<p>I've applied to a total of 8 schools through early notification.
I've been getting A's in school (except a few B's freshman year & a B junior year) & I was wondering if I would get admission revoked anywhere if my grades slipped & I got several B's or maybe even a low B- this first semester. Do colleges only revoke admission if grades become D's or F's?
Would top tier schools revoke admission because of several B's or B- in first semester of senior year?</p>
<p>Bs should be ok, but do not push it. Since they do not say, they can exercise to recind your admission for any drop. If you were a borderline acceptance at a school, they might be less forgiving…</p>
<p>Jake: this question is asked literally hundreds of times each year – especially about May or June. Maybe do a search?</p>
<p>B’s are okay. B-'s are pushing it if it’s in several different classes. Mostly, it depends what kind of schools you applied to, though.</p>
<p>Every school is different, however UCLA and Berkeley are known to rescind admissions for a single D or F grade, as well as a Sr. Yr. GPA below 3.0 UNWEIGHTED. For other schools, Bs are probably OK. One C probably OK accompanied by mostly As. 2+ Cs probably not OK with most elite Unis, and D or F definitely not OK.</p>
<p>General rule of thumb is that you shouldn’t have a final report card semester GPA which is more than 1 point lower than the GPA you applied to colleges with. Since you have straight As junior year, anything below 3.0 would raise multiple alarms!</p>
<p>I was accepted early to the College of William and Mary and I asked my dean the same question (but phrased more tactfully.) She said a few B’s were fine, but a straight C semester could warrant a revoked admission.</p>
<p>My good friend just got accepted ED to W&M as well, and she was told that if her GPA shifts by .1, her acceptance will be pulled. So…don’t let your GPA shift too much.</p>
<p>As pointed out above, this question gets asked over and over…and very rarely is there a report of somebody who actually had admission revoked over grades. I think it’s highly unlikely that a couple of Bs or a GPA shift of .1 will have such an effect–maybe if your GPA shifts by 1.1…</p>
<p>Nope. My friend was told flat out, a change of .1 (and by that, I mean if her GPA drops by .1, obviously going up is good) would result in rescinding of application. But that might just be because it was an ED and it’s W&M</p>
<p>Ebreez…thats strange. There is clearly a mix up then in the info. Here is the email my dean sent me:
“Congratulations! As for your question; no, a B or 2 in your AP courses would not warrant a revoked offer. An all C semester would certainly be enough of a reason for a letter to your counselor and possibly a meeting with the admission committee, but I’m certainly not worried that that will be the case with you.”
Someone has to be wrong. a .1 is about one B.</p>
<p>Presumably the .1 would be your overall grade, and presumably unweighted. So, if you applied to college with a 4.0, you would have to get 2 Bs to bring your overall to a 3.9.</p>
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Your friend may have been told this, but I don’t believe for one second that it is true. W&M would be rescinding multiple kids each year if this was true, and I certainly don’t think that’s happening.</p>
<p>Thanks Hunt, I agree. That is very harsh. A GPA can easily drop .1. If it dropped from a 4.0 to a 3.0, that would be more understandable.</p>
<p>Well yes. She currently has a 4.19 (this is an average of the first three years, plus first semester), so if her GPA slips below 4.09, then her acceptance will be rescinded. I dunno about you guys, but in my school, .1 is the difference between the #1 rank and the #10 rank…</p>
<p>Anyway, I may have heard her wrong, and considering she was screaming and freaking out about getting into her top choice, one and done, it’s entirely possible it’s not just .1 . But you never know. </p>
<p>I think the idea is that you just don’t slack off.</p>
<p>Of course, its the same at my school too, but a 4.19 can easily drop to a 4.09 if she receives one or 2 B’s.
Idk haha, I’m scared.
Like what if you get a B in Calc BC or AP Econ or something? I am kind of doubtful they’d rescind you for that.</p>
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I’m sorry, but this is nonsense. There is no way that W&M is going to rescind the admission of somebody who drops such a piddly amount. I’d have to see that in writing to even begin to believe it. No, I’d have to see proof that they actually did it before I’d believe it.</p>
<p>Sky, I’m terrified. I had a really bad first semester, so when she said that to me, I nearly cried. </p>
<p>So I’m hoping that I heard her wrong, but when she comes back from dinner, I’ll verify with her.</p>
<p>Hunt; you are entirely correct. I asked her when she came back online and she said “one point” not “point one.” An easy enough mistake to make. </p>
<p>Apologies for freaking you all out! </p>
<p>But the issue still stands, don’t slack!</p>
<p>No offense, ezbreez, but when a new poster says something that I find questionable, I sometimes look at the person’s prior posts. You say in another post that your school doesn’t weight–so how did your friend get higher than 4.0 in the first place?</p>
<p>THANK GOD!
Haha thanks Ezbreez! Yes, easy mistake to make.
Now my heart can start beating again.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone! And keep your grades up! ;)</p>
<p>Hunt; Didn’t I say that my school doesn’t weight properly? If I didn’t, that’s entirely my mistake. Our grades are weighted .5 for AP classes, not at all for honors. Hence, the possibility of up to a 4.5. I’m sorry if I’ve caused some muddling.</p>