<p>For those that applied ED, does Columbia want you to send them the first marking period grades? I looked on the tracking site and didn't see that being one of the requirements. </p>
<p>Yes, you need to send your first-quarter grades to the Admissions Office as soon as they are ready. This is listed in the FAQ section of the Columbia Admissions website.</p>
<p>I inquired the Department of Admissions about this, and they told me that I must send my grades in. You can do it by mail or send them to <a href=“mailto:ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu”>ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu</a> (what I did).</p>
<p>If they’re good, they should help your application 
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<p>what if your school only does grades by semester?</p>
<p>@flareblitz13
You should probably call the admission office about that. </p>
<p>I am still waiting for the grades for one of my online courses so I think I need to wait until that comes in before I have the school send. At this point, my senior grades aren’t stellar so it wouldn’t help. I had some really hard teachers and I got sick for a couple of weeks that really brought my grades down. I know Columbia looks for all A’s but when I look at some of the college tracker, I do see they take some gpa’s that are in the lower range. Are these just the legacies, URM or athletes?</p>
<p>@hanobal
Well, your 4 essays, teacher recommendations, and ECs are also highly important. Being legacy/URM/an athlete certainly helps, but it’s not everything. If you look at “results” threads on CC, you will see many people who are URM or legacy who have also been rejected/deferred. </p>