<p>I have a lot of tests and projects coming up, and I'm worried about some of the subjects. I'm getting 6s and 7s on them, but I'm afraid that they will drop.
How low should my grades go down to for my acceptance to be declined?
This is how my school's score range works:</p>
<p>6-7: A
4-5: B
3: C
2: D
1: F</p>
<p>oh dear. you need to lighten up, snowinsummer. it is very rare for anyone to be rescinded as a member of the class at Vanderbilt. No one on the board here knows the details of how someone would be rescinded but it would most likely have to do with violations of the school honor code, horrible grades on the final transcript etc. I know a young man who lost a scholarship to a good state honors college (OOS) when he turned in a semester of Cs and Ds spring of his senior year but that admission/merit scholarship was contingent on a certain GPA being sustained not only in high school but in college. Please use all your talent to keep on keeping on. And congrats on your admission to a very difficult school to enter. Although Vanderbilt requires very good work habits to come out with an A or B average in four years even for the best students…it can be freeing to be “average” among a peer of talented young people. None of you are that much like each other. Embrace your own learning style and celebrate the friends you will meet next year and their talents. May it be a happy home for you for four years.</p>
<p>I would like to know as well. If a student with pretty much straight A’s through Junior year (and even first semester Senior year) suddenly ended Senior year with say 5 B’s and 2 A’s, do you think there is a chance his admission could be rescinded? Just wondering if anyone has heard of someone who lost their acceptance due to a drop in grades.</p>
<p>welcome other opinions. perhaps it would make you feel better to pose this question on the official Vanderbilt admissions blog page, but mainly, try not to be so anxious. Anyone? Pancaked? Current or recent students? Bs are nothing to be worked up over. You should be happy this next six weeks. You will definitely be experiencing Bs at Vandy…and finding new ways to measure your progress and your value besides just grades.</p>
<p>I have been reading the Vandy board since late 2004. Never heard of any rescinded admissions for a student with no Cs. Stay focused. Devote some weekend time to prep for cumulative exams. Turn down some social invitations in your final weeks. If it would help you at all, sign up for one more subject test in the first week in June on the SAT Subjects now that you can look up department requirements if it might help you out in August re level placements.</p>
<p>Check out your Foreign Language requirement at Vandy if you have paid your deposit and know you will be there in August. Our sons were both too tired to take the SAT Subject exams in their languages in high school junior spring. Duke son was going to do the SAT Subject test June of senior year and was simply worn out so he didn’t go to the exam…such a rebel. Actually, he wanted to start a new language at Duke, so he let Spanish go.<br>
Vandy son learned he had a 3 on the Spanish AP senior year, and didn’t believe he had any ear for language. He studied an entire Sunday on the book for the shorter SAT Spanish Subject test and made a higher score that eliminated his need to pursue basic foreign language courses at Vandy, although he still had requirements in that category at Vandy. He was spared starting over in a new language-- and he was spared repeating Spanish courses. For Duke son, a language class almost daily was a pleasure and relaxing. For Vandy son, a chore.
Since his talents were elsewhere, he got to apply his classroom hours into foreign culture courses that suited him more. </p>
<p>you will be surprised how much variance there is in each college re test scores for foreign language level placements. Look your college and language up and think seriously on your own pathway. Fluency is important in tomorrow’s job market. I would encourage anyone to pursue fluency and some kind of immersion experience during their Vanderbilt years but not everyone can take on that goal.</p>