What Does It Take To Be Dropped After Accepted???

Applying to College
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<p>If I've been accepted to Harvard (hypothetical question), do you think these 8th semester grades will cause my acceptance status to be dropped (sorry, don't know the term for it)?</p>

<p>AP Macro- C
AP Calc- C
AP English- B
French IV- A
Philosophy- A</p>

<p>I'm getting pretty worried. My grades have REALLY been slumping, and I don't know if I can bring it up... Do you know what schools these grades will be a problem with? I know Duke reevaluates applicants for any C's in 8th semester.</p>

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<p>As long as you maintain your UW average within 5-10 points of what it was when you were accepted, I see no real problem. If you had an A-, try to keep it constant.</p>

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<p>I had a 3.8 UW gpa, and those grades are not a 3.8... lol</p>

<p>Screwed?</p>

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<p>well that's still a 3.0 unweighted average, however, you have multpicle Cs which may look bad</p>

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<p>I think you'll be fine. It isn't a HUGE drop......</p>

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<p>Alright, how about this??</p>

<p>AP Macro- C
AP Calc- B
AP English- A
French IV- A
Philosophy- A</p>

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<p>just tell us ur marks.. actually and we can tell you</p>

<p>With 3 A's, 1 B and a C u can have 5! combinations and if u vchange that.... its worse</p>

<p>What did u get, we can help u then...</p>

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<p>The term is having your admission rescinded.</p>

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<p>Rescinded- what a cantankerous word</p>

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<p>It depends on the school, they will probably just scan your grades and see if they differ from what you usually get, if so they're going to take a more careful look. Even if they see a drop, unless it's huge, you will probably just get a warning.</p>

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<p>What if you decided to drop a class and pick up home release, would that look bad??? Cause I might do that senior year</p>

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<p>If you plan to do that AFTER you send in all your applications and especially after you receive a decision, you should email an adcom beforehand.</p>

<p>Last year, a current classmate of mine was accepted ED2 and then decided he wanted to drop latin. He emailed an adcom and was told that it was a bad idea and that he should not do it if it was at all avoidable.</p>

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<p>^ok thanks........But I plan on dropping like an elective (debate), how bad would that look</p>

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<p>Alright, back to me...</p>

<p>I usually get straight A's, I got straight A's last several semesters, had a 4.6 my 7th semester, and a 4.5 my 6th.</p>

<p>Will just a 4.0 gpa be sufficient? I don't know if I can pull off such a dramatic improvement (above a 4.0) in such a short amount of time...</p>

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<p>Is that on a 5 pt scale or a 4pt? Weighted or unweighted? I need more clues.</p>

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<p>Rescinded- what a cantankerous word</p>

<p>hehehe.</p>

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<p>When you say within 5-10 points what does that mean. Does it mean like 4.0 to 3.0, woiuld that be a 10 point difference.</p>

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<p>the gpa is weighted on a 4 point scale... i think. (5 points for AP, and 4 for regular)</p>

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<p>I know of a girl who was admitted to Brown 09 and had her acceptance withdrawn after she dropped from all As to all As except a B and a C. She showed us the letter, and the poor girl actually went for surgery in April, hence her grades were actually pretty good if that was accounted for.</p>

<p>link here: <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/brown09/116076.html?nc=27%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://community.livejournal.com/brown09/116076.html?nc=27&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>she didn't follow up on whether she ended up attending Brown.</p>

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<p>The situation described in the link that weasleyisourking listed seems extreme, and out of sync with what I've seen on every other board -- including Brown's -- that you have to have really nosedived to have your acceptance rescinded, not simply drop a grade or two. This seems as if it was an administrative mistake. Does anyone know what ultimately happened here or if there's another piece of this story?</p>