<p>Wow. csummerlin I'm so sorry, that sounds absolutely terrible. You should email them and explain the situation, and have your counselor mail them, too.</p>
<p>mid-year reports are self-reported and therefore based on the honor code. however, i believe that once the admissions office receives an official transcript for your mid-year grades, they go back and check that everything is reported correctly. please don't lie on this for the sake of your own good!</p>
<p>I haven't been on here lately since I was rejected, but hey it's all good and life goes on. My aunt attended Carolina and graduated in 1998 and was very involved as a student there. When I saw this post the other day I asked her about it and she said your first semeser grades and the official transcript that Carolina receives at the end of your senior year is extremely important. They did not offer you acceptance HOPING you will continue to work hard-they EXPECT you to work hard the entire year. Carolina accepted you based on your GPA (and other stats) up to this point, but they are also trusting that you will continue the pattern of doing your best and not let senioritis set in. She lives in the Chapel Hill area and attends a large church where there are usually a good amount of hs students applying to Carolina each year, and sadly a few of them become way too casual about the rest of the year once they are accepted. These offers can and have been rescinded so get your act together and make the rest of this year count. Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>i think you probably should call the admissions office and talk to them. you will have no other oppty to explain the situation if you had extenuating circumstances. they may put you on hold meaning they see how you do in the spring to determine final acceptance.</p>
<p>Study. get a tutor. no slacking final semester is what it probably means. can you drop down to a non ap level for calculus this semester? drop levels if possible....IB/AP down to honors down to college prep ....good luck.</p>
<p>btw, a kid went to orientation at uga, got drunk during orientation and had his admission rescinded right then and there.</p>
<p>The grade report does have a space to write in information next to the grade. My daughter has an incomplete in A/B cal; she got behind and had a "D"; with work caught up will have a C. (one of three in entire career, other two were freshman year). She explained what happened in honest terms and talked with the GC at her school. He agreed to write a letter if needed. She put his email address as well as the teacher's in the space on the grade report. The GC did not think this would get her rescinded. She's active in school, has A's and B's in everything else.</p>
<p>Explain your circumstances but don't lie or exaggerate. Do be honest with the grades, they do verify and they will rescind your admission if they catch this. The word is that UNC will double-check the self report against the official end transcript if the official transcript has several C's or lower. Don't risk being stranded next June with nowhere to go. You signed an honor statement; you have NO legal recourse if your admission is rescinded because of lying.</p>
<p>Students should keep up with their hard work even when they receive their college acceptance. If courses are hard now, what will they be like in college? If you have had personal tragedies which affected your grades, definitely speak to UNC now to alert them of the situation and tell them of your plans to get your grades up.</p>
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<p>Actually, I'd be careful about doing this. Making less than A's in your higher level classes is one thing, but dropping those higher levels to easier level courses, is quite another. They've accepted you based on your rigorous course load. I think they'd rather see you stay in those and make C's (well, they'd rather see you make A's, I'm sure!), than drop them altogether. I even think they mention something about dropping difficult classes and moving to easier ones on the website. So, stick in them if you can, and do as well as you can. You do have another semester to bring the grades up. If anything, drop some ec's and, yes, try to find a peer tutor.</p>
<p>Here's the statement about dropping courses, under the UNC-CH Admissions page, FAQ's:</p>
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<p>If your course schedule should change in any way after applying, including after being admitted, you must immediately notify us in writing. Since our decisions are made conditionally upon your completion of the schedule you provided when submitting your application, a change in course schedule may impact your admissions decision.
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<p>Under the circumstances it may be best to contact admissions now and explain your situation. Stuff happens in ppls lives and the admissions staff is the best place to seek advice. The UNC folks certainly seem extremely nice and welcoming. </p>
<p>They will tell you how best to explain your situation if your grades are not on par.</p>
<p>Good luck, and hang in there.</p>
<p>They provide a space to explain why a course was dropped or incomplete. So, I think it would be alright if I included an explanation there. </p>
<p>Do they look at these grades, and then give us at least a warning letter if we aren't doing as expected? Or do they go ahead and immediately rescind our acceptance? </p>
<p>I am pretty sure my teacher for the course would be willing to write a letter explaining everything, and how I am actually a good student.</p>
<p>csummerlin2008- your situation is so similar to my daughter's. If you have an understanding calculus teacher and counselor, I would use them as support for an explanation to UNC. You sound like a good student with a good academic record. Calculus is incredibly challenging (colleges know that too) and what you've been through created an overload. Perhaps you and your teacher can work out a plan for success for the second semester. I would share that plan with UNC as well. I really think, that with the explanation, your admission will be safe.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with the post...</p>
<p>but dang, I hate Maryland. and Dook for not losing to Clemson.</p>
<p>So do you guys think C's in Calc AB and Calc BC are okay? They are easily the hardest classes I've taken and I've never gotten C's before. I'm not exactly slacking off, it's just that calculus is pretty tough stuff for me. I do well in my other classes.</p>
<p>i think you will be fine, your taking tough classes, you dont have a D. As long as it does not drop further you will be fine. Just try and get it higher if you can and concentrate more on something you can change than something in the past.</p>
<p>Here's my situation--- I'm at a Governor's School in VA. For the past year or so, I've been a straight A student. Before then, I had some B+'s scattered here and there. So the difference in workload between A's and B's at my school (maybe for everyone, I dunno) is HUGE. Immense. So am I allowed to coast through with B's? I know that a B isn't a bad grade, but I guess--- will a drop in a letter grade across the board be a red flag? If I were a B student and dropped to C's my last semester, would the same thing apply? </p>
<p>(I know I sound like a slacker for askiing this, but I've been putting a lot of all nighters recently. At this point, I'm willing to take the B and go to sleep.)</p>
<p>^^ haha, you pretty much summed up everything I wanted to say and exactly how I am. </p>
<p>Eh, I know what you mean. I just want to enjoy this semester, and be complacent with a 90 instead of a 93, because I frankly am sick of staying up till 2/3 am just trying to get a point or two higher. Hah, and really, I think that we'll be fine. B's across the board would be fine. They truly are just looking for huge drops like D's and maybe a few C's. If you don't even hit that range then can you even imagine them saying "Actually, no we're taking away your offer to admission because you got 5 B's."</p>
<p>No way. Haha, I was/sort of am always worried about the same deal. But I just naturally always worry, but in the end we'll be fineeeee. hah.</p>
<p>Bs = okay.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I wrote this but my GPA went from an unweighted 3.94 first semester to a 3.44 by 4th quarter. They don't care unless you are REALLY slacking.</p>
<p>:) that's what I like to hear. Yeah, we'll see how my exams go tomorrow. (ps, sorry about my typo's. I'm a grammar freak and I didn't proofread beforehand.)</p>
<p>you're on the edge.
OOS and GPA=3.3--- how did you get accepted in the first place? "sports guy" hmm are u a recruited athlete?
grades aren't your forte, I'm assuming</p>
<p>not really, at a regular hs taking APs i would of gotten an easy 4.0, but the ib program i am in is one of the hardest/most rigorous programs in the nation and the program at our school is one of the best ib programs in the world</p>