<p>I just got this E-mail:
Dear John,
Thank you for forwarding me your letter. Unfortunately, based on your senior year grades, your offer of admission is in jeopardy of being rescinded. Our Admissions Committee is meeting Wednesday, July 23 to consider appeals for admission. If you’d like to have an appeal considered, you must email a statement to <a href=“mailto:admsofficer@admin.fsu.edu”>admsofficer@admin.fsu.edu</a> no later than next Wednesday, June 25. The subject line should read “Appeal” and it should be addressed to the attention of the Admissions Committee. In the event that the Committee does decide to rescind your offer of admission, you need to be sure to have a back-up plan for college in place. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Amelia Mann</p>
<p>I don’t know what to do? How close am I to getting rescinded? Will I be able to appeal, or is it nearly impossible? Please give me any tips for this letter. Senoritis caused me to get 3 D’s and an F on my final semester. Help</p>
<p>wow. I’d be making a phone call asap!</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Ouch…
I highly doubt that your appeal will be successful, but it’s worth a shot.<br>
Why did you let your grades slip so much? I had senioritis as well (I decided to not go to school for the last 3.5 weeks of class) and still ended up with AAABCAA (3.57 GPA). Please see the other thread about the possibility of the TCC -> FSU transfer option. I would go ahead an write a letter anyway to compliment the appeal. Good luck!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/525714-tcc-fsu-program.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/525714-tcc-fsu-program.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/525469-rescinded.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/525469-rescinded.html</a></p>
<p>Senioritis didn’t cause you to do anything. Take some responsibility for yourself. You can learn a lot from the way people phrase things.</p>
<p>Good luck…you don’t deserve to get in though…maybe after some time growing up at a CC</p>
<p>edit…I know I’m being mean…and I’m sorry. I’m thinking of that person on the FSU waitlist who’s about to get a call that he (or she) got into his (or her) dream school and I can’t find much sympathy. Do yourself a favor and think about this in the long term. This is a chance to better yourself as a person. Overcome adversity and you will be stronger than ever. Try your best at TCC, if that’s how you want to go about this assuming rescission. If you do happen to stay accepted to FSU, just remember how bad this feels and make sure it doesn’t happen again.</p>
<p>Amelia Mann was the admission officer that called me and told me I had been rescinded. She had given me my options: try another school, be put on “academic probation” essentially, or try to appeal it. By academic probation she meant one semester at a community college, and if I hold all A’s and B’s, I can join FSU in the spring as a student. Which isn’t awful, but I had my heart set on FSU. I made plans and decisions based around FSU. I got in to other universities…but now that it’s so late in the game, I can’t go them (not that I would really want to-- Florida State was perfect for me).</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s fair to say that those rescinded, or in your case in danger of being rescinded, don’t “deserve” to go to the university. We all worked hard to get into college, and in some students cases things happen to make them loose focus. Mistakes were and will be made. It happens. But to be kicked out of the university before you are given a chance to prove them wrong–it changes your whole life.</p>
<p>In your situation I would call Ms. Mann personally (850-644-1270). Ask her how likely you are to being rescinded, what your options are, how to go about appealing the decision. It would really suck if at the end of July you find out your acceptance was rescinded and you haven’t made alternative plans elsewhere or at a community college. I wish you better luck than I had, and let us know what happens.</p>
<p>I agree with ABCB7099. I am sympathetic to the pain this ego hammer this must be, but some student on the wait list is just dying for a chance to enter as a freshman. </p>
<p>I cannot say how many times I have written here and spoken to hopeful applicants that they should NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE COMPETITION to being admitted to FSU (and UF, for that matter).</p>
<p>As a state school, FSU is perhaps more accessible in terms of financial concerns but it strongly tends to be a (performance) meritocracy and can be much less sympathetic if you don’t perform. My younger daughter was in the top 30 of her nearly 500 member high school class, had multiple AP courses (including calculus AB) dual enrollment courses and scads of honors courses. Yet, during the final admissions review by FSU in the summer before her first Fall semester (like above) we had to run (literally) to the local community college to officially transfer each dual-enrollment credit; the recitation on the official high school transcript of the DE course work was not enough for FSU’s admissions standards (whew!).</p>
<p>Having said that, as an FSU graduate, I will also add that just getting in is only the start of the effort. Once admitted, you must then focus on getting out, which is no cake-walk either. If you think you’re going to major in psychology, for example, and walk out into a nice job, I suggest you reconsider. Educate yourself on what sells in the market, then prepare accordingly. However, always follow your passions - if you think physics sells, ensure you love physics otherwise you’ll not survive the academic work.</p>
<p>It can be one of the most enjoyable times of your life if you think all things through and construct a sensible plan. :)</p>
<p>I think the option for academic probation at community college for one semester is very generous of FSU considering the extremely competitive admission environment due to financial cutbacks. </p>
<p>If you really are serious about getting a college education at FSU, you will work very hard to achieve the grades necessary for transfer in the Spring. This definitely sounds like a wonderful second chance and I would take the opportunity and run with it.</p>
<p>ditto cybermom’s advice!!! and for those of you who heard curtis zimmerman remember you learn more from failures…TCC would allow you to be in Tallahassee go to games etc…Take adv of and make the most of this second chance being extended to you!!!</p>