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It's the end of your high school career.
You have great plans for next year and are ready to move on to a new life in the fall.
Right now, the prom is coming, there are tennis tournaments and track meets, class night,
chorus and band concerts, and senior skip day.
Who wants to do any more homework or take any more tests? You do!
You've worked hard through your four years of high school
and now is not the time to ruin your record by developing a case of "senioritis."
Your final high school transcript needs to be sent to the college of your choice
as the conclusion to your application process. If your academic performance radically declines,
a college might require you make up courses or, in extreme cases, rescind your offer of admission.
Have some fun these last weeks of school,
but continue to complete your assignments and contribute in your classes
so that you will graduate with a high school transcript that reflects
your ability and diligence. Finish Strong!
Dr. Heather Ricker-Gilbert, of CollegeGateways, is an educational
consultant specializing in college and graduate school admissions.
Heather has had an extensive career as a faculty member, administrator,
and student advisor at Penn State University, the University of
Connecticut and Manchester Community College. For more information go
to: www.collegegateways.com
collegegateways@comcast.net
It's springtime and your college acceptance letter hangs in a place of honor.
Prom and graduation are coming up soon,
and homework and finals have sunk to the bottom of your priority list.
Take care, Seniors, for danger and disappointment lurk
in every undone assignment and carelessly written exam.
Colleges believe that you will be the same type of student
in college that you are in high school so, if your grades slip,
they may begin to rethink their decision to admit you.
Your teachers have warned you that colleges have
the right to rescind their offer of acceptance.
However, unless you know someone who has suffered this fate you might find it hard
to believe that any college would be so cruel.
Trust me. While rare, it does happen.
Here are some other things that colleges can do to students
whose senior year grades slip below the level at which they were accepted:
- deny admission
- defer admission until the student completes a year or semester at another college
- rescind financial aid
- put the student on academic probation
- require the student to repeat a course in summer school
- require the student to defend, in writing or in person, his acceptance
- require the student to meet weekly with the dean or academic advisor
- require the student to submit a 10-page research paper - in two weeks
None of these options is a good way to begin college.
Don't let it happen to you.
Even if your grades do not put you in danger of losing your spot in next year's freshman class,
you'll cheat yourself out of valuable learning opportunities if you slack off now.
Brains work like muscles. The longer you let them rest,
the harder it is to get them back in shape.
Slack off too much now and fall classes will feel like mini-marathons.
Finish school with the same enthusiasm and dedication
that earned you strong grades all year and you'll be ready
for a successful start to your college career.
Joan Bress is a Certified Educational Planner and Director of College Resource Associates.
Please visit her website: www.CollegeResourceAssoc.com
The views expressed herein are those of their authors alone, and do not necessarily represent the views of Hundreds of Heads or of IECA.
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DO NOT LET YOUR GRADES SLIP SENIOR YEAR!
I totally slacked off and must have dropped three or four places in class rank.
Not only did it cost me the opportunity to be in the top two of the class,
but I was wait-listed at my first-choice college and I believe that my grades
would eventually have caused me to be denied.
I also think that the drop in grades cost me several scholarships.
-- SHEILA CRAWFORD
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
SENIORITIS: I HAD IT BAD.
After I got into Stanford, it was so hard to concentrate on classes
because I kept picturing sunny California with palm trees lining the streets.
Luckily, teachers were sympathetic as the year ended.
I normally wouldn't advocate playing hooky, but for graduating seniors already accepted to college,
I'd say reward yourself by "being sick" a couple times so you get to sleep late.
Once college hits, you'll wish you had slept more in high school.
-- KATHERINE BELL
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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