Ouch. The University of Washington is letting high school seniors that there are already enough slackers taking up space on the Ave. This summer, the transcript police took a close look at the grades of incoming freshman and decided that nearly a half dozen of them really didn’t make the cut and that 180 more needed a firm slap on the wrist:

The two dozen extra staff employed by the UW to handle the increased workload have also been able to more carefully review final transcripts.

Ballinger said the rescinded students fell into three main categories. There were those whose grades plummeted from A’s and B’s down to C’s, D’s and F’s. There were those who failed a required course such as math. And there were those who listed challenging senior courses on their applications but then dropped those courses or failed to complete them. [times]

This news is especially timely as current high school seniors start the process of prettying up their records to make a case to admissions committees across the country: construct your spring schedules accordingly. Don’t sign up for underwater basketweaving if you don’t plan to put in the work!