Mid year reports

Parents Forum
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<p>Are mid year grade reports required? My daughters schools guidance staff is so slow I'm afriad they may never send them.</p>

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<p>It depends on the college - best to check each one individually. All of my son's RD schools require them.</p>

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<p>I called the school my D was admitted to ED to check if they needed a midyear report, although I thought the answer would be "no". They said she should have it sent, which sort of doesnt make sense because she is already in, and they will be getting her final transcript when she graduates. Oh well, it isn't too much trouble to have it sent but it seems kind of unnecessary.</p>

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<p>We've been told that if the college doesn't specifically state that they require the midyears, they will ask for what they want.</p>

<p>My son just pulled off the most amazing report card of his HS career...it figures...nobody will see it! :) He's pretty thrilled, though.</p>

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<p>Motheroftwo,</p>

<p>Remember that pretty much all acceptances (even ED) are conditional, based on the student's continued performance . Many students make the mistake of believing that becasue they have already been admitted , that they can pretty much blow off school (even though it may not be the case with your child).</p>

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<p>sybbie719 - I am not saying this to brag (and I know you said that you didn't mean to imply my child was slacking off), but although it was not always the case in Grades 9-11 for my D, she has received only A's this year for the first two marking periods in 5 academic subjects, 2 electives, and gym. Her class rank has actually risen since the beginning of the year, even though a few other kids are taking more AP courses than she is. My point is, she is already accepted, so the midyear grades won't be used for THAT decision. She is required to send a final transcript at graduation, so if she slacks off, she could have her admittance rescinded then. The only thing that I didn't think of when I posted my original comment is that she submitted her first marking period grades, which came out about 2 days before the ED deadline, as part of her application. For some ED students, the college may have seen NO senior year grades, so I could understand why they want a "progress report".</p>

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<p>They could simply be requesting the mid-years in order to collect to do research for when their admissions process ends (they will have the same data source from the entire application pool). It is not unusual to assess what worked in the process, what did not, all things considered how the ED pool measured up to the RD pool.</p>

<p>Remember that almost the moment this is over they begin the action plan for the class of 2010</p>

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<p>Motheroftwo:</p>

<p>My understanding is that, IF there is indication of slacking off on a midyear report, the student is warned that the decision may be rescinded unless progress is made. Such warning would come too late if only the final transcript were available. In that case, the only recourse for a student would be to take summer courses.</p>

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<p>No....but those midyear grade will show the "trend" of her senior year. For example, you have stated that your daughter has terrific grades now (congratulations). If there were some crisis (for example) that might affect her final grades, this midyear report would show that without that crisis she was a great student. Mid year reports, when required, MUST be sent. Also...while they aren't used for acceptance....they CAN be used for part of the reason to rescind acceptance (of course this wouldn't happen with all A's...but it could with other grade!!). DS sent midyear reports to ALL of his schools when he applied to show how well he had done during his senior year with a very challenging courseload.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone. It's no big deal to send the midyear report - I just didn't understand the purpose of doing it, but your responses show that there are many possible reasons they might want to see it.</p>