ED Admission Being Revoked?

topranked
Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:18:00 +0000

Hi, I just received my admission to Duke via Early Decision and I’m extremely happy, but I’m also a bit nervous because of the acceptance letter. As you guys know, it has that stipulation towards the end that if you do not maintain your academic standard, they can revoke or review your admission. I wanted to know if my situation could end up like that.

I have never gotten a B before, and the First Quarter grades that I sent to Duke were all A’s. However, I have my midterms this week and, due to a combination of difficult classes and senioritis, my grades are borderline on B+'s. If I were to end up with grades like this:
B+
B+
B+
B+
A
A-
A-
in my 7 classes, would my admission be reviewed? My guidance counselor was telling me that even 1 B+ would be enough to possibly ruin my chances, but I just couldn’t bring myself to believe this. I find it hard to believe that they would revoke my admission after I had to withdraw my applications from all my other schools due to the ED agreement. That would essentially ruin my life. So basically, if I were to get these 4 B+'s, would Duke really review and possibly rescind my app, or am I safe?
Thank you so much!