Senioritis and College Admission

Senioritis and College Admission March 30, 2012 Dont participate in senior pranks. Do you really want to run the risk of having your college admissions decisions revoked? Photo credit: John Phelan. Ivy Coach was quoted in an article by Lois Lee in The Daily Pennsylvanian on the topic of senioritis and college admission. If youre not already familiar with the term senioritis, its what high school seniors do after theyve already gotten admitted to college. For Early Decision or Early Action applicants, this can happen as early as December. For Regular Decision applicants who are still awaiting word of their college decisions, this can start around nowat the end of March. Its when they start slacking off, relaxing, and maybe even getting into some trouble. We urge all of our students to keep up their grades and to stay out of trouble. Every year, college admissions decisions are rescinded but were happy to report that this has never happened to one of our students. Is it ok for a formerly straight A student to get a B in AP Physics after receiving an Early Decision admit letter from the University of Pennsylvania? Yes. Dont worry about that. Penn isnt going to rescind your acceptance because you got your first B. But what if you start failing AP Physics? Then, you might well get a letter in the mail or an email from Dean of Admissions Eric Furda asking you to explain your circumstances. Often in these cases, the admissions office learns about family troubles or psychological disordersstuff that may not have been disclosed previously on the college application. In certain circumstances, the admissions office may mandate that the student takes a gap year (a year between high school and college) to deal with whatever issues are troubling him/her. Maybe the student needs a year to mature. Dont put yourself in this position. Keep your grades up. Stay out of trouble. Dont go out partying. And dont participate in senior pranks and get suspended from your school. As we stated in the article, a lot of that trouble happens in June when schools almost out for summer. But you can still get in trouble over the summer so dont go crazy then either! Check out this newsletter on senioritis and college admissions.