<p>Have any colleges ever rescinded the admission of an applicant because of attendance issues during senior year? Say, for instance, you miss a ton of school, but you cannot be called truant because you are 18, and all of your absences are excused with documentable medical evidence. Could a university rescind your acceptance because of this, even if your senior grades were nearly perfect, or do grades matter way more than attendance?</p>
<p>I was just wondering because I know someone who has missed 57 days of school so far this year.</p>
<p>God I hope not. I think if the reason is medical and it didn't affect your grades significantly you are fine. It's not really your fault is it?</p>
<p>I missed about 3 weeks of school recently but was checked by 4 doctors and I would hope that this will not cause colleges to rethink my acceptance on the grounds of poor health...</p>
<p>Probably not., I know a person in a similar situation, and he's been accepted by colleges EA and had notified all of his colleges about his illness (from October to December). He was sick for a while, but he got tutored regularly.</p>
<p>Remember that your admission is conditional on your successful completion of high school. If you were not excessively absent when you were admitted then yes, the college can and they do rescind admissions because of attendance issues, especially if those attendance issues lead to a drop in grades.</p>
<p>Students are also admitted based ont he premise that the best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior. This means a student who has attendance problems in high school will have attendance problems in college. A student with an attendance problem in college will not be successful because they will not have the required seat time to pass the course. Failing courses lead to letters of concern, academic probation, then dismissal or separation from the college.</p>
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<p>they go hand in hand.<br>
How can you get grades if you were not in attendance? I know quite a few super seniors who are very smart however they did not attend class so they didnot have the seat time required to pass .</p>
<p>At many schools there is a minimum attendance requirement that students must fulfill in order to get promoted/graduated. </p>
<p>In NYC because you are entitled to an education in day high school, after 57 days of absence you would be an LTA (long term attendance or truant) student regardless of age and your program would be dropped as a result. This mean that you would not have any grades the second half of senior year because you have been dropped from your teacher's roster. After 20 days of absence, the school can also take you through the planning interveiw process to discharge you from day high school , which will also have your admissions rescinded because you did not complete school.</p>
<p>sybbie719, I forgot to mention something; since the absences were medical, the person was given the opportunity to make up work from all 57 days, and he did-doing nearly perfectly on them.</p>
<p>I don't think attendance can matter that much, and frankly, at many schools(yup, im int.), you can do better by studying on your own. At least, attendance SHOULD not matter.</p>
<p>Colleges don't request attendance records on mid-year or final reports. So unless it's a big enough problem to impact grades, it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>At my (previously) sick friends school, attendance is not required on midyear reports, although he had incompletes that are being worked on now (slowly but surely- a month or so of heavy work) with good averages. GC sent an explanation, and he was accepted by numerous schools after sending a status update that he had been out for a month... as long as its medical and he's keeping his grades up, your friend should have zero issues.</p>
<p>My assumption is that if the HS doesn't have a problem with it (and they clearly don't), the college won't. That's situational, though...not the same as saying "attendance doesn't matter."</p>
<p>Previous posters: Unfortunately, attendance information going all the way back to ninth grade is a physical part of my high school's transcripts.</p>
<p>I maintain that if the high school doesn't mind, the college isn't likely to. Plus, if attendance for 9-11 is already on the transcript, even if it is an issue, this particular student is in the clear for everything but this past semester. Excused medical absence, with all work made up independently...I'm assuming the kid will still graduate on time, full cooperation from the HS...I just can't imagine that being an issue in any 'average' case. </p>
<p>All that we can do here is make guesses + perhaps provide some anecdotes (which will be fairly meaningless given how situationally dependent this is). If your friend is still worried + wants concrete information, he should speak to the HS college counselor. The GC will be able to weigh in on whether or not it's a valid concern, and, if necessary, recommend the best course of action.</p>
<p>I've been worried about this too. I've missed about a day of school per week since junior year because of tons of health issues, which I wrote about in my essay, and hopefully since I kept my GPA up they won't take it into consideration.</p>
<p>Since when did HS put attendance records on transcripts? Thats kind of... well.. odd. That doesn't really help anyone get into college because a person with perfect attendance would just get a nod, and wouldn't affect his admission for the better. However, a student with crappy attendance will geta cold stare, and would be looked at unfavorably. There is something to loose, but nothing to gain.</p>
<p>If your school reports it on their transcript, then they'll see. If your school doesn't report it, they won't. Simple as that. Unless you disclose the illness, in which case they might want your attendance record to see how long you were out...</p>