Senior Year: Accepted- Then Denied?

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<p>I was wondering if any of you have experiance or have hear of a child being denied from a university AFTER acceptence- that is, accepted Early Decision or EA and then, after the mid-year report was sent out, subsequently denied. (I'm wondering about this because of the Princeton ED policy, not because of any problems I'm having, although it would be conforting to know I might not have to kill myself for A's Senior year.)</p>

<p>Since Princeton advises you to cancel any applications sent out to other schools after admission, is it possible that they might revert their decision? It would seem problematic because then that child would not be able to attend any university.</p>

<p>And, if anybody knows, what would be the circumstances? Straight D's? C's? One or two C's?</p>

<p>THanks</p>

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<p>I know of someone denied after being accepted due to being tossed out of school for drug use.</p>

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<p>Most college admissions are conditional based on :</p>

<p>Your successful completion of high school (if you applied as a high school student). If you do not graduate, your admissions can be rescinded.</p>

<p>you maintaining the level of academic performance that you had when you were admitted. A major case of senioritis, can get your admissions rescinded.</p>

<p>Misrepresentation, can get your admission rescinded.</p>

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<p>The plague of high school “senioritis” is so pervasive that it affects colleges as well as high schools. Those seniors who feel that the final high school year is made for class-cutting fun and not study tend to let their knowledge base decline in that year or never acquire the basic knowledge and study skills to succeed in college. They are usually accepted into a college before their final year’s academic scores are available, so they feel no pressure to do well in their senior year. But some colleges are taking measures to avoid the plague. Harvard, for example, insists on seeing a student’s final grades and sends letters to those whose grades have slipped to explain why. Over 100 such letters are sent each year, and the Admissions Office rescinds a handful of acceptances.</p>

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<p><a href="http://oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/emeriti/2001Fall/page7.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/emeriti/2001Fall/page7.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I know that there was a young man in my daughter'sfreshman class at Dartmouth that got kicked out of the college during orientation. Did not get a chance to attend one class (so yes, it does happen).</p>

<p>From CC- ask the Dean:</p>

<p>** When Do College Rescind Admissions? **</p>

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<p>Question: Under what conditions would a college take back an acceptance? </p>

<p>Colleges do not like to renege on admission decisions but will do so on occasion. This most typically happens when a student's grades drop SIGNIFICANTLY after the student is admitted. In other words, if an A student suffers a bout of senioritis and drops to a B average, it's not a dealbreaker. But if the grades plummet to C's and D's (or worse), it can be. If there are extenuating circumstances behind this change in GPA (e.g., an illness or family crisis), they should be explained by the school counselor. The college will probably be sympathetic and stand by their original acceptance, sometimes putting the student on academic probation when the school year starts.</p>

<p>Colleges may also revoke acceptances if the student is suspended from school or arrested outside of school. Again, because the college does NOT want to do this, the case will be carefully evaluated and the verdict will most likely depend on the nature of the infraction and the circumstances surrounding it.</p>

<p>Finally, if a college should discover that an applicant was dishonest on his or her application, that is likely to lead to a rescinded admission, too.</p>

<p>Best wishes. I hope all your admission news is good.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000284.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000284.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think as long as you keep a 3.0 or higher and don't get any Ds or Es, you'll be fine.</p>

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<p>My guess is that there are more rescinded admissions over suspensions, etc, like the previously mentioned drug offense than over grades. If your grades slip, they can at least put you on probation, and take your money.</p>

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<p>there was a girl in my school last year who was accepted to Weselyan RD. but she slacked off big time the rest of the year and it showed in her grades. the school no longer wanted her, but w/ some help from her guidance counselor she was able to still attend Wesleyan provided that she take a year off and complete some sort of project. i think she did volunteer work in guatemala or something like that. but she is now currently attending Wesleyan so it worked out for her in the end. </p>

<p>so note to senior...dont slack off! there'd be nothing worse than being accepted and later rejected after committing to that one schoo.</p>

