<p>I'm hoping that someone out there on this forum has been faced with a child being rescinded from a college after being accepted. How did you handle it? Was it too late to find a backup for your child?</p>
<p>I'm getting ready to accept that this might be happening in my house, so just want to find what others have done. The problem is that you don't typically find out until after the time when decisions are due, as end of year grades aren't posted until end of May/June.</p>
<p>Also, how did you handle it as a parent? Were you able to be calm? Was it difficult to explain to friends/family the change in situation?</p>
You don’t owe anyone an explanation since it’s none of their business. If you feel that you need to say something or if they inquire you can always leave it as a brief “My child had a change in plans”. If they press and ask “why” you can just repeat - “he(she) just had a change in plans”.</p>
<p>It sounds like you are worried about a recision for bad grades, but there is still lots of time left in the semester at this point. I think I would start by figuring out what is going wrong and trying to get the grades out of the hot zone with tutoring or extra credit.</p>
<p>Someone my son knows had admission rescinded at a prestigious school and it was too late to do anything. This student is now taking a very heavy load at a community college and looking to transfer at the first opportunity.</p>
<p>My D had a change in plans - where she originally planned to attend was published in the HS newspaper, in our church newsletter’s senior salute, etc. After graduation she ended up getting into one of her waitlisted schools. For the most part, no one really asked. She’s finishing up her sophomore year and I still run into people who ask how she’s doing at the original school.</p>
<p>If what you fear happens, you can handle it however you want. If you want to talk about it, some will be compassionate/share their similar stories/wish you the best. For more casual acquaintances I find a lot of people are just making chit-chat and you can avoid/talk around many questions and they often don’t even notice.</p>
<p>There are many schools with rolling admissions - I work at one. People on CC seem to think the only alternative is community college, but there are other options available.</p>
<p>Your kid will most likely have a chance to explain to someone what went wrong and what he or she plans on doing to correct the problem. A well thought out explanation may very well avert a rescission. </p>
<p>If not, count it as a lesson learned that even you finish 26 miles of a marathon, if you don’t finish the last .2 miles, you’re sunk. Look for schools who are still accepting students (there is a list that comes out every May) and be ready to move on.</p>
<p>If your child will be writing an explanation letter, I say send it before the school comes asking for it. This will show maturity and ownership of the situation which the school may see as a plus. Good luck.</p>
<p>crizello - best wishes to you and your child. If there were applications and admits to other places, could you review those now? I keep telling myself and my kid “there is more than one way to skin a cat!” …sorry, it’s not a pretty saying but it reminds us there is more than one way to do things - I agree, contact the school and or schools on your own to explain and discuss. Look at other schools with rolling admits. Also, there is lots of moving and shaking during the Fin. Aid phase at school. I don’t think it’s hopeless…hang in there! Contact some admissions directors/reps. Hopefully your child will get the diploma and take it from there. Best wishes…</p>
<p>Talk to the teacher(s) and see exactly what the lay of the land is vis-a-vis grades. What can he do to recover (if, indeed, he can do anything)? I wouldn’t go in with the attitude of “How can you keep my Little Johnny out of the college of his choice?”</p>
<p>Once you know what the real damage is likely to be (after all, you know what you can reasonably expect Little Johnny to accomplish in the time left), then HE can contact the school in question and ask them if he’s staring at a rescission. They could very well respond that he should send them his final grades as soon as he gets them and then they will see…But at least communication has been established.</p>
<p>Hello. I have been fretting over the same thing all year long for my son simply because the schools have a clause in every offer of acceptance that says that they can rescind their offer. I feel like that is an out clause for the school. In other words, if they’ve accepted too many students maybe they start rescinding the offers. I find that terrible that they have that clause. So I’ve been staying on top of my sons grades all year long. He is taking 5 AP classes which he has never done before. However, one school that my son declined actually wrote him a really nice letter and said they will keep his name on file for a year and if for any reason he changes his mind, they would love to have him. They also said if we said no for financial reasons to please call them, they will work with us. So that made me feel better that he has a back up plan in case the final school rescinds him for whatever reason! It also made me realize that school actually cares. This is nuts if you ask me! They get accepted and they can get rescinded… This is all lawyer stuff!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all the replies! It is too late to talk to the teacher. The class is actually having its final tomorrow, a month early! So, there will be no further instruction for the year, and no further chance to bring up the grade. My assumption now is that community college is the next option. </p>
<p>I never thought that I would be happy to see a C in a class! </p>
<p>I will look at rolling admits. Started a bit yesterday, many are privates, way out of our league. </p>
<p>Anyway, it’s not over yet, but I wanted to start preparing a backup plan.</p>
<p>Even if your S gets a D in the class and the college can rescind because of it doesn’t mean they will. If he gets a D or F in the class he should contact the college right away, explain that he received the grade, that he still really wants to attend that college, and seek their counsel as to what options he might have. It could be that he’ll be outright rescinded, that they’ll not rescind despite the grade, or that they’ll still accept him if he can retake the class in the summer at the HS or a CC or maybe online.</p>
<p>Don’t give up yet even if his final grade isn’t a C or better.</p>
<p>A fair number of kids graduate hs with far more credits than their state requires for hs graduation. Not sure if this would come into play… but it might depending on how many credits he already has vs. requirement and what subject the problem course is.</p>
<p>Ergo, what uc___ dad is suggesting is very wise and might have a higher degree of success depending on the course subject and how it relates to his overall # of credits.</p>
<p>^^This is right on the money. A motivated kid who is willing to accept responsibility for the problem and work hard to put it right (summer school or on-line class or whatever) can often avoid or reverse a rescind decision.</p>
<p>No, the ability to rescind an offer is not used by colleges as a tool to fine tune yield. Colleges use it when there has been fraud in the application or some disciplinary action that has occurred since the application was sent warrants it or the academic performance of a student upon which they based their admission result is called into question by lousy grades–and I mean in the D and F range. </p>
<p>I think that it is good to have such a clause. It keeps seniors motivated to not have senior-itis that second semester of senior year.</p>
<p>Since you will know the grade of that class soon, I would definitely follow UCDad’s advice and contact the college to ask about options.</p>
<p>I hope you are right. My son has done very well this senior year but it has been really tough on him. He has put in many all nighters which is nuts if you ask me! I just don’t trust any out clauses. </p>
<p>I’ve actually been told that if you have more than two “C’s”, they can rescind. That is what I meant about the out clause being unfair. What if the school decides more than one C is unacceptable? That is the point of the out clause - it is up to them what the rules are. </p>
<p>My son has never received a C or lower in his high school career. With his heaviest course load his senior year (5 AP classes + 2 honors courses), I have been worrying that he may get two C’s. So far he hasn’t so that is a relief. One more marking period to go! :)</p>