<p>How poorly does one have to perform in their second semester of their senior year to get their acceptance to Harvard revoked? I have heard it has to be an absolute tank-job...is that true?</p>
<p>no C's.
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<p>token89 - are you certain? that would be really harsh!</p>
<p>Harsh? Harsh how? You got into Harvard, unless you got in with Cs on your transcript (in which case they've accepted that you're a C student) you shouldn't be getting Cs in your last semester in High School. There is no 'right' to slack off to the extent that grades that were once As drop to Cs. If you can't learn how to slack off while keeping your grades in the B range in High School (emphasis on High School) then how in the world are you going to balance even more time demands with decent grades at Harvard.</p>
<p>I suppose. no worries on my part on this issue.. I just didn't know harvard had a specific brightline for evaluating academically inclined accepted students.</p>
<p>Cs are definitely acceptable. Especially if the course is tough.</p>
<p>after i got my likely letter, the coach told me they'd start asking questions if i got any C's. C's are a 'significant decline' from B+'s and A-'s, which is what i had at the end of the first semester.</p>
<p>we're talking about revoking official offer of admission--NOT likely letter--C's fine</p>
<p>I don't know where you guys are getting your info from, but an ad officer has flat out said to me that while it is difficult to get your offer revoked, if you got anything in the C range you would have to explain yourself pretty well to them. They're not going to go in and do hardcore analysis of every grade for the end of semester transcripts, but it's pretty easy for the kids who work at the ad-office to just do a quick scan down the transcript for any grade that has C in it (looks very different from A and B) and then flag it. </p>
<p>I'm not saying you WILL get caught, but I'm saying that if you do get caught it is NOT considered 'fine' and will require explanation.</p>
<p>How many people get rescinded every year? 5? 10?</p>
<p>Jay</a> Mathews - In Praise of Senioritis - washingtonpost.com</p>
<p>According to this Washington Post Article Harvard doesn't do it often.</p>
<p>Is this an exercise in hypotheticals or are people here seriously worried about getting Cs. I find it incredibly hard to believe that kids who got in here are having trouble pulling B's in HIGH SCHOOL.</p>
<p>I agree with h-bomber. Why are students worrying about getting C's? This shouldn't even be a concern at this point. I'm assuming that AP tests are viewed the same as grades. 5's and 4's ok, but anything lower could be a problem.</p>
<p>ok now it's getting ridiculous--so maybe C's aren't "fine" but I'm hard-pressed to believe one (or 2?) would get an admission revoked--considering the track record that would have gotten (sic) someone in .. . anyone can get a C without studying (senioritis)--even in high school--and especially in a difficult/advanced level course--not saying that's good--but come on--revoking an admission? And sorry guitar101--3 is an average AP grade--not one that would have gotten one in to Harvard or be used at most colleges to waiver a requirement/get one advanced standing--but not be the basis of an admisson revoke--less so than than the odds of that happening with a C grade anyway.</p>
<p>Anyone saying that getting a "C" will get you revoked is an idiot. </p>
<p>I know people who haven't gotten Cs for their second semester grades and they're at Harvard right now.</p>
<p>Whether or not your take AP tests at the end of your senior year is your choice. Harvard doesn't care.</p>
<p>twinmom is correct about the AP tests not mattering.</p>
<p>Rosh, I frankly do not care if you think I am an idiot. I have word from both a student who works in the ad-office whose job in the last few months of the year is to 'process' HSers end of year reports (so the person doing the searching) and from an admissions officer (so the person doing the deciding) that if you are caught with Cs on your transcript you will be asked for an explanation. It's far from definite that you'll get caught (god knows the kids I know that work in the ad-office don't take their jobs uber-seriously) but if you do you will be asked for an explanation. Take it or leave it, but don't tell kids (or yourself) that it's ok to get Cs.</p>
<p>i got a 3 on an AP test last year as a junior, and i still got in. AP's don't matter.
Advice to all my fellow seniors: Just turn in all your work. If you atleast turn everything in, you should squeak by with a B-.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>ok now it's getting ridiculous--so maybe C's aren't "fine" but I'm hard-pressed to believe one (or 2?) would get an admission revoked--considering the track record that would have gotten (sic) someone in<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Not ridiculous at all. I personally know of two guys who managed to get rescinded for letting their grades slip. One got rescinded from UCSD for getting a D in calculus. The other was rescinded from Yale for getting two Cs. It's possible that Harvard's standards are a lot lower than Yale's, but somehow I doubt it. He was given a chance to offer a good explanation (such as illness or a death in the family) but he had none.</p>
<p>Why take chances with your dream opportunity that you have worked so long and hard to achieve? Make sure that you continue to be the same fine student that Harvard thought they admitted.</p>
<p>does harvard look at one's individual quarter grades, or just second semester? likewise, on the final school report that gets sent by july 1st, should we just list the overall second semester grade, or both from 3rd or 4th quarter? i know not all schools operate on a quarterly schedule, so maybe this isn't applicable to everyone.</p>