<p>So it looks like I will be graduating with an unweighted 2.8 GPA. 3 Cs, and the rest are Bs and As. I was accepted by Oberlin in the spring, and I plan on going there. </p>
<p>Am I going to get rescinded?</p>
<p>I have no idea…</p>
<p>…but I’m still going to throw in my 2 cents!</p>
<p>I believe the big question is whether your most recent grades are dramatically out of line with what you represented on the application materials they based their decision on.</p>
<p>Another factor could be if they are overenrolled. I suspect rescinding is easier to do when colleges discover they are overenrolled; less so, perhaps, if they’re going deep into the waitlist.</p>
<p>Yet another factor could be how much weight they put on your grades in the holistic process. If you’re an Olympic qualifier who also is highly coveted at the Con, going into the double degree program, and you were host of a popular TV show on Nickelodeon…and you have a 2.8 this semester, with a family known for donating buildings and such to institutions of higher education, my guess (and hope) is that they’re probably not dreaming of rescinding.</p>
<p>And the most important consideration might be WHY? (It’s rhetorical. I don’t care, personally. But they might. So don’t answer that here. Just be prepared to answer that question if they ask it.) If you cut classes to go on the Rainbow Warrior to measure cesium levels in the Pacific Ocean after the earthquake in Japan, I suspect they’ll be more likely to cut you slack than they would if you missed three important mid-term exams (accounting for the 3 C’s) because you were waiting arraignment on DUI charges following the big beer blowout you and a couple of your wild and crazy classmates held to prove your awesomeness.</p>
<p>If you’ve got something amazing (in a positive way) to say as to “Why?” and your GPA is wildly out of line with the record that went before the admissions committee, I’d recommend that you be proactive and write to your admissions rep at Oberlin to alert them to the downturn in grades that they’re going to see and tell them what accounts for it. On the flip side, if these grades are barely a change from your overall record and there’s really no good explanation and you’ve since alienated the people who recommended you…I’d be more inclined to fly low and hope you stay off the Oberlin radar.</p>
<p>Here’s hoping that your latest grades aren’t so far off from the earlier record, that they accepted you largely because you’re so amazing in other, non-academic ways, and the reason for the slight downward tick is because your attention this last semester was directed at doing incredible things that will save the planet, stop a genocide and feed starving children.</p>
<p>Probably not. But you are likely to receive a letter asking for an explanation for the drop in your grades, and you may be required to meet with the Dean of Students when you arrive on campus. You may also be flagged for additional academic support, and you can expect that your adviser and other academic support staff may monitor your progress more closely than usual. If you do receive a “scary letter,” you should take it seriously because we CAN rescind an offer of admission, but in practice we are unlikely to do so, especially if you cooperate in good faith with any additional efforts we request of you.</p>
<p>If that is near your 4 year cummulative GPA I don’t see how you ever got in in the first place.</p>