<p>I'm not sure if this has been asked and answered before, and I do realize I'm being a little paranoid in asking this. But I'm really concerned about the policy of revoking admissions based on a drop in grades second semester of senior year. So far, I've managed to stay on top with A's and B's--but my Calculus grade has dropped to a 73, and I have a test tomorrow that I'm not very confident about (YES, I am studying). If I drop to a 70--or worse, if I fail this six weeks in Calculus--will Carnegie Mellon say "you messed up, your spot goes to a waitlisted person, it was nice knowing you"? Does it happen often that CMU will rescind an offer for this reason? I do intend to bring the grade back up to a B next six weeks; senioritis has really taken it's toll on me lately, though.</p>
<p>Answers? :( Please excuse my paranoia. I just need some serious reassurance here.</p>
<p>the idea of colleges revoking admissions for one or two bad grades is basically a ghost story they tell you to make sure you don’t completely fall off the wagon. The only person I ever knew who was revoked admission was because he was caught running a extasy selling business (true story). </p>
<p>You will be 100% fine.</p>
<p>Haha, no, don’t worry. If all of your grades were below 70’s, you might have something to worry about, but one D is not going to hurt you at all. They only revoke admissions for very, very serious concerns. One of my friends in high school also had a drug offense and his admission was rescinded, but like beckerboy said, it’s mostly a myth they tell you to stave off senioritis. No school seriously rescinds more than a couple admission offers a year, and those are for overwhelmingly bad cases.</p>
<p>Yes and No</p>
<p>I pile of Cs from a previously A student could get you on probation and could cause a change to your fin aid package-- any grants might suddenly be work study or loans?</p>
<p>One D - no problem, One C no problem.</p>
<p>Straight Cs-- red flag-- but you’re not likely to get rescinded.</p>
<p>But they don’t see quarterly grades-- only the year-end report…so work on the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Also, Aim for a 4 or higher on your AP exam - that will expunge the crummy grade in calc.</p>
<p>So Bs are okay, right…?</p>
<p>Safe!</p>
<p>No one would be rescinded from CMU or any school with straight Bs…absolutely not.
(You can however loose a prestigious external scholarship with straight Bs – that perhaps more serious - lots of money on the line)</p>
<p>I suppose a pesky person might question how As for the first two quarters led to Bs in the end, that would imply there were Cs in both the third and fourth quarter…</p>
<p>But I would be comfortable betting that no one ever got rescinded for a load of Bs…</p>
<p>Just pray your senioritis ends before you arrive on campus…</p>
<p>Regardless of high school grades-- you still want to hit those 5s on the AP classes you are trying to place out of for courses in the freshman year…
Realistically -do you want to sit through Calc again-- painful and unnecessary - if you can avoid it…do so.
You only need a 4 and a HIGH placement score on the CMU placement exam to get out of Calc.</p>