Will offer for admission be revoked?!

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<p>My daughter's transcript arrived in our mailbox yesterday with a big surprise!</p>

<p>She took her senior math class pass/fail first semester and got a B- which showed up on her transcript as a "P" for Pass. She was admitted to every college to which she applied, and accepted an offer of admission to the College of Fine Arts to study graphic design at the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana. We/she thought she was AUTOMATICALLY taking the second semester of her math class pass/fail. Turns out we did not fill out a form to do so for the second semester so she got a grade on her transcript: a "D" instead of a "P". This is our fault, as her parents, for not knowing the high school's policy on pass/fail. Her other grades slipped a little, but not as badly -- in academic classes: one C, the dreaded D, a bunch of B's and one A. She got a C- in P.E. She had never received any grades lower than B's before this last semester. Her high school sent her transcript three days ago to the University of Illinois.</p>

<p>Do you think the offer from U of I will be rescinded because of her declining grades? What should we do besides sit and stew?! Should she contact the college and try to explain what happened even before they contact her? Her high school counselor is gone for the summer so he can be of no assistance.</p>

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<p>I highly doubt they will revoke her acceptance for ONE low grade. Now, if all of her grades for the last semester were D’s, that’s a different story. I wouldn’t bother to call and if they do call, you can explain then.</p>

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<p>Steve was waiting for this post :wink: I don’t think you have anything to worry about, either.</p>

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<p>I would call to see if it is an issue, if it is then find out if you D could take a summer course to improve her grade. I wouldn’t wait until there is nothing else you could do, which would be when the school starts. I don’t know about IL, but I have read in the last few years that UCs have been very strict about their requirements and few students had to scramble to appeal. Sometimes public schools could be more rigid.</p>