<p>I've been accepted into Columbia ED. I had a 95 average when I was accepted by now my grades have dropped:
AP CALC BC:85
AP GOV:88
AP PHYSICS C:80
ORGANIC CHEM:88
ENGLISH:92
ELECTIVE:93</p>
<p>Do you guys think I will get rescinded? :-/ I'm really scared. I decided to relax a bit but I have tough classes...so this happened xD</p>
<p>Just don’t get more than one C and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Of course not. When you get D’s and F’s, then we can talk about the remote possibility of rescission. In the meantime, you’ll be fine. You should still try to do well, though.</p>
<p>a) have some pride in yourself.
b) you screw up there are other consequences besides rescission. including going on probation, being asked to take a year leave, etc.</p>
<p>^ does this mean that a drop of 3-4 classes from A’s to B’s don’t matter? Not that I’m aiming low but…you know…lol</p>
<p>isolated problems are ok, but when issues seem to be systemic, then it isn’t just you are bad in physics, but you’re becoming a bad student. so the more classes you drop in, the bigger the worry (even if the drop is not as severe).</p>
<p>and a drop in 3-4 classes matters, it probably means that you’ll be ill-prepared to continue in those subjects at the appropriate pace come college.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your replies. So admissions geek, does this mean I should be worried? I mean I’m “trying” but not really doing the best I can possibly do.</p>
<p>the problem with having all b’s right now is that you’re one bad grade away from it being an actual problem (b’s and c is pretty bad from someone who had a 95 avg). the reason why you want to be in the a range is that if you do have a bad test, or crappy essay, you have something in reserve. bring up your avg 4-5 points methodically over the next few weeks. columbia doesn’t really make its final assessment until june anyhow.</p>
<p>Really? Someone who’s good enough to get into Columbia ED should know how to keep their acceptance.</p>
<p>You are totally fine I wouldn’t worry at all. People admitted to Ivies have done worse and they haven’t come close to being rescinded. You need to be in the middle to low 2.0 range with D’s to be reviewed. Bs are fine.</p>
<p>Thank you so much guys 
I really appreciate all your input.</p>
<p>ahhahha its so funny because this is exactly what i’m worried about too.</p>
<p>We warn students al the tme ( and my Princeton Colleagues say the same thing) its a major, major worry that students who strech themselves so hard to get in that they will suffer burn out or fatigue. We have data that illustrates that students who drop points by as little as one grade point average still continue to do so and a hi proptotion actually drop out from a difficult program. We can’t have that.</p>
<p>I will ask you, if you think you cannot keep up the pressure to succeed and feel burnt out, call the admissions office ( you do not want to be recinded) and ask for a gap year. It could be your only chance to prevent the withdrawl of your accectance)</p>
<p>If you believe that its an anomoly and that this new “relaxed state” will not illustrate you as a student I would again tell you to call. </p>
<p>Its the BIGGGEST fear of an admission officer, the studnt who cannot handle the workactually killed themselves to get in and will not continue as a student.</p>
<p>Just be truthtful with yourself and all will be good, peace to your heart…</p>
<p>^um…okay then…wth lol</p>
<p>anyways I think I read somewhere that if you drop 2-3 classes in a letter point, they send you a warning letter…if like 4 + or a couple of C’s they will be like tell us what’s wrong, and its not a enough compelling reason you’ll probably be rescinded or face some other consequence</p>
<p>wait. I have 3 b’s and 4 a’s. Is there a serious problem here? O_O</p>
<p>^ no, I don’t think so. Just compare it to your transcript grades… for example, I definitely am not and never have been a straight A student, so I don’t really think Columbia will be all that surprised if my final transcripts come in with some B’s. Besides, there are a lot of factors that have to be taken into consideration, and I think having your acceptance rescinded is a relatively rare thing from what I’ve heard…</p>
<p>And to ivygeek, I don’t think that second semester senior grades following an ED acceptance is a sign of the student burning out or cracking under the pressure, imo. It’s more of a senioritis thing – they take on the mentality of already being in college and therefore pretty much done with high school, so they don’t care as much. It’s a negative indication, yeah, and kind of reflects laziness or whatever, but a lot of classes (especially high level ones) get harder in the second semester, so keeping up grades can become a challenge… if the situation were really that the student was taking classes that are too challenging in order to be accepted to the schools, I don’t think that the grades would drop by the second semester of their senior year. It would probably happen earlier than that. Like I said, that’s not really an indication of someone biting off more than they can chew but instead a total change in mentality and a feeling that you don’t need to work as hard.</p>
<p>You can’t take a gap year at Columbia. Would be fun though.</p>
<p>Not sure why you gave such a rude response, by the way. Pretty unnecessary, ivygeek was trying to be helpful.</p>
<p>I think I’ll cling onto A minuses. I did well enough first semester to carry my usual failure at exams.</p>
<p>EDIT: I was chiding collegeftw, not you, vstheworld.</p>
<p>Wait, isn’t Columbia School of General Studies for people who took gap years? Although I don’t actually know where gap years came into the conversation, but that’s probably just my overlooking something.</p>
<p>i also highly doubt that b’s will set off any alarm bells. really. we’re seniors for cryin out loud! once i get to columbia, i plan on studying hard and doing well, but second semester senior year only comes around once… i want to enjoy it in all my 3.5 glory!
also, i agree with cyanidic. ivygeek was just trying to be helpful…</p>
<p>I know cyanidic pointed out that their post wasn’t directed to me, but I still just want to clarify that I wasn’t trying to be rude or anything, just pointing out that usually a small slip in final transcript grades isn’t an indication that the student is ill-prepared for the rigorous courseload that awaits them. I understand that students being unable to handle their schedules is a serious concern, especially at these top schools.</p>