<p>The "itis" is upon me, and I'd like to know what it seriously takes to get admission revoked, not just the theoretical. Yes, I read the part in the packet that says the admissions comittee re-evaluates every final transcript with a C or lower, but really, what will it take to actually jeopardize my admission? My unweighted GPA now stands at 3.2 for this semester, with one C. Depending how hard I need to push this, my final semester will have anywhere between 0-3 Cs.</p>
<p>Can any current students comment on this from personal experiences as to what will really get you in serious danger of being revoked?</p>
<p>When there's always these "horror stories" about senioritis, it's about the previously top student who failed all their classes or had a D average overall and got admission to a top school revoked, never about the semi-slacker who came up with a 2.9 and two Cs and had admission revoked.</p>
<p>i hope you guys who are accepted to duke are better students than that, to let "senioritis" take over. if you are a student of duke's caliber, then you should always be working hard till the last day of school, well maybe not the last, but certainly keep your grades up as you have for the last 3 years, or even push yourself harder, to bring the adcoms at duke pride that they admitted you, over someone else.</p>
<p>just because we worked hard for three and a half years and got admitted to duke doesn't mean we can't relax for our last semester. you've gotta be a masochist to work full throttle the last semester of your high school career.</p>
<p>This brings up something I can't comprehend. People getting admitted to top schools deciding to slack their final semester. I understand maybe getting one more b than usual or something, but if you really are great students like you are, why do you just stop second semester? Take a break over the summer, instead. I'm trying just as hard second semester, because I pride myself on always doing my best (not to mention I'm waitlisted). Maybe someone can help me understand this. </p>
<p>And by the way, I don't kill myself at all. I manage to have a life and go to bed by 10pm every night (in response to the comment above!).</p>
<p>i guess it really depends upon whether or not you really feel your time could be better spent doing something else. i'm reading, exercising, and doing a whole lot more now that I'm not so concerned with my percentages in classes. Yes, academic success is important, but in many classes, getting an excellent grade doesn't necessarily mean that you have an excellent understanding of the material or vice versa. Now that grades in themselves are only important in determining whether or not admission is revoked, I can focus entirely on actually learning the material (and preparing for APs)</p>
<p>i completely agree about the learning for the sake of learning, but I just don't see how that would allow some people to slack off and get c's or below if they usually do much better. there are things i now have time for and so i better use my time on some of the things you mentioned above. </p>
<p>I am a full believer in maximizing fun this last semester of high school. If this means straight B's instead of the usual straight A's, so be it.</p>