Confused by Official Transcripts language in "After the Match" instructions

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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Hi all, confused mom here, ha ha. My daughter was a finalist who did not match to any of her ranked colleges, so she is proceeding in regular decision. However, though official transcripts were already sent as part of her College Match application, in the “After the Match” application instructions, some of the schools have checked a bot for Official Transcripts that says – update including recent grades. Most colleges have a January 1 Regular Decision deadline.
But THEN all the colleges ask for a QuestBridge Midyear Report, handled by the school counselor, and the instructions for the Counselor say the following:
Please submit this report after the student’s first term grades are available (end of semester or trimester).
Include a transcript that includes the first term grades and includes the coursework in progress

But the Midyear report is not due until Feb. 15. Soooooooo, is the counselor submitting the updated official transcript? If so, that wouldn’t be due until Feb. 15th deadline, whereas the January 1st deadline still seems to stand for “all required materials for regular decision.” And her transcript would not really change until after her first semester is done, in January.

I hope I am making sense. I am so confused!

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So not sure if To clarify, an example would be UVA – they ask for “Official Transcript - update including recent grades” and also ask for the midyear report – but there they specify a February 15th deadline.

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Clicked agree. Same question for my son’s transcripts. Thanks for asking!

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OK, I feel better, went through the individual college application portals with my D, and there, many of them say specifically, Mid-Year Report and Updated Transcript not due until February 15, or whatever their specific date is. So, it does seem like the updated transcript and Mid Year report go hand in hand, and the updated transcripts are NOT due by January 1st. An exception may be if the child’s school is on trimesters and the first trimester is done before January, they may want those first trimester grades by Jan. 1st.

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Thank you!