<p>A few of the places I am applying to for transfer admission require midterm reports. Their deadlines are mostly March 1st. While I will have completed three midterms by then, two of my grades would have to be based solely on assignments. Do I have to ask my professors to fill it out soon and mail it before March 1st?</p>
<p>While your transcript is due by the deadline, it’s reasonable that the midterm report is due later (like the midyear for fr admits). I doubt Adcoms are going to start looking at transfer apps until fr admissions are finished at the end of March. Try emailing/calling schools and ask them when they want to see them.</p>
<p>Do you think adcoms hold the midterm report to a hard-and-fast deadline? March 1 (in reality, more like last week of February to allow time to collect grades from professors) is basically 1 midterm grade and that’s it. So your grades could be quite unstable (as in, one bombed test and there goes your “midterm GPA”. Also, there’s the complication of your class being a class that is curved at the END of the semester so your “midterm grade” might be deflated.</p>