<p>If I applied Early decision, will my first quarter grades be sent?</p>
<p>I have a similar question. When you send the midyear report for regular decisions, does 2nd marking period grades included in that? In my school, 2nd m.p. ends at late Jan, which is past the deadline (1/1) for most schools.</p>
<p>If the first quarter grades were on the transcript - yes, otherwise - no.</p>
<p>good i dont want them to see it.</p>
<p>I was debating if I should send my 1st Q grades or not too. My grades dropped from straight A's to all A's and a B+ and a B.
I decided to send, and advise you, if your drop is similar to mine, to do the same.
Justification 1: If you don't send them, adcoms are going to know something is up. So why raise the suspicion? The people judging your app read thousands of these things. They've seen the "I only report good" trick countless times. And they might just toss your application under the rug if they think you're hiding screw ups.
Justification 2: When you get into college, you are going to take REAL classes. Not the easy AP BS you take in HS. And you're going to get a few lousy grades. Hiding lousy grades at this point shows that you are weak and insecure of your own intelligence. It also might imply that when you take real classes in college, you will be one of the folks we all pitty who crack when they get a B or two.
I say send. Show you're honest and strong. There. Now I feel fine about sending mine... :P</p>
<p>Now lets see, maybe I can come up with a rebuttal:
None of the Cornell information sites or packets mention anything about sending your 1st quarter grades to the college, it is not required - and maybe for a reason. If you are applying by Regular Decision, your success in the classroom is likely to appear in your transcripts (most of the transcripts include semester grades), or/and in your teacher evaluations. As for ED there is no system implemented to find out the applicant's grades. What would you send them, a report card that you could easily fake, or grades written on the piece of notebook paper? By sending your own grades you are making yourself stand out, because probably not many other applicants send in their grades. I understand that if you have all A in the most rigorous classes, that will go in your favor, but if you are slipping to a 'B' say in some BS class do you expect them to think better of you for having sent in your scores? No, they will probably think you are insane to point out your weakness, and proud of your 'B', so what is the guarantee that you will not be proud of your 'B's in a university? Personally, I think that sending your grades, when it is not required, should not be done by anyone, but only by those that have anything 'promising' to share with Cornell. I still don’t see how not sending your grades is dishonest if it is not required, and even if you think that sharing a ‘B’ with the person reviewing your application is a sign of strength, he/she might not think so. There. Now I feel fine about not sending mine... :P</p>
<p>thats exactly how i feel. </p>
<p>also, i have taken two college courses, one at Cornell, and one at Fordham U, and my current AP classes are just as or if not more challenging</p>
<p>if they ask for 1st quarter grades, your guidance counselor sends them</p>