<p>So I received most of my midterm grades, and as expected, I scored >90 on all of them except for my ridiculously unfair Calc AP midterm (which consisted solely of a relentless barrage of the most brutally difficult problems in various sample AP books rather than any semblance of difficulty progression) on which I scored...less than a 60, along with 99% of my class. After speaking with my teacher (I politely implied that the test may have been unbalanced in difficulty, and he gave me a rant on what he believes the "real world" is like), I gained no indication that anything would be done, and since midterms count for 20% of my semester grade, my Calc average of a B+ (89) is basically now a C+ (~83).</p>
<p>I guess my question is: Do colleges (specifically Yale) see individual midterm grades or only semester grades on the Mid-Year Report? I think the former would almost be better because they'll see that my quarter grades are good and my midterm abysmal, rather than seeing my first quarter grade (which is good) and mistakenly attributing my significantly lower overall semester grade to my second quarter grade rather than to my midterm exam and therefore mistakenly assuming that I slacked off in the second quarter.</p>
<p>This is so...ugh!</p>
<p>Thanks :(</p>
<p>The schools send semester grades. That's what shows up on your transcript, not quarter grades.</p>
<p>so basically , also as an applicant to ivy league, we are screwed.</p>
<p>My AP Calc teacher who got all his degree from UC Berkeley is like the hardest teacher I 've had in my life, 90 percent of class gets 5 on AP exam, but like B or lower in class grade >.<</p>
<p>OMG I hate my freakin' small and tiny private school.</p>
<p>Midterms suck!!! I know exactly how you feel haha.</p>
<p>Wow SAME situation for me -- BC Calc is killing me! I had a high B+ average until the ridiculously hard exam, which I got a C+/B- on...so now my semester average is a B! It's going to look really weird sitting in there with the A's in my other classes -- I really hope they don't think I just totally slacked off in math!</p>
<p>I know how you feel. I'm taking 6 IB classes and right now have 5 A's and as of yesterday 1 B in IB Physics II HL. I just took the midterm and it brought me down to a C+ =(</p>
<p>After freaking out all day, I've realized it's not the end of the world. So don't worry too much about it and just let go. Colleges will see that you have not slacked off in your senior year because of your other scores and will see that this was just one hard class/teacher.</p>