<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Can someone please tell me if they have heard of anyone getting into
a top liberal arts college with their current quarter grades not so good?</p>
<p>My daughter had her first quarter grades up when she applied ED1. However
the school could bnot read the transcript and called last week for new grades
and transcripts. She now has only one A, B's and C's. And one D that was
supposed to be a C. It is now changed and the school knows of the change.</p>
<p>Do these LA colleges ever admit students that don't have perfect grades although most classes are honors and Ap's? She has excellent EC's and is from Montana.</p>
<p>Please any advice, has she lost her chance?</p>
<p>Which colleges are you asking about? Current grades could make a difference but it depends on the school.</p>
<p>Hi, the college is Vassar.</p>
<p>I am guessing that in a case like your D’s, the college may defer because they’d want to make sure that the decline in grades isn’t reflective of a permanent slide. They may not want to risk offering an ED admittance only to have to rescind admission over the summer due to poor end of year grades.</p>
<p>I’d have to agree with NSM. It’s a fairly selective college.</p>
<p>I do not think she has lost her ultimate chance, but her ED chance has been harmed. Being from Montana is a major help. Please note that she will undoubtedly be admitted to many fine colleges, even if Vassar says no, so do not set all your hopes there and do not despair if she is deferred.</p>
<p>What concerns me is that it looks like your D’s grades are dropping. That doesn’t bode well for her motivation to do well the rest of senior year. Saying this as a parent who had two kids who had major senioritis and whose grades continued to slide senior year.</p>
<p>Regardless of what colleges accept the student, major senioritis may mean that a student would be better off taking a gap year and using that time to restore their academic motivation than going to college, getting fully involved in the freedom and partying opportunities, and then flunking out.</p>
<p>She hasn’t lost her chance, but yes, if her grades are dropping she may not be admitted ED, instead they may defer her and see how she does next quarter and consider her again for the RD timeline. It will depend a lot on how far her grades have dropped. Going down one letter grade is certainly not good, but also not neccesarily fatal. Going down from an A to a C however is really harmful. Going from a B- to a C+ is not as bad.</p>