Rescind Admission?

sk8rmom
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:14:46 +0000

Moreover, they know at Buffalo–and you or your guidance counselor could remind them in a letter–that although high school starts before 8:00 a.m. (or at least, it does in a lot of places), college doesn’t have to, so you’re unlikely to have exactly this problem as an undergraduate.



I wouldn’t be too sure of that, based on my kid’s schedule over the last 3 years…it depends on the intended major and pre-reqs! There hasn’t been a single semester when mine didn’t have a class before 9 am, and several began at 7:30. Anyway, the advisor/prof may be sympathetic but UB isn’t going to alter schedules or offer an additional section because someone has a medical condition.

Honestly, if you feel that your level of accomplishment is very low, why do you want to go to a school like UB where you’d be in the bottom 10% of accepted students? I don’t know what you’re taking now as a senior and don’t mean that you’re not capable of doing better work, but there’s so little time to catch up and some of the intro classes are graded on a curve. Frankly, I’d worry about what would happen if you couldn’t maintain the required gpa or had to drop required classes (some are impacted, so you would only be able to take them again during a summer session) due to your medical condition.