<p>The question is that in the title: How badly do you have to do in order for MIT to withdraw their acceptance? </p>
<p>I am just wondering. If you end up with a C, will they take back the acceptance, or do you have to fail. I'm not saying I'm getting a C, but just to know.</p>
<p>The number of waitlisted students acceptances probably corresponds, loosely, at least, with the number of rescinded offers. Since very few get of the waitlist, I doubt many acceptances will be withdrawn. </p>
<p>Thus, I think you'd need to perform really poorly, without any reasonable excuse, to have your acceptance revoked.</p>
<p>If you think about it, though, they must get your grade reports mid-June. I'd expect them to finish processing by early-July. Isn't that around when the housing lotteries and i-3 videos are released? Also, by then won't you have rejected your other acceptances -- leaving you with no place to go if your acceptance is withdrawn. </p>
<p>Just to be safe, though, I'd recommend trying to maintain the same GPA trend. You could be left in a very tough situation if they do change their mind and decide to reject you.</p>
<p>Senior year last six-weeks I got a B+ and a B (and I had never gotten a straight B in my life -- oh man, those were the days!) from a trend of almost exclusively As, and didn't hear a peep.</p>
<p>Other than that... I dunno.</p>
<p>And zking, the number of people who get off the waitlist depends on how accurately the admissions office predicted yield. If they predicted that the yield would be 68% and it's in fact 62%, more people will be let off the waitlist. The last few years, they've either accurately predicted or underpredicted the yield, and so nobody's gotten off the waitlist. It doesn't have to do with rescinded acceptances, no worries. :)</p>
<p>That's what I thought, but I've heard that some colleges also use the waitlist to replace slackers :). However, given the timings of the programs and the housing lotteries, it didn't seem very possible (for MIT, at least).</p>