<p>How low can one let his or her grades drop once accepted to Penn early decision? </p>
<p>Don’t let them drop at all. Remember, there are thousands of other students waiting to take your spot!! You can be replaced! And quickly!! </p>
<p>Unless you are full pay, then you may have a little wiggle room!! LOLOL </p>
<p>^Completely untrue</p>
<p>I don’t think anybody knows when exactly they would draw the line, but just get reasonable grades and you will be fine. Out of respect for yourself, regardless of what Penn thinks, don’t start getting Cs and Ds, but you should no longer worry about an A vs an A- or B+. </p>
<p>Okay! Play Russian roulette if you must! If you are,/have been a strong A student & drop to Bs, they will frown upon that. It will be VERY obvious that you have been stricken with a bout of senioritis. They have seen this before. I think being accepted ED means that you are a top student & they really want you on their campus. How would a sudden drop in grades be viewed?? What if there are ED applicants who were deferred & they continued to have a strong showing? </p>
<p>There was a College Confidential student who was made to do a gap year because of his case of senioritis. Maybe I’m wrong in thinking that you shouldn’t play with fire. Ask your parents and guidance counselor. Don’t listen to strangers on the internet. You have far too much to lose! </p>
<p>Rescinding admission is an extreme event that is not used lightly. On the other hand you are making it sound as if Penn is going to reevaluate your application at RD time and rescind you if they find another applicant stronger at that time.</p>
<p>People that I’ve heard about having their admissions rescinded dropped to Cs, Ds, and even Fs. Of course he shouldn’t do that. The point is that you should no longer sweat over the difference between good grades and perfect grades. Nobody is getting rescinded because they ended up with a mix of B+ and A- grades. Chances are if you are smart enough to be admitted to Penn, you won’t have to put up too much effort to end up in that range. </p>
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<p>Holy shit! Rescinding happens? 
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<p>I agree with @wharton90 wholeheartedly. Anyone who was accepted to YHPS or Penn, EA or ED is a excellent student who it is very unlikely could even begin to get the grades that would get their acceptance rescinded. This would mean dropping to D’s and F’s, which I am sure your teacher wouldn’t give you unless you just full out stopped going to school and doing any work at all. If your grades are good enough to get your diploma - i.e. you graduate - then you will be fine. </p>
<p>Rescinded decisions usually come from other issues - getting suspended or expelled from high school (it has happened at the last minute), getting criminal charges, or something else of that nature that may make them reconsider. If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, but at a much less frantic pace, you will be fine.</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptance.</p>
<p>@erodbball </p>
<p>Do your own research! Please do yourself a favor & tread lightly. I don’t think it’s so wise to listen to internet strangers. Senioritis is senioritis. If you get lazy now, whose to say that the trend won’t continue until the spring? Listen to your parents & your GC. Senioritis a few weeks after your first marking period grades is not a good look. </p>
<p>B+ and A- are fine.</p>
Penn continues to receive your grades. Admissions is well aware of Senioritis but they can and will rescind an acceptance or place one on probation for the freshman year. I would guess that B- ais fine. Nor sure about C & D. Don’t chance it.
BTW I have heard Penn Admissions Officers say they expect Senioritis but they have never defined how much a of a grade drop they will tolerate.