<p>For transfer candidates, the midterm grade report only has space for five classes. I'm taking maybe like 7 or 8, though. Is it fine to leave some stuff off or do you have to report ALL your classes? Also, I'm taking different classes with the same professor, so would that decrease the importance of reporting everything?</p>
<p>Report everything. Imo.</p>
<p>A different class is a different class.</p>
<p>It sounds as if you have a class or two to be concerned about. It's better to get any bad news out front and control its reception than to have people get surprised and then surprise you in return later down the road.</p>
<p>(To nobody in particular: see what you learn from 25 years of marriage?)</p>
<p>You should report all your classes.
The midyear report form itself may only have 5 spaces (you can easily fit in 8 classes if you type the form), but your counsellor is supposed to send a transcript along where one can see all your classes taken and grades.</p>
<p>the midterm report available on the smith website has 8 slots...and how are you taking 8 classes in college? i've never even heard of that...</p>
<p>Hmm... are you guys talking about a different form? The one I got off the website only has 5 spaces and is meant to be printed out and filled. Anyway, I'm taking 23 credits and 7 classes. I don't think 8 classes is THAT much, though. I was going to take 8, but dropped one due to lack of interest. </p>
<p>I suppose I'll just have to print two copies and fill out everything, then. Thanks. Is there a set deadline for these forms?</p>
<p>EDIT: err, nevermind. Just saw the deadline...</p>
<p>deadline ASAP</p>
<p>Actually... Smith lists the deadline as 3/1, but say they will take the report until 3/15. Would it be TERRIBLE if I waited until then to wait for midterm results?</p>
<p>Earlier is better but no, waiting wouldn't be terrible.</p>
<p>With benefit of hindsight, I dithered and fretted over lots of things that seemed potentially important at the time but were clearly trivial in retrospect. It's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff in the heat of the moment. <shrill whistle=""> "Illegal use of mangled metaphor, remove from keyboard for five minutes."</shrill></p>
<p>Kilini, are you applying for transfer from a community college? Taking seven classes is usually not allowed at four year colleges -- which is why you were questioned about it.</p>
<p>Your midterm grade report should contain everything. If the web form won't support more than five classes, enter the five most important (not the nec. the ones with the best grades unless they also happen to be core-type classes) and send the full info by mail, with an explanation. </p>
<p>The other option is to call the admissions office and ask what they suggest.</p>
<p>Hmm, well, I'm actually applying from a LAC that's kinda similar to Smith. I wasn't aware that seven classes would be a significant overload, since there're kids who take like 26 credits here. </p>
<p>I think I'll try to send it ASAP, so I can be Round I in the admissions. Thanks.</p>
<p>Kilini, I'm a little confused. I looked back over some of your posts and saw that you got a 2160 (or something close) as a 13 year old, which means that you can't be older than 14 or 15. You took the SATs in the fall, too, which means you can't possibly be at a "LAC similar to Smith" right now.</p>
<p>Are you pulling our legs, or is there a piece of the puzzle you haven't mentioned?</p>
<p>Skipped four grades.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your academic success, Kilini.</p>
<p>Why Smith? Not that you need to convince anyone here of Smith's virtues, but I'm always curious about what attracts others to the college. What does Smith have that your present college does not?</p>
<p>Well... a lot of things, I guess. Resources, dorm system, reputation, opportunities, food, Northampton, toughness, etc. Same as everyone else.</p>
<p>Toughness, eh? I hope you aren't talking about street smarts and thugs, but rather about the academics. :-)</p>
<p>BTW, I like your moniker. Kilini is a Greek island, isn't it? I would just loooove to go to Greece someday.</p>
<p>we're cruising to Greece and Italy this summer, can't wait! Our Smithie D will be joining us. She doesn't seem to mind being with her parents for this one! Kilini, where else are you applying (have applied to)? We spent the day with our DD yesterday, and went to lunch and dinner with some housemates. We had a great day, and her friends are quite nice. They are already making plans for next year's living arrangements, as they either 1. want three singles next door to each other; or 2. want to share a triple. Go figure! But, they really hit it off, and are very much alike. Smith does a great job setting up roomates. The opportunities at Smith are immense, and sometimes you don't even have to go looking for them. The profs are wonderful, and get to know you very well. We can't speak any higher of an educational institution, and are very glad our D had decided to attend Smith. There are also so many good restaurants in NoHo, almost found around every corner, and many in nooks and crannies if you look carefully. We ate at Paul and Elizabeth's yesterday for lunch, and then Tea Pot (Chinese) for dinner. The girls are into sushi, but their dad, I'm afraid, is a landlubber. (or at least prefers his seafood cooked). ;)</p>
<p>"Smith does a great job setting up roomates. "</p>
<p>Um, my d moved out of her room before Thanksgiving because of incompatibility.</p>
<p>"(or at least prefers his seafood cooked)"</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, Osaka does offer cooked fish as well as sushi and sashimi.</p>
<p>I think in general the roommates work out well but there are exceptions and my D and her first-semester roommates went different directions too, though not with any particular animus, fortunately.</p>
<p>BJM: sushi gets the rice in the way...go all the way for sashimi. I had a sashimi salad for dinner just the other night. I first had sashimi when I was in my early 20's and thought it was gross but looked around the table and figured if everyone else could do it, it wouldn't kill me. I still don't prefer some of the more exotic stuff, like octopus and the like.</p>
<p>But I'll add another thumbs up for NoHo restaurants.</p>
<p>"I think in general the roommates work out well but there are exceptions and my D and her first-semester roommates went different directions too, though not with any particular animus, fortunately."</p>
<p>Same here.</p>
<p>The roommate matching forms kinda reminds me (from a theoretical empirical perspective) of some of the dating forms you hear about. No bubbled in answers on a sheet of paper tell you a damned thing about chemistry. </p>
<p>Also, while you rank the three criteria that are most important to you, you don't necessarily <em>know</em> what's most important to you until you've been there, "E.g., I didn't think X would bother me but it does."</p>