<p>If you think the temptation to slack off is great in senior year, imagine the temptations at college where there are fun things to do and amazing people to hang with 24/7, new boyfriend/girlfriend scenarios, an open class schedule, and pretty much nonstop parties and games and… everything cool! Basically college adcoms will look at your final senior grades to see just how well you might withstand the temptations at college if you let your grades go too far down during senior year. So it’s not like they suddenly think you’ve gone stupid–but more like they are getting insight into how mature you are about school commitments. So keep up your grades this last quarter if you are seriously spiraling downward.</p>