Early Action and Senior year transcripts

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@Lagging

Generally they will determine whether or not to admit you without access to your first semester grades and certainly without access to second semester ones.

If I submitted my application earlier, would it be reviewed earlier, thus reducing the odds of my 1st semester grades being considered?

it’s better to have a challenging course load you can do well with than a light course load guaranteeing you all As.

If you consider “well” high B’s, then yes, I foresee myself doing very well next semester with lots of work. However, in order to do excellently (straight A’s) then I foresee myself going into shut-in mode. I want to avoid the latter situation.

And of course the advice to not slack too much even once admitted stands because no one likes stressing over risk of being rescinded.

You haven’t met me, but I’m one of those people who can spend hours on Wikipedia. If given the chance to not solely focus on number grades, I would enjoy the material, and focus on concepts instead of brute memorization.