<p>I am in a bad situation and I would really really appreciate any help. Here is my situation and my questions:</p>
<p>I was accepted to NYU CAS (undergrad, first year). After that, my senioritis that I've had since the 7th grade has amplified many times over...Like, for example, for quarters 1 and 2 for my AP physics class I had a 95 and 79 respectively. (So NYU saw that on my mid-year report). Third quarter it went down even further to a 65 (which is still passing, at my school). NYU never saw any grades for my AP Economics class, because that is a semester course which began 3rd quarter, in which I got a 66. I am pretty certain that I can improve these grades drastically for 4th quarter and final exams. So if I got like a 95 in economics for 4th quarter, my overall economics grade would be around an 80.</p>
<p>My question here is: Will NYU look at the 65 in physics or the 66 in economics and decide that those grades to do not qualify as "satisfactory completion of coursework," or will they look at the final averaged grades for all four quarters (or, in the case of economics, two quarters), which, I'm pretty sure, will be much improved. </p>
<p>Another thing:
I still havn't officially accepted the admissions offer or paid the deposit or anything. My parents say that NYU will definitely rescind the admissions offer (an opinion that I don't entirely disagree with...), so I should just accept the admissions offer from a much "lesser" university and forget NYU. </p>
<p>My questions are: If I do accept the NYU admissions offer, and they decide to rescind it afterwards, would I still be able to accept the offer to the "lesser" university?
And, does anyone have any idea of just when NYU would inform me of the reversal of their admissions decision?</p>
<p>This was really long. Thanks.
Also, if it matters, my grades for all of my other classes either slightly improved or remained the same.</p>
<p>You might want to talk to Admissions directly about this. What you'll get here are only opinions of current and/or admitted students and you don't really want to rely on us for something this important. They will look at your FINAL transcript marks, not the marks for each quarter, so it's the final mark which will be important.</p>
<p>If you accept NYU, pay your deposit, etc., you have to decline your other offers of admission. NYU wouldn't make a decision to rescind (even if they would decide that) until after receiving your final transcript in June or whenever it's available. It would be too late then to decide to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>In any case, call admissions. I don't really understand you kids who slack off in senior year and take this risk.</p>
<p>matth,
I will be sure to call the Admissions Office on Monday. Until then, do you know if NYU ever states anywhere on their website or anything that they only look at final trascript marks, and not those for each quarter? </p>
<p>dylin88,
I'm pretty sure I can keep a 3.0+ for my classes, as long as NYU only looks at final marks, rather than at individual quarter grades (I've already gotten lower than a 3.0 for my AP economics and physics classes for the 3rd quarter, but I am sure that I can improve the final grades for both of these classes to well above 3.0).</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that NYU looks at whatever's on your official transcript. If your HS records quarter grades, then they'll see your quarter grades. If they only record semester or final grades, then they'll only see those.</p>
<p>But yeah, talk to Admissions. It'd be very sad to lose your college of choice simply by not asking.</p>
<p>thay can't rescind your acceptance based on AP exam scores. AP's are supposed to help and save money, they are not of NYU's concern atleast after admission.</p>
<p>yeah thats what i thought. matt, i wudnt presumptuously assume it that way if i were you. who knows, person X may have been admitted due to his/her high GPA, and if that falls, they can be doubtful..so just do ur best!!</p>
<p>i discussed this issue with a teacher of mine who is well-versed in the college process (he paid extra attention with his kid). In fact he told me about CC.</p>
<p>He said that if a college rescinds its offer of admission, especially after youve made a deposit, that you can take them to court. The offer, the correspondece, and the deposit constitute a legally binding contract.</p>
<p>I heard that happend once but I don't know what happend in the case or anything. Personally Ive never heard of anyone's acceptance being taken away and neither has anyone Ive spoken too but apparently it does happen. (Im also worried about this)</p>
<p>I thought that colleges always reserve the right to rescind the offer if they deem your behavior or performance sub-par. But I'm not sure exactly what that entails.</p>
<p>matt1288, your teacher is mistaken. If you read your letter of acceptance, it clearly states that your acceptance is conditional on the satisfactory completion of all coursework in progress at the time of application. Therefore, if you don't complete your courses to their satisfaction, they have the absolute right to rescind your admission. It doesn't happen to a lot of kids but it does happen to a few every year.</p>
<p>i should have been more clear--i dont mean in the event that you fail. i mean in the vent that you decline from, say, hi 90s to low 80s and 70s. if you fail, many high-schools wont even send your transcript to your colleges.</p>
<p>i've heard of cases being brought to court-nowadays i dont suppose it would be that hard. the thing is, in their admission letters they didnt really specify what was clear cut about the conditions of acceptances.</p>
<p>But I think colleges definitely get to define what they want. The better schools will have higher standards. I don't think students can sue if they're grades suffer because of senioritis...</p>