UNC Chapel Hill rescinds admission of student with 1600 SAT

[tar heel]

You know how all the college acceptance letters say the student still has to continue to perform as he/she has for the rest of high school. Well, a student here in NC learned the hard way that my alma mater -- UNC Chapel Hill -- really meant it. He had a 1600 SAT and good grades, but his senior year grades included an F and a couple Ds. The university received his final grades, and said "no thanks." He tried unsuccessfully to get legal action to let him start classes this week.

I remember how hard it was to concentrate on classes after I had been accepted (plus I was in LOVE and he had been accepted too), but this kid obviously just let his senior year go. I know I'll be reminding my kids about this when they try to slack off senior year.

 

[JoeThaNo1Stunna]

Good thing the kid won't become a tarhole.

 

[bsnyder]

My DS is a senior this year, and I've been reminding him of this type of horror story.

Last week, we went to a senior student/parent information night with the Principal and the College Guidance Counselor at the high school and they reiterated the same message.

Well, hopefully that kid will learn his lesson. He might even turn it into a big advantage. He's obviously very bright, and it's not something that has to ruin his life.

BTW, I did take DS to visit the Chapel-Hill campus this summer. It's as beautiful and impressive as I remembered it (from 20 years ago).

 

[lulubelle]

That is a shame! Young people have so many challenges to face in todays world. The tri-city area there is beautiful. I wish him good luck.

 

[DocRafiki]

And it doesn't end there. My brother lost his full scholarship (including room & board) his first year in college... all for pot and video games. That was in '96 and he still hasn't graduated... sucks to have to work your way through jr college in the hopes of transferring to a 'real' school.

 

[maleficent1959]

That happened to a young woman when I was an advisor at Arizona State. She got her acceptance and scholarship then absolutely bombed her senior year thinking that it didn't matter. I had the pleasure of seeing her and her parents after they received the revocation letter. She ended up going to a community college for a semester and then got readmitted to ASU, but she lost her scholarship permanently. Unlike this young man though, she took responsibility for her decision to blow off her last year of high school.

Colleges acceptances are usually provisional based on senior year performance and can easily be revoked. I imagine there are many students that overlook that condition of the acceptance.

 

[RUDisney]

How does one go from straight A's and a 1600 SAT score to failing grades? Did he just turn in papers with his name on them and nothing else?

I find it mind-boggling that he couldn't fluff through his sr. year and still get at least C's without trying to hard.

I fluffed through my 2nd semester sr. year, too, but I would have been mortified if I didn't get A's and B+'s. I can assure you that my SAT's were not 1600, either.

I agree with another poster who said that he should take responsibility for his actions instead of blaming the school for its policies.

 

[FOJMO]

Originally posted by bsnyder
BTW, I did take DS to visit the Chapel-Hill campus this summer. It's as beautiful and impressive as I remembered it (from 20 years ago).

We also just took our DD (HS Senior this year) to the UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC-Charlotte campuses this past May. Although we like the Chapel Hill campus, we enjoyed so much more the Charlotte campus! More suburban. My DD just applied there. We'll see how it goes. She's also applying to schools here in Florida. But she really wants to go to UNC-Charlotte.

That's too bad about that student. Just goes to show you, SATs don't mean everything!

 

[Snowysmom]

At my son's high school, they tell the kids that you can't slack off after you get accepted to college. The colleges still want to see your final grades. It is too bad that student didn't take senior year seriously. On a proud mom note, my son kept up straight A's all senior year and graduated 5th in his class in June. Now it is on to college.

 

[DocRafiki]

Originally posted by RUDisney

I find it mind-boggling that he couldn't fluff through his sr. year and still get at least C's without trying to hard.

That is so true. You'd have to pretty much TRY to fail to do that. I did most of my homework/studying my senior rear between classes and right before school, and I think the worst I got was one "C."

 

[TIGGERSMOM]

I am just glad this wasn't the policy when I graduated in the 1978.

Got all my acceptances and then had a great time barely passing.

I feel bad for him - maybe he just didn't get it. Hopefully he has learned a lesson. But with a 1600 I am sure he will find another school.

BTW - Jr College is real school. Some people are just not fortunate enough to be able to pay for "real" school. Or just weren't mature enough to realize the importance of school until later. I had a few very good friends start that way and go on to be very sucessful business people and in a couple cases - lawyers and another a Dr. All paid their own way and came out debt free. That to me is much harder and more mature than "real" school.