Colleges revoking acceptances based on poor senior year grades

There is an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times recently about colleges, particularly those in California, revoking admissions to students who let their senior year grades slide too much.

This isn’t necessarily big news but every year some students just don’t get it that they need to keep their grades up particularly if accepted at a selective college. Colleges don’t like to “unaccept” students, but they will if the student indicates that they don’t have the maturity to continue to get strong grades. If there is something else that has caused a drop in grades, most colleges will look at the explanation before automatically rejecting the student. But don’t take that risk. Continue to work during the senior year so that you don’t have to explain to the college that accepted you why they should continue your acceptance.