<p>Going from an A to an A-minus is not considered a major slide. Going from an A to a C is a major slide and would jeopardize your chances at attending harvard in the fall.</p>
<p>I suggest you guys use the Search function. There are tons of threads on CC about this same topic and are very useful. Good luck you guys with grades and all those AP classes!</p>
<p>sybbie, my friend got into harvard last year, and she ended up failing english, a CORE class. she is currently attending harvard on a full scholarship, majoring in comparative literature. i wonder if she beat the game...</p>
<p>Sweet, If harvard doesn't Car about 1 single F Then Neither Should Penn State. I mean Honors Calculus isn't even a Required course for Undecided students.</p>
<p>now that's the spirit! congrats on penn!</p>
<p>I may have said this earlier in the thread, but the degree to which a college will rescind acceptances does depend on their yield for the year. If they have plenty of space left in the freshman dorms, they are less likely to rescind somebody's acceptance than if more people than expected are coming.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when rescinding decisions are usually made by colleges? Is it after the Regular Decision pool has heard back perhaps? I'm writing my letter to explain my grades and situation, but I can't contact my guidance counselor until the 17th of January (very long break at our school).</p>
<p>I don't think that they would ever rescind a decision because of mid-year grades. It seems that they would wait to see how you did during second semester. When people talk about acceptances being rescinded, it normally means in April or May.</p>
<p>"Amherst said C+ is as low as they'll let you go, and if you better have good reason to even go near a C+... "</p>
<p>How did you find this info?
Did you actually talk to someone from Amherst Admissions office?</p>