1/1 is the deadline of commom app submission. I filled in common app with GPA 4.88, rank 5, top 1% ranking based on transcript as of 12/20/16. However, I just noticed that with first senior semester year grade in, my GPA dropped to 4.83, rank 13, top 1.5%. I worried that this drop may cause significant negative impact on my application to my dream school Stanford. My question is, in my common app, should I use my GPA and Ranking as of 12/20/16, or I have to update comm app with most recent transcript?
At our HS, the gpa is frozen after Junior year. That is what you report, but guidance is very clear with us on that. We do not rank. Since you cannot ask guidance at this point, maybe ask someone from your school who is older than you what they did or what the school policy is.