<p>c's? d's? f's?
for pretty selective colleges (particularly university of michigan)</p>
<p>Ds and Fs would be grounds. One C would not hurt but all Cs would raise eyebrows and probably be grounds for being revoked.</p>
<p>Why would you even want to take the chance? You must remember that your admission is based on your sucessful completion of high school at the same level of performance at which you have been accepted. Most schools reserve the right to rescind admission if there is a significant drop in academic performance during the senior year.</p>
<p>If you are in Honors college or recieving any type of merit aid that is tied to performance, a drop in grades could case that aid to be rescinded because you will no longer meet the qualifications</p>
<p>i used to have mostly a's and some b's</p>
<p>but this year, even if i try, it's hard for me to get even a's because of my classes...</p>
<p>i'm probably getting mostly b's and i think two c's this semester..</p>
<p>i'm okay, right?</p>
<p>I think no one knows the answer to this in a reliable way. </p>
<p>However, just to put a little fear of God into people, there was an old thread which postulated that a school which has had an unusally high yield in a particular year finds itself in a position where they would like to eliminate a few matriculating students in order to solve the housing and other logistical issues.</p>
<p>Clearly, if the school has a reason to want to reduce its projected attendance, someone who screws up by slacking off is courting disaster. Also, if they waitlisted someone who turned out to be a national champ in a spring sport, they might be interested in another look at who has the "last" spot in the class.</p>
<p>I think in most cases, the schools allow the kid to enter on probation from the very beginning.</p>
<p>what's probation?</p>
<p>I know a kid who got kicked out of his prep boarding school a week before graduation last year. His grades weren't so hot, either. He had been admitted to a good LAC (not one of the very top ones) for a January 2005 matriculation. He had completed his requirements for high school, but he had to write to the college explaining that he would not have a diploma until he completed a year of college (the prep school's ruling) and that he had been kicked out. They, miraculously, did not revoke his acceptance and he starts next week!</p>
<p>^seirously?
that's kind of weird considering..he's going to college w/o even getting a high school diploma..</p>
<p>For some schools, a C in a critical subject might put you in a bind. Get C in your AP Physics or your Calculus courses and Caltech is going to think twice about the admission or the financial aid that it gave you that was contingent on the assumption that you would be ready to enter their program. I've heard of one such case at Caltech.</p>
<p>Academic probation means that the student has been officially cautioned about his/her grades. Usually, if a kid flunks two of four classes, (s)he will be put on probation for the next semester. The student may be asked to take specific courses, e.g., remedial writing, to help address the problem, and the school (usually a dean or some other advisor) will monitor the student's grades. If the grades are passing, then the student will be allowed to continue. If not, then the student may be asked to take a leave of absence--study elsewhere and improve her/his grades or transfer to another school.</p>
<p>okay..
what about schools like univesrity of michigan?</p>
<p>College,</p>
<p>You have to remember that the admissions process is so competitive dadx stated there are long wait list for students wanting to attend. While students are getting all twisted up over selectivity, and ranking , its really meaningless if they don't graduate (which in my opinion is what students should really be looking at -the percentage that graduates in 4 years). </p>
<p>Because the best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior, I personally think that all admissions shoudl be reviewed once the final transcript is submitted and that the school should not waste (maybe waste is a strong work) and admit on someone that once they are admitted no longer feels compelled to do their best work, and if you want to be a slacker, then be a slacker somewhere else and give the spot to someone comitted to staying the course. It would definitely save a lot of time and we your parents a lot of money.</p>
<p>It's too extreme to say there's a slacker in this situation. My dd went to a full load of AP's and is having a hard time keeping the grades up with the full leadership load expected of seniors.</p>
<p>Bettina ,</p>
<p>The reason that I am saying slacker because I find it hard to believe that some of these students worked like dogs to get into college and now once they have been acceepted, they are looking for a way to do the minimum amount of work with out jepordizing their admissions (sounds like slacking to me). </p>
<p>If you sign on for AP courses, there is an expectation that there is going to be a lot of work. I understand that people take a full load of AP's but then they need to question thie motives for doing so (are they taking them just to look good in the college process)</p>
<p>I don't know. I wouldn't want my child to get less than a B anyway. C could be understood. Failing a class would generate a discussion about summer class in the local college.</p>
<p>Mr. B I understand where you are comming from , because all we want is for our kids to do their best work. There is a difference between doing your best work and getting a C ( which I would have no problem with) and just doing enough to get by and getting that same C.</p>
<p>ALSO, suppose a kid dropped an AP mid senior year? Could that revoke admission? And how does that happen? Do they send a letter summer or just not be able to register?</p>
<p>If you've been showing an upward trend in your grades from freshman year, you definitely will want to continue demonstrating that to your college of choice. After all, they're betting that you will complete that positive skew. When your grades slump during second semester of senior year as a result of senioritis, colleges will infer that, because you have already been accepted into college, you do not necessarily take your schoolwork seriously if there's nothing at stake. They then could assume that you may not take your college work seriously when there are fewer consequences or constraints, e.g., no parental units looking over your shoulder.</p>
<p>Why risk it?</p>
<p>Michigan only revoked about 20 kids in 2003.</p>
<p>^seriously?
how do you know this?</p>