<p>The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)'s "Admitted" blog recently featured an entry on rescinded admission decisions: </p>
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Some students may believe that only the most selective colleges in the country are looking at final grades, but NACACs research shows otherwise. From colleges that range from accepting less than 50% to accepting more than 85%, the emphasis on grades remained the same. All colleges that reported cases of retractions said that grades were to blame at least 65% of the time.</p>
<p>The survey also found that different types of colleges placed varying degrees of emphasis on other factors. For instance, private colleges raised fewer red flags for falling grades than public colleges. However, private schools were more inclined to revoke admission for disciplinary issues.</p>
<p>The survey data also revealed that 27% of rescinded admission offers were the result of falsified application information.
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<p>Keep in mind, however, that admission officials really don't want to revoke acceptances. It's a hassle for them and for other college administrators. So if you're in jeopardy of losing a spot at the school you plan to attend--especially due to senioritis rather than due to cheating, falsification of application materials, and similar personal-responsibility issues--I recommend that you suggest ways that you can work with the college to stay on the freshman roster (taking a summer class with admission contingent on a good grade; entering in the fall on academic probation, etc.)</p>
<p>My son seems to be feeling much the same way, and he still has a month to go (and he’s in the 6th grade (!) ).</p>
<p>At least he gets to take “Swimming Games” as one of his electives, starting on Monday. I wonder what college admission folks would think of that one on a transcript. ;)</p>
<p>Wow, that’s a lot of classes. I wouldn’t think that a college would revoke an acceptance for those grades. The D isn’t good, but I don’t think it would be enough to cause much trouble. I have about the same grades, albeit with only six classes, and I don’t anticipate any problems.</p>
<p>omg I AM SO NERVOUS!! Senioritis KILLED my gpa! :(</p>
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<p>Do you think my app will be rescinded??? Granted I have fairly difficult classes for a senior, no APs this year though. I am going to a very selective school… omg… ***… I hate myself so much right now :(</p>
<p>omg really!? ok, yes hopefully its just nerves. i love this school so much and i would absolutely die if i got rescinded because of my C in stupid Accelerated Precal. I never should have taken that class. i guess ever since i got accepted i was always in disbelief but i guess its a common feeling. i’m just being a nervous wreck like always. i need to calm down but i don’t think i can until im physically in my dorm on the first day of school.</p>
<p>What I’d really like to know, and what I could find no hint about in the article, is what percent of all acceptances are revoked. One percent? One tenth of one percent? No clue.</p>
<p>I have not seen stats but I have seen it happen. Sure, plenty of folks do it and don’t get caught, and those who are seem to be treated on a case-by-case basis. In other words, if the family seems truly clueless about the process and perhaps sent deposits to two schools because a financial aid appeal was still under way at one (or both?) of them, then they might get off the hook. But if it’s clearly a “Junior-isn’t-ready-to-decide-yet-because-he’s-been-busy-with-baseball” situation, then both colleges could decide to pull the plug.</p>
<p>Some colleges specifically say double depositing is a “no-no” and if you are caught, your offer is rescinded. Most are silent on the matter.</p>
<p>Sally, what is the percentage of acceptances rescinded in colleges with a 50% or higher selectivity? Personally, I know of no recinsions, though I know a number of kids who were warned, had to enter college on some sort of probation, and even had to take a year off before attending college due to disciplinary or academic reasons. The ones I’ve actually heard via news reports (it’s apparently news when this happens at highly selective schools) has been for falsifying info on the app or plagiarism.</p>
<p>I really have no idea what the stats are, only that I’ve seen it happen at the more selective schools. As I said in my original post, colleges don’t like to rescind acceptances–and that’s for any reason–although they are typically far less tolerant of intentionally deceptive behavior than they are of a garden-variety case of senioritis.</p>
<p>I worry about this every day that I go to school. I’m teetering on a D- in my 4th year science class and it’s bringing my overall GPA down below 90. Each school have different conditions of rescinding their admissions, though.</p>
<p>Last year, a teacher friend of mine combed the internet looking for stories about rescinded acceptances. She was trying to scare the heck out of her AP students, hoping it would get a few to work a little harder in the final weeks. Fortunately, no one had his acceptance rescinded, but there were some low grades in her class. This year, she has not had to say one word to her students about this. Maybe they heard the stories from the previous year’s class. My seniors are done and want it all over, but I must commend them on trying to finish with good grades. Class ranks are on the line, so that’s enough of an incentive for some of them.</p>