<p>hi,</p>
<p>i know the policy of "keeping grades up," but what is the specific process for getting rescinded? would straight b's first semester after straight a's throughout high school get you probation? </p>
<p>reason i ask is because i might get a c in ap psych (half year course) and b's in all my other classes. colleges purposefully are vague and say to "maintain performance" without giving any specific cutoffs.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>^^^I was thinking the same!</p>
<p>I would think, mind you I don't actually know, that colleges mean they better not see a dramatic shift from your past performance. If you somehow got into MIT with all B's in every class, then maintaining that would be fine. Go from all A's in frosh, soph, and junior year to all B's in senior, then they might have something to say about that.</p>
<p>If your performance isn't what MIT considers up to snuff, they'll send you a letter and ask you to explain yourself in a satisfactory manner. </p>
<p>Basically, you should be getting the same grades your senior year that you did the rest of your years in high school.</p>
<p>I guess the official policy is to finish with "flying colors" and receive grades comparable to those you received earlier.</p>
<p>Unofficially, you could do significantly worse. Personally, I averaged 5/6 B/semester (out of 7 courses) for my first three years at high school. I received 3 Bs my first semester senior year, and got one A, 2 Cs, and the rest Bs second semester. FYI, I was deferred early action and admitted regular decision. I never received a letter or other correspondence to explain my much much lower grades</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn't risk it. You just toiled for 3 years to get the grades necessary to at least even be considered for MIT, not to mention get in. You really going to throw that away for 3-4 months of down time?</p>
<p>People work their entire highschool, and often earlier, careers to get in. For your own sake, don't throw it away by being lazy for the last semester.</p>