midterm year importance

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<p>How much does the midterm report count? I've gotten all A's except Graphic Design freshman year, (....probably doesn't mean jack), AP Gov during sophomore year (but got a 5 on the exam with a hard teacher), and this mandatory composition class I took over the summer. I decided to take both AP Calc BC and AP Physics C with no prior calculus knowledge, and I suffered a little. Prior to this, I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA. My midyear report will look something like this:</p>

<p>AP Calc BC: A or B (right on the border. I'll know on Monday.)
AP Physics C: A
AP Bio: B
AP Stats: B
British Literature: A
Economics: A </p>

<p>Will this look bad? I heard somewhere that the midterm report is submitted to make sure you're not really slacking off during senior year.</p>

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<p>It will look bad, for exactly the reason you anticipate.</p>

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<p>If you get A’s in Physics and Calc then the B’s will probably not hurt you much. But they will not help you either…</p>

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<p>I got my semester report today. I got a 90.03 in Calc BC. It’s an A. Will my midyear report not be a liability anymore.</p>

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<p>well you have not one but 2 Bs so that don’t look as good as it could have…i think it looks worse that your gpa went (kinda a lot) down from last year, going from being the highest to just mediocre</p>

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<p>To put this into perspective, my GPA is currently a 4.15. The last guy from our school who was accepted at Princeton had a 4.18, but his SAT scores were a little higher than mine.</p>

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<p>^ How are you all calculating your GPA?Been finding different theories all around.If graded on a 100 point scale,should we be using the weighted grades or unweighted grades,when transcript shows weighted ones?Is the following link the basis for calculation:
[GPA</a> Conversion Chart](<a href=“http://inquiry.princetonreview.com/leadgentemplate/GPA_popup.asp]GPA”>Calculate Your GPA With Our GPA Scale | The Princeton Review)</p>

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<p>I think it’s no big deal. With just two Bs, I really wouldn’t worry.</p>

<p>And what’s the use in worrying, anyway?</p>

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<p>I love your grading system…90 = A = 4.00</p>

<p>My School (South Dakota):</p>

<p>95 = A = 4.00
92-94 = A- = 3.667
Etc, etc.</p>

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<p>JD…that was precisely my question 2 posts above.Even within the 100 point scale,can it vary according to school/state?Isn’t there some kind of uniform standard applied in how GPA is calculated?The one thing still very unclear in my mind,after all this time,is the GPA calculation aspect of this whole process</p>

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<p>Collegetips, idk about your school but my school’s transcripts don’t show letter grades. They instead show the percentage grade you got in the class. I’m pretty sure the college will then recalculate GPA based on these numbers.</p>

<p>The GPA provided by your own school is pretty meaningless when trying to compare applicants across different schools.</p>

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<p>nibbles…same here for me,no letter grades in transcript,only the % grades shown.But even in this 100 point scale,I find differing viewpoints.Like for instance,for 97% some say GPA is 4,others say 4.2.Which is correct?
And then how do the colleges recalculate the GPA?Do they remove the weighted points and then calculate?But that wouldn’t be fair,would it,not to differentiate between the regular/honors/AP classes?</p>

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<p>^ I wished my school would display the numerical percentage of the grade instead of simply basing down a number into a letter. Frankly, giving a percentage for a grade would place all applicants at the same plane and would not favor, say, schools who have a lower requirement for an A.</p>