How important is Midterm School Report???

Applying to College
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<p>I applied early to a really prestigious school and I was deferred. During all of my high school year, I've been 7 in my school of 600 until the last semester of junior year, when I dropped to 12. :( First semester of senior year, I took all AP classes and an additional online AP class. My grades dropped and were mostly B's unweighted. My rank dropped to 20 something. I was wondering how much this would affect my chance at the school and maybe other top colleges. I'm afraid it would seem like a downward trend to adcoms... so how important is the midterm report?</p>

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<p>please help! i would really appreciate it</p>

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<p>for prestigious schools, a drop like that might hurt a bit.... but the fact that they were ALL APs should minimize the damage</p>

<p>I would say little effect overall</p>

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<p>thanks so much tapedDuck :D</p>

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<p>What if I have 90+ in all classes except a 75 in Calculus ?
Classes include 4 APs out of a possible 7</p>

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<p>If you're applying to Tech schools (MIT/Caltech), thats bad, for other colleges 1 C and the rest As will do a little damage, but again nothing too big</p>

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I'm afraid it would seem like a downward trend to adcoms... so how important is the midterm report?

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I was always under the impression that senior year midterm grades were to make sure you didn't go crazy and start failing every class. If it's a big deal, colleges will notify you asking for a reason. I remember Stanford doing that, and even big, bad prestigious colleges understand a little slacking. ;)

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What if I have 90+ in all classes except a 75 in Calculus ?

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Hijacking a thread isn't very nice, danhernan ;). </p>

<p>Cheers,
Alex</p>

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<p>
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MaLtBuBbLeTeA

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<em>is about to log off CC but notices SN</em></p>

<p>I LOVE MALT BUBBLE TEA.</p>

<p>Cheers,
Alex</p>

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<p>haha Alex me too! tx for all the responses, i feel a little less stressed now... Stanford asks you what's wrong?... weird, Stanford is the school i was talking about getting deferred from :(</p>

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<p>bump............</p>

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<p>bump, I want to know</p>