rescind admission???

markopolo
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:02:13 +0000

It’s considered good practice to maintain a decent GPA all the way through senior year. Why jeopardize your admission to Binghamton University because you “didn’t feel like working” for a few more months? Freshman year will be extremely busy, and being lazy doesn’t help prepare you for anything.

At my school our finals week was in the last 5 school days. I had a Computer Science project due at 11:59PM on the final day of class.

If you are in fear of having your admissions decision rescinded, I think it’s a good idea to immediately get in touch with admissions. It is better to be proactive; write a letter explaining the circumstances BEFORE they receive your final transcript. However, don’t say anything stupid such as “I was lazy and didn’t feel like working anymore”, or anything that would make them MORE likely to scrutinize your transcript. Once they make a decision to rescind your decision, it is extremely unlikely that they will reverse the decision. At that point your only choice would be to attend a community college for a year, as you would NOT find out about a rescinded decision until AUGUST. High schools often take a long time to send final transcripts, and it takes the University a long time to review them.

Don’t panic too much, though. I don’t personally think they’d rescind your decision over one “D”. This is in no way a guarantee though.

[CALIFORNIA / Colleges crack down on taking freshmen with ‘senioritis’](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/10/BAGL9LLT7J1.DTL)
[This year, ‘senioritis’ may have dire consequences - USATODAY.com](http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-05-06-senioritis-college_N.htm)

Good luck! :)