<p>how bad will it hurt to have 2 B's on my midyear report?</p>
<p>You'll be completely fine. If you failed all your classes, then you'd have something to worry about.</p>
<p>I'm probably gonna have 2 B's on my midyear report as well. It's not really bad...they only really care if your grades differ majorly, like if you start getting below C's or something.</p>
<p>thanks, thats a relief!</p>
<p>wait blahhh90- did you get in already? I think the people who posted may have been talking about accepted ED students, where if acceptances get rescinded due to grades. I think they look at first semester pretty seriously if you're an RD applicant.</p>
<p>Someone correct me if I'm wrong?</p>
<p>i think you're right about RD, they take the first semester of senior year very seriously - they want to see that you're not slacking off just because it's your last year.</p>
<p>does cornell care if you take 4 jr yr nd 6 sr yr, as opposed to 5 and 5?</p>
<p>are you talking about the number of classes you're taking?</p>
<p>4 classes a semester seem too little, especially during the latter half of your high school career. Your junior and senior grades are the most important to adcoms because they reflect the most recent assessment of your academic capabilities. The more rigorous and numerous junior and senior courses you take and do well in will definitely increase your admission chances. All in all, I would say take as many rigorous courses as you can handle, but still get A's in.</p>
<p>lol sorry im talking about ap classes..i should have specified earlier</p>
<p>@ ivyleague104-- I don't think it matters. 1. I got in with 4 jr, 6 snr schedule and 2. different schools have different scheduling constraints so whatevs.</p>
<p>From the College Board site:
Early</a> Decision Early Action
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Senioritis: Applicants who learn early that they have been accepted into a college may feel that, their goal accomplished, they have no reason to work hard for the rest of the year. Early-applying students should know that colleges may rescind offers of admission should their senior-year grades drop.
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<p>This was taken from another thread from the Parents Forum:
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/education/edlife/rescind22.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=all%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/education/edlife/rescind22.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=all</a>
Slackers Beware
NY Times - April 22, 2007</p>
<p>By LAURA PAPPANO
YOURE not done.</p>
<p>You may have gotten a thick envelope with a perky congratulatory letter from the college admissions office. You may have told everyone you know (and some you dont) where youre going. You may have your new school hoodie in wardrobe rotation.</p>
<p>Youre in, but remember: Youre not done.</p>
<p>After being accepted at Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pa., Isa Valera spent last spring doing everything, it seemed, but hitting the books. When she wasnt at her two jobs, she focused on prom, graduation from Frederick Douglass Academy in the Bronx and hanging out with friends for the last time. Her grades fell from 80s and 90s to barely passing.</p>
<p>Just weeks before classes were to begin, the college got in touch: admissions was rethinking her acceptance. I was too ashamed to tell my mother, says Ms. Valera. While she was running around and getting stuff for my room, I was thinking in my head, You might not want to do that.
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<p>I believe Cornell allows accepted students to slide a little - but I would be concerned about a significant drop - like a lot of Cs and Ds.</p>