Low Grades --> Acceptance Revoked

_rentof2
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:02:12 +0000

My kid got a B in one class his senior year after getting accepted to Amherst. It was an advanced math class he was taking at the local college, but still, it was the first B he ever received.

Of course, Amherst did not have an issue with that, but I can see how it would look bad for these “perfect” students to have all A’s until they get accepted and then they get C’s. I mean, really, top students won’t generally get C’s in high school classes unless they’re really bailing. If your academics is what gets you in, how is it “not slacking” to instead spend more time on interests outside of school? Unless it was those interests outside of school that got you accepted in the first place, then you’re changing the terms on the college. Honestly, you should at least be able to salvage a B, right? I mean unless your average at this point in the term is already sub-C.

They may not rescind you for those C’s --I hope they don’t, and I’d be a bit surprised if they did-- but if it was me I wouldn’t test it.