<p>Not that I plan on getting rescinded, but do you at least get your housing deposit back?</p>
<p>I know of someone who had their admission rescinded at UC Santa Cruz because he got a D second semester in AP Calc, and he even got a 4 on his AP exam.</p>
<p>okay i'm with you mercury, i'm not in danger of c's or d's but concerned about a selective school's (namely Yale, my first choice) pickiness if i get a B or 2 when i've never had one before. i really wish they would express to us a definitive "danger zone" b/ci'm stressing out about 1 or 2 B's possibly for nothing</p>
<p>B's will not get you rescinded. We're talking like Animal House-esque GPAs here.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Mercury, I'd be very suprised if Cornell rescinded for B's... or even a couple of C's. Im pretty sure the threat of rescinding is because they dont want you failing your classes and not graduating.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I know of a kid accepted EA to Yale who got rescinded for getting 2 Cs. One B or two probably won't be a problem, but for the high end schools you REALLY don't want to be suddenly pulling down Cs. Trust me, for top schools, C grades = bad news. Don't go there. Do extra credit assignments if you have to.</p>
<p>okay good to know. i really needed an example to help give me an idea, and there it is. so no c's . i can do that.</p>
<p>no d's or f's</p>
<p>I should be above this but if something goes wrong with my plan to improve due to unforeseen difficulties, I might end up with a B and a B-. Errr, I really wish Cornell was specific.</p>
<p>Quarter grades don't matter, do they? Just semester grades?</p>
<p>At risk for a C in English this semester :(.</p>
<p>They will definitely rescind based on your 2 "Bs"...
... but only if you also were arrested for armed robbery, public indecency, drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident and indicted for animal cruelty.</p>
<p>lol, don't stress about getting some Cs. just keep your UW gpa >=3.0</p>
<p>coureur, can you be more specific about the person who got 2 Cs and then got rescinded?</p>
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It's easy. If you, for instance, get suspended from school or get Ds or Fs in some classes or if you fail to graduate, the college can rescind your admission. BTW, some colleges even rescind your admission if they learn that you lied on your application. Places like Harvard will do this even if you managed to graduate from their college. They rescind your admission along with rescinding your degree.
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<p>How would they rescind your degree if you graduated from the college? They already handed the piece of paper when you graduated. Do they have the power to ask for it back?</p>
<p>odd sorta question- if i cancel an AP score (physics C, im not pro in science/math) will uchicago rescind admission? do they care?</p>
<p>Um, I think the general idea I'm getting from this board, varsity, is that APs are the least important part of any college application, and they are meant to help you, not hurt you.</p>
<p>they can rescind their admission but its impossible for a college to rescind your degree. i seriously doubt they would arrest you and physically take away your degree once they handed it out to you.</p>
<p>The degree remains the property of the institution that issued it (that even applies to high school diplomas). So while you hold on to the paper, the university simply no longer considers valid. As far as they are concerned, you didn't graduate.</p>
<p>adding to cevonia's post: and if anyone contacts the institution to confirm that you did indeed graduate, they'll say your degree was rescinded. It's as simple as that. ;)</p>
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<blockquote> <p>they can rescind their admission but its impossible for a college to rescind your degree.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Wrong. In Harvard's application material they promise they will rescind your degree if they somehow don't find out you lied until after you graduate. The school awards the degree, and they can take it away.</p>
<p>A bunch of people seem to be wishing that colleges told you exactly how poorly you had to do to get rescinded, but if you think about it, that ruins the entire point of the threat, as then you will do the bare minimum to not get rescinded. A threat without specifics gets you paranoid and makes you work harder. Also, there could be extenuating circumstances so often colleges will first send you a letter asking you to explain yourself before rescinding.</p>
<p>Oh, and colleges can't take away your degree but they can invalidate it, which will make it nothing more than a piece of paper with pretty writing on it.</p>