How heavily do schools consider the Mid-Term Report?

<p>Especially compared to your first semester's transcript? I'm just a bit afraid that my GPA won't be as high as the fall because I'm taking harder classes and I tend to do better during the second half of the semester, so my Mid-Term for the spring won't accurately reflect how well I can actually do in classes.</p>

<p>Some schools require the mid-term report and some actually don’t. To be honest, I don’t know how heavily they consider the mid-term report. But I think that as long as your grades are not that different from your average, it’s fine. And obviously, if you are maintaing that GPA or showing a upward trend, that’s even better.</p>