<p>If I am unhappy with my academic performance from junior year at my new school, should I wait until the RD round to show improvement? Or, if I am certain that NU is my top choice, should I go ahead and apply ED?</p>
<p>did you try asking an adcom? </p>
<p>depending on just how bad your "academic performance was," i would say the benefits you'd receive from applying ED would outweigh any benefits you might get from one semester of improved grades, but idk, i don't really know anything about it, that would just be my intuition.</p>
<p>Would you recommend then that I call the school and ask their opinion OR since I live nearby, should I go to the school and request to speak to somebody?</p>