High School Isn't Over Yet: NACAC Report on Rescinded Acceptances - Page 3

BeautifulNerd219 · 06-05-2009, 12:06 PM

I hope this isn't TOO random. I was wondering if a person's acceptance is rescinded, can another person be accepted in their place? In other words, is it like a dog eat dog type thing?

I'm an upcoming senior, but I'm just really curious.

fiona_ · 06-05-2009, 12:10 PM

I don't see why a rescinded acceptance would be any different from summer melt, in terms of decreasing the size of the entering class. If the number of students is reduced significantly, then schools might go to the WL. But for most colleges, one retracted acceptance/one fewer student isn't that big a deal that the single retraction would lead them to accept another student.

BeautifulNerd219 · 06-05-2009, 12:12 PM

Oh no. I meant if there were a LOT of rescinded apps b/c I know senioritis is a big problem.

stringkeymom · 06-05-2009, 08:59 PM

I do know of a case where a friend of my son's had to take calculus over again in summer school and his acceptance was conditional upon passing.

Question: is dropping a class grounds for rescinding the admissions offer?

rajin44 · 06-06-2009, 12:30 AM

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Question: is dropping a class grounds for rescinding the admissions offer?

I remember reading an article - can't tell you where though...sorry, forgot

- saying that a girl was thinking of dropping a class, wrote to her school and they told her she'd be much more likely to be rescinded if she dropped it. Now, that is a news article and they're out to show you extremes, but if you don't have a good reason for it I wouldn't do it.

I have a friend who's going to UVA, geat gpa/SAT, but he's got a severe illness and had to drop 1/2 of his classes this year. He's talked to UVA and they're fine with it...though I'm still curious as to what they thinks gonna happen to him in school, heh.

reesezpiecez103 · 06-06-2009, 12:24 PM

I think you have to be really failing to have your acceptance rescinded. I knew a girl who got into a good school, and then slacked off so badly that she failed three classes, including French (and she's bilingual, having lived in Quebec). She got screwed over in the end and had to take a gap year. But I don't think one D will kill you in the end, especially if you write a letter with your transcript.

joshcasto · 06-06-2009, 04:47 PM

I'm really annoyed by these complainers who whine, "senioritis killed me!!! DDD: " No, you killed yourself with your own laziness. If you have your admission rescinded, that's your own fault. I know it sounds harsh and rude, but honestly, the only "remedy" for the "disease" of senioritis is DOING YOUR WORK.

BigG · 06-06-2009, 04:58 PM

Josh has it right. It gets tougher, not easier from here on out.

What about the students who didn't get accepted but maintained and improved their performance level? It is fair to society, the institution, and them to reward slackers who now have lower GPA's?

Did anyone with a D, let alone an F, on their Junior transcript get into a top 10 school without some overwhelming tip?

BeautifulNerd219 · 06-06-2009, 07:57 PM

I couldn't live with myself if I brought home a D. I'd probably punish myself before my parents punished me.

sybbie719 · 06-06-2009, 10:55 PM

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I know a number of kids who were warned, had to enter college on some sort of probation, and even had to take a year off before attending college due to disciplinary or academic reasons

This could be worse than having your admission rescinded because academic warnings/probations become part of your college academic record. If you are looking at grad school in the future, the application asks if you were ever placed on any type of academic warning or probation, you will always have to write addendums explaining what happened.

Also remember that for students hanging out on waitlists the school may request your final transcript before admitting you.

fiona_ · 06-07-2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Previous poster

Question: is dropping a class grounds for rescinding the admissions offer?

I wish we could rescind the jobs of the admissions officers.....

sleepingbeauty · 06-07-2009, 07:54 PM

what kind of disciplinary issues are there?

Mezzo'sMama · 06-08-2009, 05:53 PM

My D is a senior with straight A's, who attends a rigorous all-girls prep school, but she has been dragging through the past 2 weeks. With just 3 more days to go (it all ends on Thursday, except for 2 exams in the following 10 days), she is nearly catatonic! She spends the entire day watching videos or having "circle time", which is a euphamism for
"sharing time". The only bit of work she actually did today was going to an art room to grab a glue stick to tack her AP French story to poster board!! And these are seniors..... what a pity that, in this state anyway, schools ( even private ones, as long as they make the kids take Regents Exams) haul the kids in and make 'em stay, since if they are there at 10AM, the school gets state aid. I just don't understand it.........?

itry · 06-08-2009, 06:14 PM

theres a senior whose bragging about how he got into a school but he has senioritis. He has an F and he cant pull it up (below a 10% probably) but in an elective, will he get rescinded?

amiee17 · 06-08-2009, 06:41 PM

Ugh... I have like a week left of school and I'm so nervous... I have a legit C in physics and there is no way i can bring it up at this point... I'm just estimating my final grades based on my cumulative grades for the first 3 quarters because i haven't slacked off that much... but...
Full year courses:
AP Engl: B
Latin II H: A-
Physics C+ (Physics grade is not an estimate, it's a legit grade... i asked my teacher. He said thats what the final grade is at this point... one week of classes left..)
AP world:B

Semester long courses
Antrho: A-/B+
Career Intern: A+
Gym: A-
Forensics: A
Pre-calc: A-
Trig: B-