<p>If I've been admitted to some top20 universities and top10 liberal arts colleges with a 3.93 GPA, how low can my trimester GPA average get without worry about rescinding? I'm probably going to get a 3.7 GPA the last two trimesters of senior year, meaning my overall GPA will drop to about 3.87ish</p>
<p>Should I be worried? Any experiences you can share with me?</p>
<p>Probably not, most colleges will really only go to the effort of rescinding you if you grades plummet like crazy. Most people only get rescinded if they fail multiple classes senior year.</p>
<p>What if I get a C?</p>
<p>Don’t get any Ds or Fs. </p>
<p>This also depends on which courses are involved, which college you’re planning to attend, and how critical certain high school courses or credentials are to the college’s core program. I recall a case (could be “misremembering”) in which Caltech rescinded when an admitted student earned a C in one or two key courses (math, physics IIRC). But that’s Caltech, which has very high expectations for its core physics and math curriculum. If, on the other hand, you’re talking about art school, there would probably be no distress over a low (but passing) grade in math (won’t say more, but I know this from direct observation). But keep in mind that you have a kind of contractual understanding when you’re offered admission and accept it that you will maintain a certain level of performance in your last semester of high school. If it’s a highly selective college, above all avoid C’s or worse in core courses.</p>
<p>I will maintain A’s and B’s then</p>
<p>If you get one C, you might get a stern letter. People don’t really get rescinded all that often. But don’t try to identify the exact cut-off and aim to get just above it.</p>
<p>Since you state you’ll maintain As and Bs it sounds like you’re asking for our approval to slack off. This is the parents forum. I think most will say continue studying.</p>
<p>A college acceptance is not permission to slack off…I know how hard it is to keep seniors focused but it would be a shame to lose what you have worked so hard for at the last minute.</p>
<p>If you’re in the running for merit awards, you may not get them if you start slacking. That could mean some serious $$$, so really think about it, even if it may not get you rescinded. The Us and scholarship committees may prefer to provide merit awards to kids who keep trying their best consistently.</p>
<p>I feel I have to be honest here: a small amount of slacking off probably won’t hurt you, and is probably inevitable. If we’re talking about risking a few B’s, then I wouldn’t worry about it too much. You should turn in all your work–but there may be some situations in which, say, you might not stay up all night to make it perfect. But to repeat: don’t try to manage this so you can get the lowest grade you can without getting rescinded.</p>
<p>I’ll try my best, I just wanted to make sure that nothing horrible would happen if I got a few B+'s or something like that. My overall GPA shouldn’t go from 3.93 to anything below 3.86</p>
<p>That sound alright?</p>
<p>I think the overall GPA matters less than the specific grades. For example, 9 As and one D might be worse than 5 As and 5 Bs. Make a point of keeping your grades up in your academic classes. If you get a B (or even a C) in your elective basket-weaving class, you’re not going to get rescinded.</p>
<p>In junior year, the lowest GPA I’ve ever gotten for one specific trimester is 3.72</p>
<p>While trying my best, I will make sure my senior year trimester GPAs stay above that, so that my academic performance stays the same to that of which the admissions decision was made.</p>
<p>How is this method? I’ll try my best, but this is my mentality to help me have peace of mind</p>
<p>If you really try your best, the chances of your getting rescinded are microscopic.</p>
<p>Best thing to do is to continue to power on till graduation and maintain the same/upward trend. </p>
<p>That way, you’ll never experience the pain of having your admission rescinded.</p>
<p>cobrat, how many of your many acquaintances had their admissions rescinded? And under what circumstances, specifically? I’m not saying people should go fishing instead of doing their homework, but every year there are dozens of threads like this, in which kids are afraid they’ll get rescinded for a few Bs. I just don’t see much evidence that this is happening–people get rescinded when they get really bad grades, or if they fail a specific course that’s required (such as for the UC system).</p>
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<p>Two. One slacked off to the point she ended up received a bunch of Cs and Ds in her final semester of HS after being admitted to several top 30 colleges with great FA/scholarship packages. She mentioned this to me and another mutual friend a month and a half after our graduation. </p>
<p>Another was a weird mix of admin snafu and a student taking full advantage of it. A hardcore STEM oriented friend ended up having his admissions to several colleges, including two Ivies rescinded and being retained for another semester because he somehow managed to manipulate the program office’s computer so it didn’t assign him English lit classes he felt “were a waste of his time” during most of his HS career. </p>
<p>When our HS uncovered the fact he didn’t take the full 4 years of English classes as required, they notified his colleges and forced him to stay another year to finish those English classes*. After a year, he completed what he considered “the torture of taking nothing but English classes”, spent a year at a public college, successfully transferred into an Ivy which rescinded him the first time, and is now a medical doctor. </p>
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<li>He was one of several classmates who were retained as “super-seniors”. Was also before the era of “Zero tolerance”.<br></li>
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<p>Well, those kind of prove my point: people get rescinded when they do something that’s really bad, not for a few Bs. I don’t think I’ve ever read a case of somebody being rescinded for a couple of Cs, even. I don’t want to be seen as encouraging slacking–I’m just trying to reduce paranoia.</p>