1st Quarter Senior Grades

I was wondering if my counselor has to send my 1st quarter grades to my EA schools or if I can upload them myself through the application portal.

I didn’t know that early action schools were looking for first quarter grades. Is this something one does voluntarily, or is it required?

Did they request them? If so, didn’t they provide guidance on how to submit them?

If you’re choosing to submit them even though they weren’t requested, I’d have an official transcript sent just to be sure.