<p>So basically, I have maxed out my 2.00 possible credits from AP testing for Wesleyan.</p>
<p>I told my English teacher this, yet if I don’t take the AP Literature test, my teacher is going to change the label on my transcript to regular English, even though I will remain in the AP Lit class. I called admissions to try to get advice, and they said they won’t rescind it, but then redirected me to the assistant dean and told me to leave a message.</p>
<p>I feel like</p>
<li><p>They’re going to pull my acceptance because it looks like I dropped out of one of my hard classes.</p></li>
<li><p>They’re going to pull my acceptance because I sounded like an idiot because I was so nervous when I was leaving the assistant dean a message.</p></li>
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<p>1) They really probably won’t rescind your acceptance. Really. I wouldn’t stress over it.</p>
<p>2) There’s no harm taking more AP tests than credits; it always can help you place into a higher level class. For example, you might really want to get into a fascinating Russian Lit class (ie. Doubles in Literature, a first year seminar), but the class is almost full. You talk to the teacher and use the fact that you did well on the AP Literature test to your advantage to show how much you would get out of this class… or something. Since Wesleyan is a small school, things are very personalized, and even if you won’t get an extra “credit” for having taken an AP test, it’s still not completely useless. Plus, there’s no pressure on you to do really well on the AP test, so you wouldn’t need to stress about it - apart from the money issue, there’s no real reason NOT to just take it, if I understand your situation correctly :D</p>
<p>3) Your nervousness was probably endearing :P</p>
<p>Do they rescind for slacking off a bit with grades? Let’s say I was an A/A- student the first 7 semesters of high school and my final semester I got B’s or even a C or two. Any insight to what’s safe and what’s not?</p>
<p>I was accepted EDI and am just wondering because I find school to be really boring now.</p>
<p>Last year, I dropped AP calculus halfway through the year because I had already gotten into Wesleyan and had two AP credits. Nothing happened to me at all, don’t freak out about it. </p>
<p>And don’t bother doing that extra AP if you don’t feel like it. It’s pretty unlikely that any prof would ever care what you got on an English AP, since so many other people take them. Maybe if it were a really obscure subject, it would help you get into a class, but otherwise, I wouldn’t waste your time or money on it. </p>
<p>I don’t know what your other two APs are in, but you might want to check out this website: <a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/Adv.Placement.html[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/Adv.Placement.html</a> , which tells you what each department will give you for each score. Maybe doing the English would be to your advantage because it’s an automatic credit, rather than something else that requires you to take a class in the department and get a certain grade in order to get that credit.</p>
<p>Oh, and they send out cautionary letters to all ED kids pretty soon, telling you that your last semester of high school is important, and not to slack off, but it’s pretty much just to scare you. I’ll admit, though, that I don’t know how far you can slide before it starts to be an actual issue. My sense is that it’d have to be really bad, but like I said, I don’t have the inside word on this.</p>
<p>If your grades drop really precipitously, you may have to write a letter of explanation which will go to your faculty advisor before you start school and if it’s exceptionally bad you might start on academic probation. Being rescinded usually is reserved for people who failed classes or failed to graduate. Since HS is likely much easier than anything you’ll take at Wesleyan, you may as well not slack off.</p>
<p>BTW, to the OP, if you talk to admissions and okay the switch first it’ll probably be fine… but don’t take my word for it.</p>
<p>Just a cautionary note: I know a couple of students going to Emerson and NYU now who are both trying to transfer to other schools. The new colleges are looking at their “soft” senior year classes/grades. Those students are advising others to retain the rigor the last half of senior year cuz you never know what might happen.</p>