Hi, I’must a senior who received 4 Cs in first semester (and I have good excuses, including death of family member). At this point, I will end up with 3 As and 3Bs for 2nd semester. However, I am still worried that some colleges might cancel my admission, especially from UIUC and UT Austin. So here is my question. Have you guys ever heard anyone whose admission was rescinded? If you know, can you tell me when their admissions were rescinded and why? Thank you so much
Talk to the admission offices. Different school has different policy. You better get a direct answer from them and explain your situation. I know UMich rescind around 50 admitted students each year.
I worked as an Admissions Evaluator for a California State University. We admitted students provisionally until we received their final semester transcripts. If a student no longer met admission requirements after including the info from the final transcript, their offer of admission would be withdrawn. Check with your college to see if they follow the same type of process. Good luck!
My college sees the final transcript once i graduate, not after first semester. What should I do for this? and my weighted gpa was 3.17 since I took 3 AP classes. Am I worrying too much?
I agree your best course of action is to talk to each admission office where you have been accepted. Chances are they will understand your circumstances. I believe at UC colleges the rule of thumb is to not go below a C grade or you have to let them know.
Also, are the C grades you received only for semester long courses or full year courses? In my experience, the final high school transcript usually only shows 1 grade per class and colleges would not see your first semester grades for full year courses on that final transcript.
Oh, for most of schools in California, transcript shows grades for each semester, so those Cs are only from first semester. So, should I let admissions counselors know before they offer rescind admission and ask me for the reason?
Ok that’s a little different than how it’s done at my kids high school. What classes did you get C’s in - were they honors or AP classes by any chance. That might make a difference for you.
also, is there a chance you are ready to commit to a college?
Out of 4 Cs, 3 of those classes were AP classes (Calc AB, AP Psych, and AP micro) and the other one was physics
amy989 ? Can you please answer me??? I really need help 
Can you please help me?
If colleges wont see the Cs (and you can raise them to Bs for the grades colleges see) then you will likely be fine. If you’re concerned though the best advice will come from calling each specific school.
Lagging, College will see those Cs since it is already on the record.
You should contact the schools then. See what you can do from hereon out to ensure offers don’t get rescinded and proactively notify them (without sounding like you’re giving excuses) of the circumstances.
@cckrie Sorry began watching a movie last night and didn’t get back on.
Chances are that the college will add a grade onto each of those AP classes so your C becomes a B. the physics in itself is a difficult class and at my kids’s high school lots of A students end up with C grades in physics.
First I would talk to your high school counselor and ask for his or her advise. Then I would call the admissions office and explain your situation. It would be helpful if you knew which college you were planning to go to when you call so you can tell them that you are ready to commit but you just want to make sure that they won’t rescind the offers because of those C’s. But make sure you explain your circumstances.
I hope it works for you. My daughter has had 2 friends where their college admissions actually let them withdraw from a class late in the senior year. I don’t think that the admissions are heartless. And in the end I think it’s the overall weighted GPA that counts.
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Closing thread. The OP has asked this question at least 3 times already and the best answer never changes - ask the college.