Should I worry about having my acceptance rescinded?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Michigan State University
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<p>Okay, so here's the deal: I applied as a transfer student to Michigan State back in early December, with a decision having finally been reached earlier today. I've been attending Lansing Community College since graduating high school, have earned 40-something credits and a cumulative GPA of 3.95. Unfortunately, I didn't exactly start this last semester off with a bang - I was working between fifty and seventy hours every week, dropped a math course that I had listed on my class schedule (but that won't show up on a transcript), and have a failing grade in chemistry. Thankfully, there are still about two months left until finals, and my chemistry professor drops each student's lowest exam grade in a class where 50% of our overall score is exam-based. </p>

<p>Now that I'm only working about ten hours per week, I think I could realistically finish the semester with a B or a C. I'm taking two other classes (ten credits total) and have A's in both; my only worry is that my acceptance might possibly be rescinded if I, for whatever reason, scrape by with a D or otherwise hardly pass. </p>

<p>All of my other admission requirements have been fulfilled, either through my time at LCC or by way of AP test scores from high school. </p>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>As long as you can get your GPA this semester up to about a 3.0 (preferably a 3.3) I think you should be OK. Just try to do the best you can the last few months and good luck :)</p>

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<p>I don’t think I should have any problem getting at least a 3.0, since my other two courses are guaranteed A-grades. </p>

<p>I checked online and it didn’t seem like MSU absolutely requires that students inform them of any schedule changes - even though I dropped a math course, I already fulfilled the minimum transfer requirement a couple semesters back, so I’m assuming I should be fine, especially since this particular withdrawal won’t even appear on my transcript. A little embarrassing, but shouldn’t be a big deal, right? </p>

<p>Bit off topic, but am I going to be able to register for most of the classes I want if I can’t do AOP until August? I’m going to be out of the country from May until a week before school starts (hence why I was working so much), and would only be able to attend the orientation session on August 25th. My friends say I should be fine, but I’m concerned nonetheless.</p>

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<p>I’m sure you’re going to have to send them another transcript before you matriculate at MSU, yeah? They’ll see the grades and any schedule changes then. </p>

<p>If it won’t appear on your transcript you’ll probably be fine. I don’t know for certain. </p>

<p>It really depends on what kind of classes you want. If you’re looking at getting in to small, in-demand class you might be SOL. Bigger or common classes should be fine.</p>

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<p>Oh, I know for sure that they’ll want another transcript. Still, I don’t think I’ll be too deep in trouble - as I said, my requirements have already been covered, and I’ll be getting at least a 3.0 no matter what. </p>

<p>I talked to a few friends and they all seemed to think I’d be fine with classes. MSU’s website explicitly said they don’t “approve” or “deny” schedule changes, although a less rigorous schedule might be grounds for revocation. But with my AP credits, I’ll have close to 50 or 60 transferable credits, so I’m not really going to sweat it. My roommate for next semester told me her boyfriend got into MSU from Purdue with a cumulative GPA slightly below 3.0.</p>

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<p>I don’t think I’m going to pass this class and am getting worried, even though I talked to an admissions counselor over the phone and he said he thought I’d be fine. I only have three classes this semester - my chemistry course, which I’m failing, and two three-credit courses, which I have A’s in. If I fail, even with two A’s, that still puts my GPA for the semester at a 2.4, which is miserable. My overall GPA would be significantly impacted, and probably brought down a lot. I have a 3.95 now, so it’d be between 3.5 and 3.7 afterward, I think, which is still high but obviously a lot lower than before. </p>

<p>The admissions guys said, even if I failed, I’d still probably be okay because chemistry isn’t a necessary prerequisite for the major I have listed on paper. He said this based off the information I provided; we didn’t look at my actual account. </p>

<p>There’s only about a month left before semester’s end, and I don’t think I can at this point salvage my grade. I’ll have 39 transferable credits from community college, having taken and passed 47 total with an extra seven or eight AP credits. </p>

<p>What do you guys think? Is failing this class definitely going to result in my acceptance being revoked? Or is it more likely I’ll either be okay or be put on academic probation or something? </p>

<p>Again, I know I screwed up. I started the semester working seventy hours per week and didn’t cut down to a reasonable amount until halfway through. I thought I could handle it but couldn’t, and, as a result, haven’t been able to catch up in my chemistry work. I’m so far behind it’s not even funny.</p>

<p>edit: did the math, and my GPA will still be fine, whether MSU calculates based on transferable credits or all all credits. I just think this failing will be a major red-flag that might make them revoke an offer of admission. I’ve never failed a college-level course before, and I know it looks terrible to right after they admit me. Bad thing is, if they send a letter asking for an explanation, I won’t get it, because I’ll be out of the country all summer</p>