Rescinded at Dartmouth

Consolation
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:58:53 +0000

I think people are being too harsh here. If I submitted a drop request and the class disappeared from my PowerSchool screen, I would assume that the administration had dropped me from the class. As for checking the transcript, I don’t know how many kids even SEE their final transcript. It is sent directly to the college. I don’t recall my kid ever seeing his final transcript.

The screw up here appears to be totally on the part of the administration of the HS. (Perhaps some kind of dual enrollment situation contributed to it…) Anyway, when the GC’c office discovered that THEY had screwed up–and he had the proof of the drop request–it was THEIR job to notify D of the error on the transcript and send a corrected one.

On the other hand, I find it strange that D would have not responded to an appeal if the school came through with this information. That makes me wonder if there was some other factor involved. I do not believe that D would rescind a student just for dropping a class.

@notatdart, I do not agree with those who tell you not to reapply. Clearly, they found you sufficiently appealing to accept you in the first pace. If the facts are as you have stated them here, and if you submit an ED application that includes a clear and convincing explanation of what happened, bolstered by a letter from the GC, I would think you have a chance of acceptance.

Letting some strangers on the internet tell you to give up is foolish. None of us is on the admissions committee.

Of course, you should also prepare applications for other schools, and not pin all your hopes on D.