ED Admits Warned to Stay on Track

[sharpenedpencil]

<p>The NY Times Education blog has an essay about admittance letters to ED candidates including strong warnings to avoid senior slump. The author’s daughter was admitted to Wesleyan:

If Nicole didn’t get the message from the letter’s first paragraph, the following sentence from the Wesleyan letter hopefully solidified her intention to be a conscientious second-semester senior:</p>

<p>Unfortunately, last summer I had to write too many warning letters to entering frosh as the result of their spring semester performance.</p>

<p>I am writing to you now because I don’t want to write to you in July.

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<p>To those of you who were fortunate to be accepted to your ED school, what are you doing to keep yourself motivated for the rest of the year?</p>

[UVAorBust]

<p>I wonder how much a grade has to drop. I will probably finish senior year with 3 A’s, 2 B+'s, and 1 B in AP Calc. Do you think this puts me in the danger zone?</p>

[Karen11]

<p>@UVA,</p>

<p>I think you’ll be fine. Those are good grades. AP Calc is a tough subject, and a B is a respectable grade for a course like that.</p>