<p>Teachers always try and scare students saying that colleges will take away admission if you slip up. To what degree is this true? Anybody know of people who got in to UVA but were booted? How much would your grades need to slide in order for UVA to do something about it?</p>
<p>Use your head. What do you think is reasonable? If you got two F’s and two C’s in the spring of your senior year, you’d probably lose your offer of admission. If you got two C’s and two A’s, you probably wouldn’t. I’m sure these things are on a case-by-case basis, and they probably don’t happen frequently. I’ve never personally heard of anyone having an offer of admission rescinded.</p>
<p>Regardless, you shouldn’t get anything lower than a B in a high school course.</p>
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There are cases of this happening each year. It’s not fun for us, but there are times when it’s clear that students dropped the ball after getting their offer letter.</p>
<p>Dean J, how frequently does it happen? Do you ever give any terms for re-acceptance? Perhaps a year at a community college with a 3.5+? Sometimes people drop the ball, and while I agree that they shouldn’t be allowed to matriculate the following fall, I don’t know that it’s fair to leave them high and dry.</p>
<p>It’s also not fair for them to offer you admission and then you turn around and totally slack off and waste a perfectly good spot that could be filled by someone who is dedicated to always learning and being successful, rather than by someone who only does well when needed.</p>
<p>i mean…when i went to high school, most of the teachers took it pretty easy on us come winter break. but we were still expected to do everything. The only classes we still had legitimate work for was AP classes - and then after the test we watched movies for the rest of the year. I personally don’t think high school teachers are out to get anyone - its just students try to take advantage of it and go too far. </p>
<p>be smart - don’t hand in a paper 2 weeks late because “who cares im already in college.” </p>
<p>another surprising thing is - if you’re motivated enough to do well in high school and get into a school like UVa or better, why would you all of a sudden lose all motivation to do anything? I never understood it</p>
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It happens every summer. When we see bad grades on the final transcript, we often send a letter to the student asking for an explanation. In some cases, either their response doesn’t jive or their performance is so lacking that we take further action.</p>
<p>Obviously, these meetings, usually with three admission deans, are unpleasant. I imagine most students who have to come to them think it would have been easier to just keep their grades up second semester.</p>
<p>We don’t enjoy this part of our job at all.</p>
<p>How bad are “bad grades?” Would someone with all Bs and Cs get in trouble even if their GPA is still relatively good? I just want to know out of curiosity as Ive been keeping my grades up.</p>
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I’m not too thrilled at seeing Cs on a transcript at any point.</p>
<p>Decisions are made on a case by case basis, so I’m not going to guess at what will happen to anyone based on a few bits of information posted on here.</p>
<p>I know that some teachers take it easy on you at the end of the senior year, so it shouldn’t be hard to keep your grades up in the classes where teachers work you right up until the end.</p>
<p>but the thing is, some teachers dont…
most of the AP science courses are shared by both seniors and juniors, so it’s almost as hard as, if not harder, than last year.
It’s not that I “dropped the ball” but its just so hard to concentrate now that I know I’ve been accepted to my college of choice.
what kind of grades are “not acceptable?”</p>
<p>Well think of it this way. If you got all A’s and B+'s first semester and then all B’s and C’s second, your grades will average leaving you with a B/B+ average. Plus Im sure you have some easy A classes so those will still be high.</p>
<p>In IB, now is that time of I.A.'s and intense prep for May exams. It’s harder than ever and grades are starting to show that.</p>
<p>I think (and correct me if I’m wrong Dean J) that the main factor is consistency. If on your midyear report you got A’s and B+'s in every class except math where you get a C+ and then on your final transcript you have all A’s and B+'s except for maybe a C+ or low B in math, i assume the office will recognize the difficulty of the course and the consistency (and quality) of your grades in other classes. </p>
<p>Yet, if on your midyear report you send in all A’s and B’s and then come your final transcript you have 1 A, 3 B’s and 3 C’s…there might be a problem. Also the consistency of your final transcript with the transcript from your frosh-junior years is important. Basically, if a class is hard and you struggle that wont hurt you too much but, if it becomes obvious from your transcript that you slacked off significantly during your senior year, there will be an issue.</p>
<p>So once you get in, just keep trying in those AP Classes for 1 more month until the test is over and you get to watch movies and do nothing!</p>
<p>if you do your work and turn it in on time, you should probably be fine. If you stop turning stuff in, that’s when your grades are going to go downhill really fast. If you have a couple A’s that turn into B’s, you should be fine. Keep in mind to get the final grade of a B after you had an A at midterm would bean you did C work for the second semester.</p>
<p>If you already had a C and they accepted you, you shouldn’t worry about the C.</p>
<p>As BDadamo07 said, consistency is the key. Do your work and turn it in, and you should be fine.</p>
<p>BGjeez - good luck on your IB exams. Don’t feel bad when you get to school in the fall and all the AP kids around have way more credits =)</p>
<p>Yes, consistency is very important - for any school. My guess is that the students who lose their offer of admission were probably borderline cases, anyway. A top student is usually conscientious and won’t let his/her grades drop unless there are extenuating circumstances (i.e., hospitalization; death in family).</p>
<p>Well, it happened to one of the kids in my school. He was taking calculus ab then he dropped the class without telling UVa admissions. You have to stay with the classes with which you are applying with so they sent him a letter that UVa with taking their offer back. How sad. But he is going to Va Tech. now because he’s good at football so I guess it’s good to have a backup plan.</p>