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How much can I screw up my last semester?

Post by asdfdsa » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:03 pm

How poorly would I have to do in my last semester to lose an offer from a school? I've made straight A's all of college, so if I were to make some B's this semester, would it be possible that some schools would rescind their offers?

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Re: How much can I screw up my last semester?

Post by thevuch » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:07 pm

youre crazy bro

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Re: How much can I screw up my last semester?

Post by Mack.Hambleton » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:24 pm

what schools care about in general is the GPA they will have to report, and they already have that. So just don't fail out and you should be good

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Re: How much can I screw up my last semester?

Post by McAvoy » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:30 pm

You put in all the effort to get straight As, why stop now?

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Re: How much can I screw up my last semester?

Post by drawstring » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:23 pm

Dat motivation wanes.

I just got a B+ on a book review; a few years ago I would've been distraught but now it's meh. OP, it generally seems like people have still matriculated even when their GPA fell significantly (apparently it's very hard to rescind an offer of admission), but it may vary based on how your numbers compare to the median or other factors. Just try not to bomb it too badly.

I think Spivey may have also answered this question in his thread.

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Re: How much can I screw up my last semester?

Post by ms9 » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:15 pm

asdfdsa wrote:How poorly would I have to do in my last semester to lose an offer from a school? I've made straight A's all of college, so if I were to make some B's this semester, would it be possible that some schools would rescind their offers?
You would likely have to really, really screw up. I think having a beer or playing Call of Duty is warranted -- congrats on the 4.0 and getting the law school admit you wanted!

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