<p>Being a mom of an early admit (yes it is a big joy and a big relief), I am anxious that he maintains high grades. The attitude of the various seniors who have been admitted early to various colleges from our school is that even though the colleges all warn about maintaining good grades, they won't retract the acceptance unless the student fails classes. I would like to throw out real life examples of retractions, to keep my son and his friends working hard. They are all good kids, naturally hard workers and passionate about learning, but there is this temptation to focus on what they want to focus on, and let the rest slide. Examples Dan?</p>
<p>I have relatively simple leverage over my D - tell her that if she does not meet whatever our expectations are, she will have to pay her own car insurance. $750/6 months is A LOT of money to a teen, and having a car is an even bigger deal. No amount of real-life examples about revoking admittance can motivate her as much as a realistic possibility that she will be without a car for 6 months. Plus, she is too much like her dad, learns better from her own mistakes than the mistakes of others :-)</p>
<p>Thanks. I guess kids who are anxious about getting accepted don't want to hear about those who are accepted becoming lax. What I have seen through my older son is that performance pressures do nothing but build in college--nothing like when I was in college and we really more or less learned for the love of learning. Starting in sophomore year, the kids learn that they need summer internships in order to secure good jobs after college. They won't even be considered for the best internships without a minimum 3.6 GPA, which is tough considering there is no such thing as a weighted GPA in college. And of course at top colleges like Tufts they are competing entirely against those roughly as capable as they are. So maybe a bit of relaxation in the spring of senior year in high school is a healthy thing, considering what they're heading into.</p>
<p>You almost have to try to have an acceptance revoked.
It does happen, but it is very rare.</p>
<p>so long as you don't fail anything, cause a riot, or get arrested, it's hard to see how your kid's admission could be revoked.</p>