<p>Since ED/EA is before first term senior year ends, do colleges you need to submit midterm grades from your teachers or is it based entirely on freshman, sophomore, and junior year's grades?</p>
<p>You would submit interim semester grades even if they are not official. Colleges would also want to know what kind of courses you are taking senior year. Your senior courses and grades are very important even if you are applying to EA/ED. There are many seniors on this board right now that have been waitlisted/rejected by their EA/ED schools, then waitlisted at their top choices during RD. They need to keep up their senior grades to get off waitlists or for transfers later.</p>
<p>Some schools will ask ED applicants to submit first quarter grades - some do this up front (Duke, I think?) and others will call the high school and ask for the grades.</p>
<p>If you do well in the first quarter, it's a good idea to proactively send the grades to your ED/EA school.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. I'm planning to work incredibly hard and get straight As first term senior year (which is near impossible at my school), so this is good.</p>
<p>Haha.</p>
<p>Doesn't everyone "plan" to get straight A's?</p>
<p>Ha, yeah, of course. My plan (which I've just instituted a couple days ago) is to not allow myself to relax for more than a little while until my homework is completely finished on any day. This prevents me from procrastinating to the point where I'm until 3 doing work, and then so dead tired the next day that I "just get it done" instead of actually putting effort into my work. Basically, I'm pretty sure I can do it if I get rid of a couple awful habits of mine. That's the plan, but who knows. Wish me luck.</p>
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<p>oh so that's the secret to ending procrastination - to just not procrastinate</p>
<p>i wish i'd known that sooner :p</p>
<p>It sounds retarded, but it actually seems to work. "Don't think about it, just do it" is a pretty good way to motivate yourself to do something, because once you get going it's much easier to keep working than it is to start working in the first place. I exercise everyday outside of sports just to stay in good shape, and the ONLY way I can force myself to do it is to just do it without actually considering whether I want to or not.</p>