<p>Out of curiosity, how low can my senior year second semester grades drop if I've been accepted for regular decision?
Should I be worried if my grades are mainly Bs, with a couple of As, and I used to get As before?</p>
<p>Common sense tells me probably not, but considering admissions to colleges get harder and harder each year, I'd imagine rescinding policies might get a bit stricter.</p>
<p>omg me too. i usually get 100s but i have a 99 this marking period omggggggg</p>
<p>^ that’s rude.
I don’t think you’ll have any problems unless you get a C. I get mostly As but this semester I’m probably going to end up with several Bs. I’m not too worried though.</p>
<p>Hey, UM, broski, I got a C- in Honors Pre-calc and they didn’t rescind my acceptance. They’re super chill. Once you’re in, you’re basically in.</p>
<p>Seems those 100s in class aren’t helping with your 600~ in writing on the SAT. Is the 99 in English, by chance?</p>
<p>And all right, thanks Snarker/UM.</p>
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<p>The dynamic you’re speaking to suggests a hyper-level of competition – which means that the people who received offers of admission are highly desired. If admissions is insanely difficult at a college, the people they’re offering admission to will – by and large – have survived a rigorous process. And they probably did so at multiple institutions. There’s going to be no rush on the part of a college admission office to look past a highly desirable candidate to the wait list for the purpose of replacing the one they want to yield for another candidate they originally passed over.</p>
<p>However, in an environment where overenrollment is a problem, we’re talking about a different dynamic. If the college sees that their yield logrithm has been blown away long before May 1 and now they’re petitioning for special waivers from state health inspectors and local zoning commissioners to use the stables and boat house as a freshman dorm, you might see an increased willingness to invoke rescission – but still that would only occur where there was a drop in applicant performance that is meaningful enough to invoke such a drastic measure.</p>
<p>Anyone who is concerned about rescission should (a) step up their performance, (b) look to the yield, not Naviance scattergrams, to guess how trigger-happy an admissions office might be, and (c) step up their performance.</p>
<p>Thanks averagesnarker! That makes me feel a lot better… I currently have a B in BC Calc and cc micro and they might get down to B-s…</p>
<p>the general rule of thumb I’ve heard from everybody is don’t let your grade drop more than one letter grade. for example, if you go from an A to a B that’s fine. An A to a C is pushing it, but I really think as long as you don’t get below a C you should be fine.</p>