<p>Hey guys, i was accepted early decision into NYU, however i got a D in chem AP this year, would i get my admission taken away? Or should i just not send in a mid-year report?</p>
<p>They only want to see a mid-year report if they ask for it. If you are accepted ,they will only expect to see your final grades. Hopefully, that will give you time to raise your grade. Do not send it now.</p>
<p>Don’t send it now, don’t fail the class, and at least TRY to take the AP test seriously. I kind of blew off the AP test and now I wish I hadn’t, because that would have meant taking one less boring MAP class.</p>
<p>I don’t know whether or not a grade of “D” will cause NYU to rescind their contingent offer of early admission, but I do know that it would be better to know as soon as possible so that you don’t receive a last minute surprise when your options may be much more limited. If you applied to NYU as a pre-med or science major, then you should be concerned.
If NYU requires a mid-year report, then you must send it to them promptly.</p>
<p>Do not listen to Gifford. That’s bad advice. Listen to uskool and missam. Just get the final grade up to a C and you will definitely be ok. The official guidance from NYU is that you do not drop classes and that you successfully complete the classes you had when you applied. If you get credit from your school with a D, then that’s successful completion. But a C would make me feel a bit more comfortable if I were you.</p>
<p>Hitmenow, I noticed you said NYU looks down upon dropping courses, in my case I applied to NYU with Advanced Orchestra as one of my classes (I have been in orchestra since 10th grade). However, because of scheduling conflicts with all of my APs and Foreign Language I was forced to drop it for the Spring Term in favor of taking Health (I need it to graduate). NYU will know this right? I didn’t drop my music class because I wanted to, so.</p>
<p>hitmenow:
You may have not noticed that I specified “…if NYU requires a mid-year report…”. My advice is good, but only my opinion. As an adult poster, my perspective is different than a student currently experiencing the college admissions process. What is unclear is whether or not NYU requires a mid-year report from early admits or their school counselor. Following the advice offered by other posters is a bit risky if the OP has not applied to other colleges/universities. To be clear, in my opinion, just not sending in a mid-year report, if required, is unwise & probably unethical and could be sufficient grounds to revoke a conditional offer of admission. But, if it is required, then your school counselor/guidance office may send it in.
Another option is to address this matter with your high school college advisor/ guidance counselor.</p>
<p>@Gifford: Nothing personal. Just the advice you gave was wrong and the other two were right. It is not unclear. NYU does not require a midyear report from EDers. NYU also only requires satisfactory completion of the courses you had when you applied. Satisfactory completion means credit granted. They don’t want to see you dropping classes, either. That’s straight from an admission officer’s mouth to an entire auditorium full of LSP ED admits in response to exactly this question.</p>
<p>@andlove: My opinion (and that’s all it is), is that dropping music wouldn’t be an issue. What they don’t want to see is dropping core classes or moving from AP to non AP and stuff like that.</p>
<p>hitmenow:
Statements by an admission officer in front of an auditorium filled with people does not assure that it is a correct statement. It is unclear as to whether or not the OP is required to send in a mid-year report, or whether NYU requires notice of a dramatic shift in grades.
I did not take your first post personally as I believe that you believe your advice & that your intentions are to be helpful to the OP. However, I have been at this for a long time and experience is the best teacher.</p>
<p>Gifford continues to be misinformed. It is not unclear.</p>
<p>This is on the NYU website:</p>
<p>A mid-year grade report is not generally required as part of our application process.</p>
<p>The grades that our Committee has available to review at the time of our academic evaluation will depend on your individual high school and their unique grading schedule as well as when you choose to apply to NYU (i.e. Early Decision or Regular Decision.) Generally speaking, there will always be some part of your twelth grade record for which our Committee will not have final grades for at the time of your application review. Those grades which are provided on your transcript at the time that you apply will be included within our application review. In some cases, we do request grades for the first semester of the senior year, but we do not ask students to routinely provide those grades.</p>
<p>Additionally, final grades are reviewed for all students who accept our offer of admission and all offers of admission are contingent upon the successful completion of the course work that you have in progress at the time that you apply.</p>
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<p>hitmenow:
Your last post supports my advice. “In some cases, we do request grades for the first semester of the senior year…”. It is not clear whether or not such a request has been made. If not, then why did the OP post? Do those cases involve a sudden drop in grades?
