<p>That was the last year’ gap. Now it is bad than this one.</p>
<p>wow, your daughter AND your son both at Harvard.</p>
<p>I really do not know his academica in school since I do not know a lot english and I did not help him. But this time I will do my best and try to help my kid to get over the problem.
He worked hard and he is a very nice kid. I even did not know how he was accepted by harvard. He went to there by himself.</p>
<p>No advice, but best of luck to you and your student. I admire that you are trying to get information here, even with the language barrier. I like that you continue to state that your son is a very nice kid, despite his current struggles. i agree that every school is different. You need to know the details and get information from the school with your son. The school will not give you information without son’s permission. But, whatever happens, many people have a setback, and then go on to do very well in life. Having caring parents helps.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, Mamita.
I come here because I though that my kid is not only one who was required to withdraw, I hope people who know this case kindly give me some suggestion.</p>
<p>get the facts straight first before posting. Whether his GPA (Not gap) is 2.5 or 1.0 makes a big difference. Whether the school asks him to withdraw or not makes a big difference. So go to the school and find out together with your kid, we cannot be of help any further without the facts.</p>
<p>Wish you luck.</p>
<p>havingdream, find someone who speaks better english to call Harvard. Have the person tell the counselor that they are going to translate for you so the counselor understands your English is poor. Find any person, even another student who speaks English to help you. </p>
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<li>Give your son’s name to an admissions counselor and see if your son signed allowing you to know his grades so that you can really talk about his GPA.</li>
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<p>2 Have that person tell the counselor that you have been unable to reach your son, you are concerned that he feels so bad so won’t call you and you need to know what ever they are legally allowed to tell you so you can help him.</p>
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<li>Ask Harvard their policy about students being asked to leave for low grades and when they could return. </li>
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<p>Once you have some facts, you may be able to text/email your son what he can expect based on what the counselor told you. All students have school email addresses. You can ask Harvard how to find out your son’s or maybe they can forward an email you send the counselor to him letting him know what you know and urge him to call home.</p>
<p>Lakemom, the job of the Admissions office is to admit students. It has nothing to do with tracking the academic progress of enrolled students. OP needs to contact the office of the Academic Dean (usually the Dean of the Faculty). I’m not sure how Harvard organizes its undergraduate administration, but there should be some equivalent of a Sophomore Dean, or the dean assigned to the Class of 2015. If there has been some illness or extenuating circumstance, the Dean of Students’ Office will sometimes go to bat for a student in academic distress.</p>
<p>I actually had no idea who the right person is to talk to but figured admissions was a place to start. They would direct the OP who to talk to.</p>
<p>So evidently the procedure for Harvard College is to go through the resident dean (the undergraduate institutions with which I am most familiar haven’t used the house system):</p>
<p>“When students realize, or are told, that their record for a term is unsatisfactory, they should immediately contact their resident dean to discuss their academic difficulties.”</p>
<p>There is a lengthy explanation of the process on the college’s [Administrative Board](<a href=“Harvard College Administrative Board”>Harvard College Administrative Board) page.</p>