Yup -- that's a good sign (and, clearly, the school saw it that way as well!)

I'm mostly just happy because HE took the initiative to email himself. I actually didn't know he did it until he told me.

Oops, didn't see follow up before I posted! Great news.

In case it isn't clear (and it might not be given my inconsistent use of pronouns!), I think that the parent's role here is to hold the kid responsible for fixing the problem and to talk through alternatives. Kid has to implement. Parent can stay on kid until kid does the needful and parent can veto certain approaches, but parent shouldn't be the one appealing to either HS or college officials. That's the kid's job.

Whew, crisis averted. OP here, and DS just received an email from his admissions counselor. He said, "At what point do you rescind offers?", they said back "As long as you don't have anything below a C, you're good," he said, "Well, I may fail this class, is my offer of admission in jeopardy?" and they said, something along the lines of thank you for being proactive about the situation, you may be followed up with a letter this summer asking to explain what happened but your admission is not in jeopardy.

Anonymous wrote:Is the class required to graduate from high school?

If not - - the college will decide. It is out of your hands. It is not on your plate. The college may rescind admission/or they may not.

This is the time to disengage

Wow -- this does not strike me as the time to disengage. This strikes me as a high-stakes teachable moment wrt to problem-solving skills. Talk your kid through it. First -- how not to fail. Secondly, how to do damage control if you do fail. What options are available once it's pretty clear that you will fail but will also graduate? Talk to the college about alternatives to outright rescinding the offer -- e.g. remedial work (over the summer or in the fall) and/or academic probation or deferred admission with strict conditions that need to be met to claim the spot a year later. And/or figure out if another college would be willing to let you enroll this coming fall and whether that's preferable to another round of applications next year. If not, what has to happen in the gap year to make you a more rather than a less attractive candidate than you were this year?

"Shit happens" or "you screwed up, now you must pay the price, whatever it is" don't strike me as good lessons here. How to recover (and to limit the damage done) when you eff up are important life skills. And HS graduation doesn't mean your parenting job is over.

Anonymous wrote:No worries, OP. DS got 3 Fs for the fourth quarter and not a single college rescinded admission.

I doubt those three colleges were top 25....perhaps even top 50.

No worries, OP. DS got 3 Fs for the fourth quarter and not a single college rescinded admission.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, already admitted and deposit submitted into a college. Well, the class is pre-calculus and he doesn't need it to graduate (already has required three credits of math, plus an extra credit from AP Stats, plus the half credit from the first semester which he passed) so for high school it doesn't really matter but nervous about the offer of admission being rescinded.

He can take it over summerr school.

No, he can't.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, already admitted and deposit submitted into a college. Well, the class is pre-calculus and he doesn't need it to graduate (already has required three credits of math, plus an extra credit from AP Stats, plus the half credit from the first semester which he passed) so for high school it doesn't really matter but nervous about the offer of admission being rescinded.

He can take it over summerr school.

Good it's not required for HS graduation.
My guess is he will pass with some variation of a D (since he passed 1st semester)

Is the class required to graduate from high school?

If not - - the college will decide. It is out of your hands. It is not on your plate. The college may rescind admission/or they may not.

This is the time to disengage

Yes, already admitted and deposit submitted into a college. Well, the class is pre-calculus and he doesn't need it to graduate (already has required three credits of math, plus an extra credit from AP Stats, plus the half credit from the first semester which he passed) so for high school it doesn't really matter but nervous about the offer of admission being rescinded.

That sucks. We've got a nephew who may be in the same situation.

Is you SR already admitted to a college? If so, will the offer be retracted or is it just a make it up in summer school scenario?

Um, yeah. Will probably stay an F.