Additionally, there may be a practice or understanding between the OP’s particular school & NYU. We just don’t know enough facts. I’m not misinformed, just cautious-especially when addressing an issue with only skeletal information.</p>
<p>I guess some people just can’t be convinced, even with such a clear cut f.a.q. The f.a.q. absolutely says that (1) NYU doesn’t generally ask for midyear grades and (2) as to final grades, they simply want to see successful completion (ie, credit granted). This is fully consistent with what the admission officer told several hundred ED admits.</p>
<p>@Kaiser: I think it would be a mistake to send in your midyear report.</p>
<p>hitmenow:
Yes, I disagree with your advice & think that your sources,–even though weak–do not support your point. Let’s not beat a dead horse & agree to disagree. You are young & young people trust easily & are comfortable with certainty. I am not young, and experience teaches caution. Regardless, there is just not enough info. from the OP, who has seemingly disappeared. Best advice for the OP=talk to your college advisor at school.</p>
<p>Gifford:</p>
<p>I am an adult poster as well. And my daughter is a sophomore at NYU. They do NOT require mid-year reports…even for those that have not yet been accepted. The only exception is if they are unsure about accepting someone and want more information about how the candidate is doing their senior year. The OP is an accepted student and should not send in mid-year grades. The admissions office does not want them. Even if they were straight A’s. I am not advocating “hiding” a D…but if it is not requested, it should not be sent in.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the OP will be able to pull up this grade.</p>
<p>uskoolfifh:
Thank you for your reply–even though I am not the OP. I disagree with your advice. We do not know all the facts. My extensive legal training & experience has taught me otherwise. The OP raised this issue for a reason that he or she is unwilling to share, thus the best course of action may well be the cautious course of action. Essentially, we are both correct as we both have to assume facts not in evidence to support our positions.
If I were the head of admissions, I would rescind the contingent offer of admission for non-disclosure & due to a drastic drop in GPA. NYU is on the cusp of being a top twenty-five or so university with an overabundance of willing applicants. NYU can afford to be picky & to expect the highest ethical standards from its applicants. This is, of course, only my opinion & I recognize that what is ethical & unethical behavior is open to debate. No right or wrong here, just differing advice.</p>
<p>@gifford: We can agree to disagree. I note you say this: “If I were the head of admissions, I would rescind the contingent offer of admission for non-disclosure & due to a drastic drop in GPA.” And this is exactly my point. What benefit does the OP get from sending the midyear? If the head of admissions does think like you, you are giving the OP bad advice. Much better off to try to get the final grade up to a C. Again, there is no benefit to sending it in…and the OP isn’t breaking a “rule” in doing so. There’s nothing unethical about it. NYU wants to see FINAL grades, not midyear grades, for accepted students.</p>
<p>You missed the “non-disclosure” part of my post. I should have continued with “and/or”, to more clearly state the importance of full disclosure. Have you ever been conned? If so, then you know the anger, frustration & distrust that follows. If you think that conning NYU is a good path to take, then you are right. Now we can discuss “conning”. Is this a good road to pursue?</p>
<p>I didn’t miss it. It can’t be non-disclosure if in fact we will disclose…in your opinion, do i need to send in every bad test grade I get…what if my 3rd marking period grade is bad…you are drawing a line that is not accurate.</p>
<p>Look, I still stand by what I said earlier. If the OP really wants to know for sure, they can ANONYMOUSLY call admissions and pose it as a “what-if”. They never have to give their name, and they can get the answer straight from the source. It’s a little more proactive than asking anonymous strangers on the Internet.</p>
<p>But according to gifford, you can’t trust what the admissions officers say…so, even calling on an anonymous basis doesn’t work. Again, I will repeat what I said earlier, this exact question was posed at the LSP ED admit session in December. 100s of admits were there. The dean of the school was there. The admission officer that was in charge of the LSP admits was there. The answer I posted was the admissions officer’s response and was subjected to several follow-up questions.</p>