<p>How heavily are first quarter grades factored into an early admissions decision? My grades, while not atrocious, are hardly stellar.</p>
<p>:/</p>
<p>Most schools don’t get first quarter grades. It’s your transcript from the last three years, and then a mid-year report later.</p>
<p>But if yours are sent in, you can expect them to be a big deal. Unless the college admissions peeps are ‘understanding’. How selective they are and how awesome you otherwise are will be major factors determining whether this is the case.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how heavily weighted they are in an admissions descion. I know for Duke personally, you have to submit them in order to get a descion, but they say that they will review your app without them. If you are applying to a selective school, however, they are often looking for something to distinguish you from another similar applicant, and you don’t want anything such as a bad first quarter to be the ultimate deciding factor.</p>