<p>Wow! What a relief!</p>
<p>Here's to your child having the best freshman year possible.</p>
<p>Well in the end I am glad it worked out for you :)</p>
<p>let this be a lesson learned</p>
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<p>Methinks you just don't get it worryman. Perhaps the exact wording was a little harsh, but there is no way to sugar coat a class failure. Moreover, why would any college suggest "academic counseling services" for what appears to be senioritis, or to use your term, "self-indulgence." UVa is a big, public Uni, and such hand-holding should be beyond the call of duty, IMO.</p>
<p>If UVathought your S or D would have "academic difficulty" in college, they would not have accepted him or her. But, they viewed three+ years of a transcript, which I assume was mostly A's and a few B's. Then, they see a failed class. Yes, I know a D maybe passing for HS graduation purposes, but if that D had showed up Junior year, your S or D would likely not have been accepted at all. And, in your original post you expressed some outrage that UVa might change its mind after you had already turned down other colleges. But, don't forget, those other colleges would have likely reacted in a similar vein.</p>
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why would any college suggest "academic counseling services" for what appears to be senioritis, or to use your term, "self-indulgence."
I'd hoped I was done talking, but this bascially relates to my point. The point is, if admissions knows it is senioritis, then why do they bother causing all this trauma. Senioritis is a time-limited disease that ends at graduation. However, if they actually think there might be a problem indicating an academic or other weakness that would affect performance, why not instead emphasize the help available on campus. </p>
<p>For instance, maybe they could say, "We are very concened about your "D" in AP Calculus. We would like you to know that the math department has tutors available to all students. You can contact them at xxxxxxxx. Please contact me if you have any further questions"</p>
<p>With all due respect WorryWart, I think you are insane. You’re child is 18, and you need to but the h*ll out.
There is NO WAY that a student could not know his grade. Even if you don’t get a final score, you KNOW if you are struggling. I think your child is irresponsible for ignoring this problem until it became too late. I’m glad s/he was still able to go to UVa, and I don’t think this is a huge deal - but it is your kid’s problem, not yours. If s/he is ready to go off to college, s/he is ready to handle this alone.
I keep my parents out of my academic life as much as possible, and I do this for a reason. It’s just not their life.</p>
<p>With all due respect snake person, you do realize that the post you are responding to is 2 years old!</p>
<p>Oh my! Confusion is contagious!!! I have ben reading an old thread.</p>
<p>i know this thread is two years old, but what you have hear is a parent making up ridiculous exuses for her child’s laziness, if the child was able to get A’s and B’s throughout HS then there is no exuse for a D, not even for a C, “senioritis” is nothing but an excuse for laziness, people don’t see a purpose so they stop caring, this shows that a student is susceptible to bad work habits and needs something external to motivate himself, the student made a mistake and the parent should not make excuses, but own up to the mistake, in the real world you can’t make mistakes, in some jobs when people make mistakes other people die, when that happens the person who made the mistake doesn’t make excuses, if they do make excuses it is just embarassing and sad</p>
<p>I missed this thread when it was current. I have trouble believing that this parent and student was not repeatedly warned about senioritis. All of my kids’ schools emphasize this as do any college articles about after getting admissions, not to mention the acceptance letter conditions. </p>
<p>Most colleges just want the final transcript which from most high schools is the average grade for the year. Since the first term grades had to have been very good to get acceptance to a school like UVA, the second term would have had to have been a total disaster to average a “D”. </p>
<p>It’s not just lower grades that can lose a spot for a student. Get caught on some disciplinary issues, and you can be sitting out the next year too.</p>
<p>There are plenty of kids on the wait lists of schools like UVA who have continued their academic excellence and shown good citizenship that are then better candidates.</p>
<p>I think Dean J was very gracious and kind in his response.</p>
<p>I just read this whole thread! you know I just really don’t need this kind of anxiety!!</p>
<p>I know some OOS kids who are, by any measure, superstar students who got waitlisted or out right rejected by UVa. They were exposed to the same strain of senioritis, but didn’t get a D+ on anything. UVa is simply doing its due diligence.</p>
<p>I saw this was an old thread, but it’s a worthy thread. Many, many college freshman struggle to learn balance when they arrive at a campus. The social stuff, the excitement of being away from home, the new kids – are all distractions that hit the kids. It’s really not all that different from all the excitement and distractions of senior year in high school. If the kids struggle with “senioritis” then there would be a concern about how these same kids will rally and focus arriving on the college campus. Freshman fall was the most challenging semester for my oldest son. He did OK nothing horrible but nothing great and settled down, but I suspect his freshman fall GPA will be his lowest as he walks through commencement. Good for UVa for sending “warning shot” letters. They are traumatic for the parents I’m sure, but good medicine for the kids.</p>
<p>Ah, old threads.</p>
<p>I was kind of surprised to find that Dean Blackburn was still sending letters out to people…</p>