<p>So, I've been a pretty solid A and B student throughout the years (my lowest grade was a B- in Algebra 2 Honors sophomore year, and I've gotten a C in health freshman year. oops), but I've developed some pretty normal senioritis. My straight As senior year dropped down mostly to Bs, B+s, and A-s, except in physics I have a C+ after failing the last marking period and final. This doesn't seem bad, but after falling asleep on my physics final, my physics teacher is literally writing Cornell a letter to try to get me rescinded. Who do I have to call/what do I do to get out of getting rescinded?</p>
<p>How did you get into Cornell as an A and B student?</p>
<p>what are you talking about? tons of kids do. I barely made top 10%, but I had excellent and unbelievably creative essays, was the president and co-founder of the Science National Honor Society at my school with tons of work from there, president and board member of several other clubs, held a Starbucks job, 3 amazing teacher recommendations, a Cornell professor recommendation, an A- at a Cornell summer college class, etc. And I’m in National Honor Society, Chinese Honor Society, and National Art Honor Society, as well as a merit scholarship semifinalist. I got a 1510/1600 on my SAT, and my SAT II scores were 790, 800, 800, and 800. So if you’re going to condemn my admission based on my grades (which honestly aren’t even bad and I worked my butt off for), shut your face.</p>
<p>an A and B student can be a 3.8 student
and that’s damn good</p>
<p>in any case, As and Bs are good enough…</p>
<p>Based on what I’ve heard, dontfeedsparky attended a highly rigorous high school. At most high schools, the people who get into Cornell have nearly all A’s. </p>
<p>People need to keep in mind: context is everything in college admissions. Saying you have a 9.0 GPA to an admissions officer means nothing without an explanation.</p>
<p>To actually answer your question, no, you will not get rescinded for those grades.</p>
<p>wada you say that with so much confidence it’s relieving</p>
<p>In any case, then, I wouldn’t describe yourself as a “solid A and B student”–key work "solid…I don’t know, it made you seem average which you clearly aren’t-you are exceptional, so say that, dont say “solid”.</p>
<p>There is a difference between dropping down on grades vs a teacher writing to Cornell. OP’s teacher must feel very strongly about OP’s performance to stick his neck out. It is very rare for a teacher to want to go so far (OP must have done something to upset the teacher).</p>
<p>I would go see the teacher, apologize for whatever you did and see if he would drop it. I would also go see your GC to see if he/she could help out. Your GC may be able talk your physics teacher out of it.</p>
<p>Not to add salt to the wound, but failing the last marking period and final is big. If your teacher is writing to Cornell because of it, then your conversation with him maybe to see what you could do to change your grade (extra summer project, help him out with a paper or research over the summer). You should definitely discuss this with your GC and see if you need to contact Cornell.</p>
<p>Good luck. I wouldn’t take this lightly. You may want to speak with your parents about this, just in case if you need their help.</p>
<p>^^ What oldfort said. My roommate told me about how someone from his high school was rescinded from a top-15 university because of such a letter from a teacher. This is much more serious than a slacking quarter, and may be seen as a breach in moral character. Take as much action as you can to keep this bad report from being sent or to have the teacher send a contrasting one. Hope it all pans out well for you.</p>
<p>teachers normally would/should help their students but not to offend you or anything your teacher seems pretty mad at you and most you can do is apologize and try to make up for all you have done </p>
<p>if your teacher complains against you then there is a big chance Cornell might rescind yor application. This happened to a student from my school except that our school is in Bangladesh and the university that rescinded the admission was Duke</p>
<p>Ugh, apologizing will be difficult - he’s a very conservative uptight Russian man, and he barks at me for asking questions and getting things wrong, which is why I gave up on the class. He’s also absurd - I got a 95 on my midterm, but because he didnt like me, he marked me as a B+ on my report card. Once I literally had the same number of questions right as someone else on a test, but they did significantly better than me.</p>
<p>I would not worry. I haver never read anywhere or heard of Cornell rescinding someone’s admission.</p>
<p>No way, an A or B student is not a 4.0. Clearly this person is an athlete.
