I read that colleges can rescind acceptances if the final transcript grades are inconsistent to an extreme degree or if they are just lacking. For most colleges, what does this constitute?
(Let’s assume that we are not talking about Ivy Leagues, but highly ranked public colleges)
What kind of grades would make a college rescind an acceptance?
Failing grades?
Senior year grades full of B’s when Freshman-Junior Years were all A’s?
Some colleges actually spell out a specific GPA that you need to maintain (California UC’s) while others are less specific. The rule of thumb is no D’s or F’s Senior year. Also if there is a gross misrepresentation for your self-reported grades on the application vs. final transcript.
B’s should be fine.
One poster on CC always says no D’s, F’s or felonies. My kids were sure to keep their grades in at least the B range to avoid any potential issues. Sounds like you should be fine.
What about the other way around? What if you have a 3.75 GPA for 9-11th grade but then in senior year you turn on the heat and land a 4.7GPA at the mid-year for 6 classes (4 APs, 1 honors)?
Would an ivy league accept someone like that?
@julianator my best guess is yeah they would, but they’d still consider the students to be a 3.75 (maybe 3.9 if they recalculate with the senior year) student. If they did accept the student, it probably would be for other reasons. A 3.75 isn’t low enough to count you out.
@a20171 Unless that’s a 3.75 weighted GPA on a 5.0 scale, then it is low enough to count you out.