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<p>That could lead to a situation where the student and school could have different ideas about what a “significant” drop is, or leave the student unsure of whether s/he should matriculate to a school with a vague threshold for rescinding admission.</p>
<p>For example, if the student was admitted with a 3.5 GPA but thinks that s/he will get a 3.3 senior year, and sees the possibility of rescinding admission due to a “significant drop” in grades, that makes the admission letter less certain than if it said that the admission may be rescinded “if any previously reported academic courses are dropped, any senior year grades are D or F, or senior year GPA is below 3.0”.</p>
<p>Here are examples from state universities:
[UCI</a> - Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools](<a href=“http://www.admissions.uci.edu/maa_uci/freshman_contract.html]UCI”>http://www.admissions.uci.edu/maa_uci/freshman_contract.html)
<a href=“UC Santa Barbara Admissions Portal - UC Santa Barbara Applicant Portal Login”>UC Santa Barbara Admissions Portal - UC Santa Barbara Applicant Portal Login;
<p>On the other hand, another state university is less clear:
<a href=“http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/f12-conditions-frosh-standard.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.ucsc.edu/apply/f12-conditions-frosh-standard.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Considering that English is a core high school course requirement for university admission, the university is much less likely to cut a student any slack for a D in English as it might if the D were in some course above and beyond the high school course requirements for university admission, especially a non-academic course.</p>