I got into NYU ED II, and also quite a few other schools. I want to go to NYU, but there is a chance that I may end up this trimester with a D in math. What is the possibility that my acceptance letter may be revoked?
And since there is a chance that it may be; what should I do about the non-ED schools that accepted me? Should I tell them that I no longer plan to go to their college, even though my NYU decision may be revoked?
You were supposed to have already declined the other schools if you accepted your ED offer.
NYU does not revoke easily, you would probably get away with one D, though you may be warned that your freshman year grades will be closely monitored.
Contact them and talk to them about it and why the drop in grade. I’m sure most schools are aware that high school seniors are under a tremendous amount of pressure with testing, visits, applications, visits, EC’s etc. They expect you to maintain but probably allow some leeway. Let them know that you are doing your best to bring it back up. You should have declined the other schools already so if they find out that you have not they may very well question your integrity and commitment.
If you were accepted ED2 you are obligated to withdraw all other applications. Your bigger risk of being rescinded is when they discover you haven’t done that. Remember your final transcripts have to be sent from your high school. Just imagine when your high school says “We have already sent transcripts to the other school he/she was accepted to.” Oopsie. In addition, NYU will not be happy with your high school because they will not appreciate a high school counselor who knows that ED is binding, and allows a student to keep other colleges on the back burner.
You can’t hide this. Your high school and you AND your parents all signed documents for a binding ED2 decision. And the other colleges might well rescind you for a D. So, yes, you have very good reasons to be concerned. Withdraw the other applications now and go to extra help or get a tutor. A D can be a big problem, and so can reneging on a binding ED agreement.
Question: if you are accepted other places do you have to formally decline the acceptance? Or do you just not enroll? I thought you didn’t have to do anything if you didn’t plan to enroll.
If early decision, you decline any acceptances you have, and you withdraw any outstanding applications awaiting a decision. I don’t have my daughter’s ED admit letter to hand for the exact wording, but it is stated in there too.
Edit: here is the wording on their website (date applies for ED1 but principle applies for both ED1 and ED2)
“Remind your students that NYU has a binding early decision agreement, and that based on this offer of admission we expect that they will accept their offer of admission by January 8, and will withdraw applications to any other universities and/or will not pursue admission to any other universities.“
@SJ2727 Thanks for that. My S immediately withdrew all outstanding applications, but since he’d been admitted to a few schools on a rolling basis (due to having to apply in order to send prescreens, which were due before the NYU decision date) he just ignored those acceptances. We will revisit based on this intel. Thank you.
I don’t quite understand, when were you planning to decline those, or were you just going to let them roll through to May and expire? It’s ethical to let those schools know you won’t be taking the place as soon as you/he knows that. Especially with rolling, keeping the places is prejudicial to later applicants.
My understanding from my school’s college counselor - is that you are suppose to officially withdraw from all other schools. Meaning - immediately after you are accepted by the ED school, you should have written to the other schools and said you were withdrawing your application because you were accepted for ED somewhere else/you could mention the school. It is an issue of integrity.
Last year, there was a college that had one of our students accepted ED and she didn’t go . I honestly don’t know why - all I know is she went somewhere else. This year, the ED college rejected all our school’s ED applications, The college didn’t even defer the students, just straight out rejections. Right now we are waiting to see what the ED college does with the regular decisions.
Thank you all, this is helpful. This is not something that our guidance department told us how to handle at all. We will inform the rolling schools. I do think they’re aware that he is not attending since he cancelled his auditions there and told him he was withdrawing from consideration for the BFA programs, but we will officially tell the admissions department in case the left hand doesn’t talk to the right, which can definitely be the case.
@SJ2727 Updated to say we have reached out to the guidance office at the school to make sure that we are in compliance with the rules and we plan to reach out to the schools directly. Please know that the BFA application process is uniquely weird - my kid would never have applied to so many schools in the first place if the schools didn’t require it in order to send a prescreen, the deadlines for which preceded the ED decision date. We genuinely thought withdrawing from the BFA process subsequently was enough. Some of the schools did in fact update his portal to reflect that cancellation, so I know that some schools do coordinate this process. We will take care of any outstanding business and are mortified if we missed something. Thank you for your input.
Ah, you hadn’t said previously you had actively withdrawn from processes, it sounded like you were just not responding to acceptances - “ he just ignored those acceptances“ per post #6.
Ah - yes, my wording was inelegant. He did in fact communicate with all the schools for which he had an outstanding BFA application, regardless of application status. I guess it would be worth checking in on the two schools that rejected his prescreen but I have a hunch these schools know that kids whom they reject artistically tend not to attend academically. I will have my kid reach out to tie up those loose ends just in case. Thank you.
No worries, you didn’t know.
It is a binding contract between student, college and guidance counselor.
Parent signs it too.
Yes they do. Thanks.
Yes, I signed it. It was unclear what the exact nature of “notification” meant - is withdrawing from the BFA process and telling the school you are withdrawing enough, and is it redundant to tell the admissions office you are declining the offer of admission, or do BOTH need to happen. That was not spelled out for us. I understand what I signed; I it is not 100% clear what satisfies the requirement for notification in this unusual circumstance.
Don’t lose sleep over this! As long as you formally notify somehow, we preferred email so there was a record. If you have an admittance offered already there should be an accept/decline option so that’s easy. One of my daughter’s schools somehow didn’t get the notification processed, I believe it happens more than you’d think, and sent her an offer during RD. No biggie, she just declined it immediately.
Thank you, @SJ2727 ! I kept a spreadsheet and played administrator to all of his efforts while he did all the legwork. We really thought we had this all covered. We will follow up for the handful of schools for which he communicated directly with the departments of Drama and not the admissions office. Luckily, every single one of those schools has a large admit pool and a smaller yield. They are aware that most BFA students do not enroll if withdrawn from (or not admitted to) the BFA. I don’t think he inadvertently kept anyone out of the pool, we just want to do the right thing.
@tsamuique - I think as long as you notified someone and they moved on - that’s fine. I wouldn’t lose sleep. The earlier the better - because it opens a spot for someone else - especially when auditions are involved. Good luck to all!!!