Will NYU rescind my admission?
I got into Tandon School of Engineering in ED1 with a pretty sweet amount of scholarship. However, senioritis has gotten the best of me and my grades dropped poorly. My average when I applied was 90.5 out of 100 and I had mostly A- and Bs. Senior year I got a 80.5 average 1st semester and my grades were: A+ A A- B D D D-. Then at the end of march NYU sent me an email saying I should increase my grades in my final transcript. However, I increased some that were really low and some inevitably fell now they are: A+ A+ B C+ C D+ D- But in the end, my GPA is still 80…
But I am a half time conservatory student and I study violin there and have my graduation exam which takes a couple of months of intense practice to pass. Should I e-mail NYU explaining that this was the reason I couldn’t raise all of my grades. Do you guys think they will still rescind??? I am freaking out.
When they advised you to increase your grades, did they actually say they would rescind if you didn’t, or just say something more vague like they “might” rescind? Did they give you any specific targets (like minimum gpa, no D’s, etc?)
I presume they are aware that you are a conservatory student, this would have been somewhere on your application?
I think they might but you’d need to talk to admissions. Ds are not acceptable and I don’t think the conservatory explanation will sway them - if you were accepted to Steinhardt as a performance major, maybe, but you applied to engineering. I hope for your sake they do not, but going from a 90 to an 80 average in one year and getting multiple bad grades senior year is exactly what everyone tells you not to do… 
Agreed.
And, whatever you do, do NOT use the word “Senioritis.” Senioritis isn’t a real disease, like Bronchitis or Appendicitis. It’s a choice to not do your work.
It’s not going to win you any friends among those who decide your status.
No one here can answer this question. The bottom line is they asked you to improve your grades and you did not. You need to speak with your guidance counselor immediately.
They didn’t say anything specific. They just said at this time we aren’t taking any action but we want to see an increase in your grades on your final transcript.
and yes they know that I’m a conservatory student
okay, thanks for the comments I’m going to get in contact with my counselor and then talk to the admissions. Hopefully, they’ll only give academic probation worst case since I’ve heard that’s something they do a lot.
I wish you the best of luck, but I think academic probation is probably only for current students whose grades are less than they had hoped. I’m not sure most schools extend that to kids who have yet to attend.
I certainly hope I’m wrong, but you may want to spend some time this weekend, before you can get a hold of your guidance counselor, coming up with a Plan B, just in case. Were you accepted anywhere less competitive?
@bjkmom , I have seen something from someone purporting to be a NYU admissions officer telling someone on reddit they would not rescind for a D but would send a letter - i can’t remember her wording, it didn’t say academic probation as such, but probably effectively the same thing - that they would be keeping a close watch on the student’s grades in the first year at NYU. However, that was in response to a question about one D, not multiple, and there was no reference to a previous warning from NYU. TL;DR: while I have heard of it, I am not sure it applies in this case.
Well, overall it looks pretty much the same set of results, one C or D give or take. Agree the student needs to confer with his/her counselor.