Obviously you will be rescinded for not keeping that perfect 4.0. Very bad indeed.
<em>sarcasm off</em></p>
<p>supervisor I’m not worried about my grades at all. My weighted GPA my senior year is above a 4.0 everything is consistent with my past years. I’m just worried my horrible relationship with one teacher will ruin my future completely. and england, cornell rescinds admissions every year.</p>
<p>Definitely talk to your GC about it; if your physics teacher actually sends the letter, your GC still may be able to stick up for you. Either way, I wouldn’t get too worried about this – it doesn’t sound like you did anything morally wrong (e.g. cheated, insulted your teacher, etc.). I have yet to hear a story about someone getting rescinded from Cornell for slacking.</p>
<p>sounds like a nasty teacher…my advice is to get your parents involved. Have them call the teacher directly and give some type of excuse for why you fell asleep during your final and haven’t done well in the last quarter. Parents always care for their children and will do whatever it takes to help them out- if you tell them how serious the teacher is, I’m sure the will gladly step in and put the teacher in his place.</p>
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<p>Your physics teacher is a douchbag. Call me opinionated or whatever, but why the hell would you try to sabotage a kid’s life just because he/she slept on a final exam? Does anyone seriously think a person doesn’t deserve to go to Cornell anymore just because of one failing grade? In the long run, it’s what you end up being doing something you’re passionate about in life, not whether you have good grades and/or great attitude on a physics final.</p>
<p>I’ve never had a teacher like that. Almost all my teachers know about my senioritis, but they’re still extremely caring and actually try to be lenient as to not exacerbate the situation. They even talk to me about potentials things I might wanna do in life. Those are true teachers. </p>
<p>Your teacher is mad because your low final grade will impact his/her standing with the school. Since teachers nowadays are based upon those superficial test scores, their salary can be based on how well their kids do on exams. Your teacher is the grade-grabber, looking for career advancement instead of doing what actually teachers were meant to do. </p>
<p>I like hsgirl93’s advice, get your parents involved. Have them call the Board of Education and the school and complain harshly about your physics teacher. This is your FUTURE we’re talking about. How DARE someone try to ruin a student’s life like that. </p>
<p>Senior year is about having fun and hang out with friends you won’t see for a while. You understand that, and I congratulate you.</p>
<p>I don’t think the admission office takes complaints about you from a teacher, unless perhaps the counselor is involved. Try talking to your guidance counselor about it and perhaps dissolve this situation. I would be disgusted at Cornell if they so much as send you a letter about this (I really doubt they will).</p>
<p>In any case, I hope Cornell completely ignores your teacher, and I truly wish you success next year at Cornell.</p>
<p>I do believe the physics teacher has ground for writing to Cornell, just like teachers who gave OP raving recommendation letters. He failed the last quarter, he didn’t just drop a letter grade. He was so didn’t give a crap about one of his major subjects, he fell asleep at the final. How do you think it made his teacher feel, who took his job seriously about teaching? He probably felt it was slap in his face to have a student (maybe used to be one of his top students) waste his time. </p>
<p>Cornell is not an easy school to do well, unlike high school, there are not that many exams in a semester(maybe 3) and often homework doesn’t count for much, so if you were to fail a prelim it is very difficult to climb out of it. Professors also do not give make up exams for stupid excuses.</p>
<p>My daughter went to a top private school in NJ, in her senior year, the rescind letter they showed to all the seniors was a letter from Cornell. Schools do not rescind admissions too often, but it does happen. </p>
<p>OP - do not take your teacher’s threat lightly and do not take on Captrick’s attitude. You need to have a talk with your teacher and GC. If your teacher insists on writing the letter, you may need to contact Cornell. Even without the letter, if some how the failed grade shows up (instead of just C+), it may still be a problem.</p>
<p>That’s like a nightmare, man. I’m sorry for you. But I wouldn’t worry about it; get it straightened out with your guidance counselor. Surely, a C+ isn’t too terrible for senioritis… my friend, a grade above me, scraped by with two C-'s on his final transcript and is heading to Georgetown in the fall.</p>
<p>From a prospective Cornell 2016.</p>