Consequences of Slacking in Senior Year

If youre a senior then you have probably applied to universities, and most likely received
admission offers already. Congratulations, but thats not the end of it. While any university might
offer you admission based on your grade 11 transcript, they still receive a copy of your grade 12
(senior year) transcript at the end of year, and they do look at it, and this might have drastic
effects on your acceptance.
Below is a collection of information about the issue of revoking admission based on the
performance in the senior year:

USA Today, May 2009:
"Senioritis" skipping class, missing tests, attending parties instead of athletic practice,
and generally slacking off at the end of the last year of high school is practically a rite
of spring. But this year there may be serious consequences including having college
acceptance withdrawn for those who don't finish with a strong academic record.

The Seattle times, October 2006:
The University of Washington is systematically revoking the admission of high-school
students who slack off during their senior year.
Over the summer, after reviewing final high-school transcripts, the UW rescinded 23
offers of admission to students who had been accepted in the spring. And by the time
classes began last week, an additional 180 freshmen had received stern letters rebuking
them for the "significant downturn" in their academic performance.


The 2009 State of College Admission Report:
During the fall 2008 admission cycle, 21 percent of colleges reported that they had
revoked an admission offer. The most common reasons that colleges indicated for
rescinding admission offers were final grades (65 percent) and disciplinary issues (35
percent).

Los Angeles Times, June 2007:
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has begun to send out letters
informing some students that their "academic record no longer meets the standards
for admission." So the coveted acceptances to the freshman class, celebrated just
months ago, are withdrawn.
"If it is a case of [a student] deciding that 12th grade was a time for merriment, it is
hard to cut those kids some slack in these competitive times," says Barmak Nassirian,
associate executive director of the American Assn. of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers. "Schools are becoming more stern about that than they were in
the past," he said.

University of Michigan:
The University of Michigan expects all aspects of your academic performance and
conduct in your senior year to be consistent with the record you presented upon
admission. Any significant decline in your academic performance may be cause for
revoking admission. It is also important that you maintain high standards of behavior
and conduct. Misconduct that occurs or comes to light after your admission, such as
disciplinary action at your high school/college that leads to suspension or expulsion,
criminal charges or convictions, or other serious behavioral incidents may be cause
for revoking admission.

The New York Times, May 2009:
A word of warning to those high school seniors celebrating the end of the whole
college admissions process: Not so fast.
Yes, the choice is made, and the deposit is paid. But theres one more hurdle
namely, finishing senior year with grades that bear some resemblance to the ones
that won the admissions offer.
Somewhere in all those college letters, after the congratulations part, is a sentence
to the effect that admission is conditional upon the student completing high school
with the same academic and personal achievement on which the offer is based.
And they mean it. Each year, colleges rescind offers to students whose grades
plummeted after they were admitted.