<p>I know about the final report you have to send to the college you choose, but will colleges ever see the grades before making a final decision? What if you're waitlisted?</p>
<p>bump 10c har</p>
<p>Yes. Offers of admission are conditional.</p>
<p>But not before receiving a conditional acceptance?</p>
<p>Just fail all of your courses. They won’t care at all!</p>
<p>sarcastic replies are really helpful, thanks</p>
<p>Questions with obvious answers are really helpful, thanks</p>
<p>Since my actual question has yet to be answered, I assume its not that obvious.</p>
<p>Let’s make an absurd assumption here, ok?</p>
<p>I know it sounds crazy, but bear with me. Please?</p>
<p>Ready for it?</p>
<p>Ok, so let’s assume by absurd that time is linear, so that if event A happens before event B, then event B can not possibly have an effect on event A. I know it sounds crazy, but remember we’re imagining a fantasy world where logic doesn’t follow and things make no sense at all! So, and remember I’m just crazy talking here, if colleges make decisions sometime in March/April, and second semester grades come out in May/June, would it maybe - just maybe - be impossible for those grades to influence the original accept/reject decision?</p>
<p>I’m just saying. Remember I’m making some WILD assumptions here.</p>
<p>hahaha.</p>
<p>I had friends apply early and they had to send out first QUARTER grade reports, so I’d imagine the same thing could be done with third quarter.</p>
<p>delete this post</p>
<p>10charasfsf</p>
<p>Say What?</p>
<p>Double punctuation!.</p>
<p>^ newest newb, </p>
<p>Your assumptions aren’t crazy, and they’re even right in a certain sense—but it would be a bad mistake to rely on them. Colleges DO make their “final” admission decisions in March/April, well before final semester HS grades come out; in that sense, the grades can’t possibly affect the decision. But all colleges that I know of are careful to explain, somewhere in the fine print, that they reserve the right to rescind an offer of admission after-the-fact for academic deficiencies or other cause (e.g., committing a major felony or something). And each year, some acceptances to get rescinded because some seniors, infected with senioritis and too clever by half, assume their last semester grades can’t possibly affect college acceptances they already have in hand. Then, since by the time of the rescission they’ve already turned down all other acceptances, they’re suddenly facing an unplanned “gap year” and the unpalatable process of starting the application process from scratch with a bad set of senior year second-semester grades on their hands.</p>
<p>Beware the rescission!</p>
<p>I know about rescinding once you’re actually accepted, I’m more talking about having to send 3rd quarter grades, say if you’re waitlisted. </p>
<p>I’m not talking about failing classes, either. First semester, I fought tooth and nail for an A in a class with a teacher I really disliked, I’m wondering if its okay to relax and get the B. If my top choice saw a B in that class before making a decision, though, it would be bad since I’m borderline already…if that makes sense. I just want to know that my grades as they are now (up to 1st semester senior year) are what colleges will base their decisions off of?</p>
<p>Basically, why do you even want to go on to higher education if “relaxing” academically is something you want in your life?</p>
<p>That’s certainly the thought going through the admissions office.</p>
<p>I don’t particularly feel the need to explain my situation to you, other than that my teacher’s grading method being the idiotic way it is, I feel my English skills will actually DECREASE if I shoot for an A.</p>
<p>I’m certain that no one will base anything off of your third-quarter grades. It’s possible that the schools you are waitlisted at might look (to see if you get off the waitlist) but I’m fairly certain that only the school you turn in a deposit at requires the Final Report w/ 2nd semester grades. (Don’t quote me on this.) I don’t think that one B will be too big of a deal.</p>
<p>I’ve been a high school teacher for 20 some years. Cases where the admission offers have been rescinded are rare. However, I have seen cases where colleges (Ivies including Harvard) rescind their offers because the 2nd semester grades dropped drastically.</p>
<p>Second semester grades matter, but they only affect admission if you’re waitlisted.</p>
<p>Second semester grades matter because your offer of admission can be rescinded if you’ve clearly slacked off.</p>
<p>Third quarter grades are not officially sent to colleges–only end of semester (thus, end of year) grades.</p>