound! follow! follow!</p>
<p>Well, I really haven't heard of anyone getting their offer rescinded, at least around here, but I am a little worried about my own situation. I got accepted into Stanford, but I made a 72 in Cal BC this six weeks (3 six weeks in our semester). I mean, I am taking 7 AP courses and making A's in all of them except for that one. I really don't think Stanford would care, but I wouldn't know. I think if I get my grades up these next 2 six weeks, it'll be a B on my transcript, but what if it doesn't happen? Would they care about one C in the middle of all these A's?</p>