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<p>Yale admissions rep said that they have withdrawn Early acceptances based on the applicant getting two Cs on that mid-year report. Don't know if he was trying to scare the kids. . .it worked.</p>

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<p>If an ED school had a good reason to rescind their acceptance, whether it was a drop in senior grades or a misrepresentation on the app or a legal/behavior problem, I assure you they wouldn't give a darn that the student might be left with no alternative college to attend that fall.</p>

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<p>My physics teacher had a student who got into Harvard (with a good amount of money)... Then got some major senioritis and it became rescinded.
She then had to go to a big-10 school</p>

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<p>A hard way to learn that actions (or inaction in the case of senioritis) have consequences!</p>

<p>I may have just been blind, but in my day (30+ years ago), we didn't have such a problem with senioritis. I think that it is perhaps because we weren't under the same kind of pressures that hs students nowadays are under. . .I don't ever remember having the kind of schedule that my D in high school had.</p>

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<p>One of D's closest friends in HS got her admissions offer rescinded after failing HS gym (mandatory here in NY).She failed simply for too many absences.She was denied her diploma,didnt enroll in summer school for making up the gym(thought she could fight the failing grade) and consequently wasnt able to start her freshman year when she couldnt present proof of graduation.
Had to finish the gym as a continuing ed class at a local community college in the fall,the HS then gave her credit and diploma and she was able to start college in the Spring semester (by the way it was NYU).</p>

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<p>Cathymee's story sounds more like what I would expect for rescinded based on grades - not just one C or even a D, but a failure that resulted in no diploma, and a refusal to take your lumps and try to make it right vs the attitude of "I am special, the rules don't apply".
What would be really sad is if they applied a separate standard to kids with big financial aid awards vs full payers. In other words, "Let's work with this kid, worst to worst, we take his money and he flunks" vs "Whoops, one C, too bad, community college for you, and we'll have our money back, please"</p>

<p>I don't think they do this at the highest level schools - too much effort has been put into selecting you for the class, a certain amount of senioritis is accepted, but a general lapse of character and attitude is not. I wonder though about schools where financial aid is tighter, they might understandably not be as forgiving of someone who has gotten a big piece of a scarce resource.</p>

<p>Not trying to scare the kids - but hey guys - THINK.</p>

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<p>That sucks!!!</p>

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<p>any consensus on how low a drop would warrent removal?
A couple C's? All C's? D's F's?</p>

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<p>Horrors!! That has to be the funniest post I have read on this forum in weeks!! </p>

<p>A fate worse than death............. I guess she must have gone to Ohio State, that truly would be horrible... couldn't have been Northwestern, sure, it's no Harvard, but you could at least admit to people that you were enrolled... as a safety or something... even Michigan would be acceptable... heck, I graduated from Michigan. But of course, once you get rescinded by Harvard, you will have to go to a Big 10 School !! LOL</p>

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<p>A girl from S's prep school two years ago was accepted to Columbia and then had to appear before the admissions dean to explain her horrible grade in senior year math. She simply was not a math person. She did not get her admission revoked, fortunately.</p>

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<p>I know someone last year was accepted to Tufts and were told that they needed to maintain a certain gpa... i think it was somewhere around 3.0-3.3.</p>

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<p>Cathymee, I'm curious about your D's friend who had her admission delayed. I'm assuming she didn't end up going to NYU? I ask because NYU does not allow spring admission for freshmen. The courses that most freshmen take just don't allow for it.</p>

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<p>there are couple stories floating around my school about IB kids getting lower exam marks than predicts because they've already been accepted. i dont think anyone that got their IB diploma actually had their aceptance pulled out..</p>

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<p>One kid at our local hs got a D in a first semester biology class. A UC told him that they would admit him if his final transcript looked good. He never sent that end of the year transcript in--got his dream job instead.</p>

<p>The GC told of a story that happened last year for someone who applied to a UC. The kid forged the end of the year transcript (UCs don't require an official transcript until after you graduate)--not only was his admission yanked, but he was barred from applying to any UC ever (and I think it applied to grad/professional schools also)!</p>