<p>I have one simple question; How bad do you have to do for Columbia to rescind your acceptance? Does anyone have any experience or know someone who this happened to? Any knowledge at all would be helpful. Thanks</p>
<p>Also I got this from the CU website but I’d rather have a first hand account. For example If someone was accepted then did really poorly second semester I’d love for you to share your experience.</p>
<p>Will Columbia ever rescind an offer of admission?
If a candidate is offered admission, Columbia reserves the right to withdraw that offer of admission if:</p>
<ol>
<li>The candidate shows a significant drop in academic performance or fails to graduate;</li>
<li>The candidate has misrepresented himself or herself in the application process;</li>
<li>We learn that candidate has engaged in behavior prior to matriculation that indicates a serious lack of judgment or integrity; or</li>
<li>The candidate is holding both a place at Columbia and a place in the first-year class of a college other than Columbia after the May 1 deadline.</li>
</ol>
<p>Columbia further reserves the right to require the applicant to provide
additional information (and/or authorization for the release of
information) about any such matter.</p>
<p>I think you would have to have a HUGE GPA drop (and I’m not talking A-'s and Bs, I’m talking like Cs, Ds, and Fs) OR get into trouble with the law–drugs, suspension, expulsion, the like. It usually takes a lot to get your acceptance rescinded…ie, if you fudged the number of hours a bit on such and such activity on the Common App, colleges aren’t going to check up on every little detail. Once you’re accepted, you’re pretty much accepted :P</p>
<p>…which of course still does not make it okay at all to “fudge the number of hours a bit on such and such activity”. </p>
<p>But, I generally agree with fuzzyfirebunny. No need to freak about grades in the B’s range likely, but D’s, F’s, etc, and legal trouble may get an acceptance taken away.</p>
<p>If you were admitted as an “IB Diploma Candidate” and fail to get your IB diploma (find out in july) is it reason enough to get rescinded?</p>
<p>@NWdivisionCHAMPS:
no, that would not be a reason for rescinding your admission. You stated that you were a “candidate,” not that you will definitely receive the IB diploma. Columbia knows that receiving one is difficult and they will not take away your spot simply because your IB scores weren’t high enough. Don’t worry. Rescinding is based on grades/lying/getting arrested. Have fun in NY Btw!!</p>
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<p>Grades: Cs, Ds, and Fs. MAYBE if you were a straight A student and dropped to all B-'s, but even then I doubt it.</p>
<p>Otherwise: serious trouble with the law, explusion from your high school (depending on the reason), that kind of stuff.</p>
<p>most likely, you are an A student if you were accepted to columbia. an A student has to literally TRY to receive Cs and Ds. if you relax with your studying and if you don’t stress over every little grade like you’ve been doing for the past 3 years, you’ll be fine (you meaning everyone in general). the admissions officers know that accepted students are gonna slack off in some way… i mean who doesn’t? =D</p>
<p>Oh geez, this question is asked severla times each year. You can get more answers and other people’s experiences by doing a search here and else where on the Ivy pages.</p>
<p>^You can certainly get many answers by reading these threads, but I have yet to see anyone conveying an actual experience. The universe of folks who have actually addressed this issue is apparently miniscule. And those folks are not posting on these sites.</p>
<p>I recommend that you not play with fire, and simply continue to do the good work you’ve obviously done already.</p>
<p>I’d only worry if you fail a class or drop to MOSTLY C’s and D’s. Going from all-A’s to all-B’s might raise some flags, but is unlikely to get your acceptance rescinded. I bet ir’s more likely that acceptances are rescinded for disciplinary reasons.</p>
<p>pbr, i read somewhere (maybe not on this forum) that some kid who got in ED was caught cheating on an assignment and ALMOST got rescinded. The reason he wasn’t was because his school chose not to report it to Columbia. (the thread was 10+ pages, btw)</p>
<p>^I think the OP’s question assumes that Columbia is aware of the circumstances raising the issue of rescission. If Columbia is not made aware of the problem, then, of course, rescission will not become an issue. Columbia is made aware, however, of dramatic shifts in course performance.</p>
<p>FWIW, here’s the thread on what Epaminondas is referring to: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/458030-cheating.html?highlight=cheating[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/458030-cheating.html?highlight=cheating</a></p>
<p>hey i also got accepted to a college ED, but i was wondering what would happen if a senior year teacher calls the college and tells them all the bad things about you or… if another student calls and yea…</p>
<p>^why do you worry about that…</p>