Delay in mid-year reports

Applying to College
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<p>Hey there, </p>

<p>My school (in Europe) is on a weird academic timeline whereby our semester ends next week, meaning that Mid-Year reports won't be received by my colleges until mid-February. Do I need to contact each school individually to notify them of this delay?</p>

<p>I've applied to the following schools:</p>

<p>Claremont McKenna
Tufts
Stanford
George Washington
Wellesley
Brown
Scripps
Northwestern
Penn</p>

<p>Preferably, I'd like to not send the mid-years at all! I did horribly mad on a practice exam (I'm doing the IB) for one class and my teacher has decided to base our grades just off of that one test, even though I have had A's in the class for 1 and a half years. Lovely.</p>

<p>Is there a way to...ahem...get out of sending the mid-years? My counselor DID send an updated progress report at the very end of November with all grades up until then.</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>It is my understanding that the majority of the schools on your list require a midyear report in order to consider your application complete. If I were you, I might have the counselor who is to send these things comment on why your score in that one class might not be reflective of your true achievement or effort.</p>

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<p>Ah...already tried that one. She's a nice lady, but VERY strict, and she basically said "too bad". I don't know what to make of it...</p>

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<p>Argh, need more info. Bump.</p>

<p>I've heard that a few colleges require mid-years only if your school is on a US-based system. Mine isn't (we're on a weird European thing with IB). Could this be something? If you haven't noticed I'm trying to find any way possible to NOT SEND ANYTHING IN haha.</p>