Help me convince my parents my app won't be rescinded...

I am enrolled in 3 APs and 2 honors level courses. I am an SCEA admit. I have Bs in my APs and As in everything else but my parents really think my As this quarter will result in rescission. Freaking out and they won’t believe me. I had higher grades first quarter but my midterms were killer and I know my grades will go back up next quarter. How can I show them that I won’t be rescinded over these?

Ask them to give your GC a call. High school GCs are used to dealing with both colleges and nervous parents.

You will not get rescinded over some B’s and probably not a C or two. Trust me. Lots of C’s and D’s will cause a problem. Keep up the good work. You are in now - welcome to the family!!

Thank you both for the advice. I’m the oldest child in the family and I come from a very high stress community so I understand where my parents are coming from. I’m not at all succumbing to senioritis but am willing to accept that there are areas where I need to work harder. If anything, I’m most disappointed with my own performance but I’m not trying to let it bring me down too much. If they have questions they can come here and see this, or call the GC!

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@CardioParty, it is an exaggeration, but I’ve been told you get rescinded for either of the two F’s: an F grade or a Felony.

Just as a practical matter, you don’t want to be out of the habit of working hard, but you also deserve a moment or two to catch your breath. My son, also SCEA, worked a little less hard at school, but spent time studying math on his own.

Congratulations – you will love Yale. :slight_smile:

@CardioParty, @IxnayBob and I both have freshmen at Yale this year, along with quite a few other parents on CC. Take his advice. You have been in work, work, work mode your whole academic career and you don’t know how to turn it off. You are one of the lucky ones. You could be still waiting to hear from colleges in late March. Instead you have already been accepted to the college that has the “happiest freshmen”. Enjoy now. Cause though they may be happy, Yale freshmen work their butts off.

I can understand your parents concern. They are also used to you being in hyper mode. You’re right. Tell them to come on CC. They can even PM one of us. While IxnayBob tends to be over dramatic (smile), he is right, unless you get one of the F’s - felony or F, you should be fine.

So, what are you packing for BullDog Days!? That is the question!

Boola!! Boola!!

You won’t get rescinded for a few Bs. I don’t think you’ll even get the letter telling that grades are important, blah blah blah.

I had a friend who was rescinded…

^^ for what. I know they were not rescinded for a couple of B’s. Be specific if you are going to add to the conversation.

The posters telling you it takes an “F” or a felony to be rescinded are giving you bad advice. We are talking about Yale, not the local state college. There is an excellent thread on the topic with feedback from an admissions expert. Search for this thread “When Do Colleges Rescind Acceptances?”. The expert says a drop from As to Bs for Yale might result in an “invitation” to take a gap year.

@Lkjh0987, I told OP that it was an exaggeration. I know that we’re talking about Yale rather than a “local state college,” which is why I thought that OP would know how to take my post. I would bet you a pizza that the drop indicated by OP, if factual, does not result in an invitation to a gap year.

ETA: I decided to follow your suggestion to OP and find the “expert” opinion and this is what I found:

@Lkjh0987, to be fair, in reply #469, I found the following:

That’s a bit more like what you were describing, but OP’s grades didn’t fall as much, and the exact nature of the invitation is not clear.

In any case, my offer to bet a pizza stands :slight_smile:

Not to worry! Your A’s in your honors courses will not result in recision! (neither will your B’s in your AP courses, but of course, that is another issue altogether).

Note: You may wish to trade your parents in for more reasonable ones.

When this topic comes up, as it does every year, there are very few examples (with actual details) of people being rescinded–from any college, not just Yale. When there are examples, they are always fairly obvious and egregious examples, like very serious grade drops, or failure to complete required classes. Occasionally for a lesser grade drop we will hear that somebody received a stern letter, but no actual consequences.