<p>Worst case scenario, I'm going to get a D and an F (I am taking 5 classes) but I will still graduate under the recommended program. I'm panicking right now and am pretty worried :(
any responses would be great.</p>
<p>Definitely pull those up, just to be safe I would only have 1 or 2 Câs.</p>
<p>My final grades are going to be an A, 2 Bs, a D, and an FâŠ
I was admitted under my first choice major geosciences and I will graduate under the recommended program, will UT rescind me? My class rank shouldnât drop very much and this isnât really a significant drop in my grades: I got 2 Ds in my junior year (same class for two semesters). Pretty pathetic, I know.</p>
<p>I have heard from reputable sources such as theloneranger that UT will not rescind unless I fail to graduate from high school. Also, I have not seen a single case on the web where someone in my position has been rescinded.</p>
<p>Judging from what other colleges (higher tiered ones, perhaps) do, I think they might rescind me?</p>
<p>On this website the answers to the âwill i get rescindedâ question seem to be pretty evenly split between yes and no concerning failing grades in the senior year transcript.</p>
<p>Please answer my question and be completely honest. Thank you.</p>
<p>The only person that can answer your question is admissions. I guess I question why you were even given admission with two Ds? My D goes to a very competitive public HS and there are kids who literly pull straight Aâs in high level AP classes that got capped because of the whole top 8% deal. So if you donât get resended, I hope you will take this as a life lesson and bust you a$$ at UT because there were certainly a great number of student I know personally who would not have squandered the opportunity.</p>
<p><strong>stepping off of soapbox now</strong>*</p>
<p>I honestly donât think theyâll care, but if you get some sort of letter, you better have a good explanation ready or offer to take a year off.</p>
<p>@collegeshopping
Thanks for the lecture collegeshopping. I actually got a personal letter from my admissions counselor complimenting me on the quality of my essays, am an ISEF alumnus, have a 2300 SAT, am national merit, and go to THE largest and one of the most competitive public schools in Texas. I am not one of those stupid lucky people who got in that you may presume me to be, although I will admit that my grades are a bit subpar. Itâs rather obvious that only admissions can answer my questions, however the secretary of the admissions counselor told me that the counselor is out until June 5th, so I will have to wait til then to get a reply from UT.</p>
<p>I hope your D gets into UT, spelling is a very useful skill to learn by the way.</p>
<p>@agpyn3w
Thanks a lot for reading my predicament and giving me a reply, Iâve talked to my high school counselor and heâs said the same thing pretty much lol. And just out of curiosity, have you heard of anyone getting a letter putting them on academic probation or rescinding them?</p>
<p>Thanks again everyone, more replies are welcome!</p>
<p>iâve asked myself the same question, although not to this extent. the grades that iâm worried about are Cs (70s) in my last semesterâŠiâve dropped down to 30 from 26 and my class size went from 375 to 325. you think i should be worried?</p>
<p>Not meant to be a lecture. And yes, my daughter did get in UT, Plan II to be specific, and has no concern as to any resended admission because she actually takes the admission process seriously and values the education she receives. The majority of kids that get into UT have sky high stats and great essays (Plan II kids know they have great essays because it is one of the major factors in admission) and yours, like my Dâs are just another piece in the puzzle. The test scores and grades may get you into the door but if you even want to think about staying there, then take the grades seriously, because the day you walk into their doors, your essays, test scores and what you did in HS mean nothing.</p>
<p>you donât know the circumstances behind the grades collegeshopping. And even if redhotsrock just decided not to try too hard in his last semester of high school, iâm sure he will turn the work ethic right back on when he gets to UT</p>
<p>I am seriously not trying to give this kid a hard time. I am just pointing out that he may be able to fly under the radar with these grades, but earning grades like that at UT will be a non-stop flight to the probation list and who wants to go through that? And you are right, I have no idea why the grades are low, but typically if a student has a life changing experience in their life, grades across the board suffer, not just one or two classes. I guess one thing I donât understand is if this student was stuggling in these classes and these classes were not need for graduation, then why did is GC not recommend he simply drop them?</p>
<p>Regardless, Red, I hope you got great news today.</p>
