How to respond to warning letter?

RedHawk99
Sun, 02 Aug 2015 23:37:48 +0000

The letter is likely fishing to see if any specific change affected your academics that the university would need to address. Such as if you became suddenly ill and they would need to put you in touch with campus health, if there was a death in the family or other traumatic event that would need you too be in touch with school psychological and counseling services, etc.

I wouldn’t recommend saying you focused on other things and let your studies slip, even with the modifier that they align with your interests. That makes it seem as though you actively chose behaviors you knew would allow your grades to lower after acceptances, which is a major red flag for admissions. The worst thing for them to think is that the highly motivated student who they admitted was only highly motivated by college apps, and will be on a downward spiral now that motivation is gone. Any sort of extenuating circumstance out of your control that will be resolved before you start at Hopkins would be the best response to that letter.