<p>@ezra11: thanks for replying! No you should not be worried. For UT to rescind, you have to not graduate (either under the recommended program or Distinguished Achievement Program, or even the minimum program if you have an exemption). Honors programs might be a bit more stringent? but probably not, this is UT after all. I know kids who have gotten kicked out of TAMS (not my school) and gotten stuff on their permanent records (no felonies, I donât think 
) and even they have not been rescinded.</p>
<p>@collegeshopping: I appreciate what youâre saying and I know that obviously you have to do your best in college (and I will) since college actually counts (somewhat), but this whole time all you have done is given me the answer âonly admissions can answer your questionâ and proceeded to sermonize to me about the importance of hard work and appreciation for the education I am receiving. Everything you have told me so far is either irrelevant to the question I had posted (work hard in college) or not of much use (only admissions can answer your question). Secondly, in my school, you cannot drop classes. Period. Once you elect to take something (no matter how in over your head you might be), youâre stuck in it until the end of the year. Third, I think you may have an overinflated view of how âhardâ it actually is to get into UT. A great many of my friends who are really just average (even below-average) students have gotten into UT quite easily without classes, ECs, or essays of my level, and into majors like communication, engineering, and business to boot. And itâs not just my anecdotes that support the fact that UT does not require âsky-highâ stats, please direct your attention to the link:</p>
<p><a href=âhttp://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report12.pdf[/url]â>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report12.pdf</a> </p>
<p>Thanks for your well-wishes by the way, I am graduating under the recommended program and I will be attending UT this fall. If I have come off as being too confrontational, I am truly sorry, but you really have presumed me to be a student of inferior quality and I resent that. Although I will admit that I slacked off in my senior year, the fascist system in my school and a few ill circumstances in my life as of late really have not done me any favors either.</p>
<p>Your blaming âthe fascist systemâ in your school makes me think that you have a long road ahead of you. Circumstances will NEVER be perfect - everyone has challenges to overcome. My son just finished his freshman year at UT, over 2,000 miles away from home. He was on crutches for two months in the fall, and ended up in the hospital the day before classes ended in the spring (for five days) and was still able to maintain a 3.6 GPA in biomedical engineering. </p>
<p>Collegeshopping is just being straight with you, redhotsrock, and I hope you take the advice to heart and have an outstanding collegiate career.</p>
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<p>@MaineLonghorn: Hi MaineLonghorn, Iâve read a lot of your posts and you are a great asset to this community (haha itâs a bit of an honor that youâre posting on one of my threads :P). Once again, I realize collegeshopping is being straight with me and I value the advice, but once again I have to say that this has nothing to do with my question. If I want this sort of advice, all I have to do is go to my parents who have no shortage of this sort of advice for me (whether I want it or not). My mistake, I shouldnât have used as extreme an adjective as âfascistâ. Iâm not blaming the system or circumstances for my faults, I am merely saying that they have not done me any favors and I am answering a point that collegeshopping brought up as to why I could not drop the class. Iâm not really sure why my posts are eliciting comparisons to the sons and daughters of others, Iâm being vague about my circumstances, actual grades, ECs and test scores, (until collegeshopping called into question my intelligence) and my school system solely to keep the focus on advice about my current situation rather than advice about what I should have done in the past and how I will get through college. Obviously enough, I have been unsuccessful seeing that you and collegeshopping have both largely ignored my question and gone on to criticize me or in wolframalphamaleâs case (whose support I appreciate) gone on to post a reaction in my defense to collegeshopping. I know that I am asking a rather shameful question, but I think you could at least answer my question and THEN criticize me if you must. And if you donât know the answer, you could not post at all. It is not imperative to make me feel worse than I already do. </p>
<p>In the interest of avoiding any more didactic posts and argumentation over my work ethic, everyone please desist from answering this thread any more. I have received my answer, and I give my sincere thanks to everyone who posted.</p>
<p>Thanks for your thoughtful answer. Sorry I was short with you. I think the problem is that none of us could anwer your question accurately, because we donât know how UT will respond. If you have concerns in the future, my sincere advice would be to call the University and see if someone could help you. Iâll close this thread at your request.</p>