<p>Does anyone know what CMU sees in the midyear report?
Do they see your 1st and 2nd marking period grades and your midterm grades?
Or do they see just like one final 1st semester grade?
Do you think a C is a bad grade to show
I mean I have a B right now, but midterms are scaring me :(</p>
<p>Not trying to be smug here-- but they see whatever your high school sends to CMU. We have no way of knowing what that may be for your high school.
Ask your GC to show you what they send ahead. </p>
<p>I’ve seen a variety of high school reporting styles and it varies across schools-- some send transcripts that show all the progress throughout the year, and others just the grade at the end of the year or mid-year. </p>
<p>Hard fact-- if you get a “C” in AP Physics or AP Calculus and your record was “borderline” that could be deal breaker for CIT or SCS unless you were “already walking on (admissions) water”.
Likewise if you’re intent is to major in English and you are earning a “C” in AP English Lit–it’s disconcerting-- but it’s not the end of the world.</p>
<p>If your stats were really solid to begin with, your mid year report may not even cross their radar and your file could already be in the accept pile. So don’t get too worried yet!–
My D did not send her mid-year report by accident. During my D’s senior year of hs, the college office admin asst went into labor and somehow a few hundred students didn’t have their mid year reports sent anywhere-- as you can imagine, it was rather awful for some people. We had no idea until the apology letters went out to students sometime in March - -obviously too late to matter at that point. So the point is-- you can still be accepted if you didn’t send it-- but unless your stats are absolutely stellar I would not try anything funny by trying to avoid sending the report - it could be a problem if you don’t have an otherwise great application.</p>
<p>How important is the midyear report at Carnegie Mellon, mom12and14?</p>
<p>Wongtongtong</p>
<p>I don’t recall seeing it listed as a separate criteria in the admissions standard report …it is assumed under “program of study/school report”.</p>
<p>Its importance for any given candidate probably matters for borderline candidates. I’ve heard GC and admissions stress they look for the grades in AP Calculus and AP Physics for the CIT/SCS applicants.</p>
<p>Well, I’m already in SCS for EDII
so should I maintain my semester, midterm, and final grades above a C
Actually, I managed to still have a B even with midterms (thank goodness 
), but you never know what may come up
so I need to be sure
cuz senioritus(A made up disease at my school where seniors can’t study anymore) is getting to me lol
I mean I heard a guy at my school had all C’s but still went to Cornell</p>
<p>Digifreak-- see my thread in CMU entitled “Will I be Rescinded” as I posted the CMU Adcom FB response to someone who asked that question recently on FB.</p>
<p>The short answer is not to worry.
Cs not a problem - just try not to get straight Cs or you might have some explaining to do --.
If you are piling on Bs and Cs…and were someone being considered for a rare scholarship, this will most certainly remove you from the already tiny tiny tiny tiny number of accepted students who earn a scholarship. But Bs and Cs will not get you rescinded pretty much anywhere. Ds and Fs get you rescinded. Cs can require an explanation. Cs with otherwise stellar AP scores in those classes show you knew the material but stopping respecting your high school teachers’ rules for homework etc. – not a crime really.</p>
<p>Quite frankly, no one will even notice if an ED applicant didn’t send in the mid year report since the file is already “complete”. But you will need the final report- -that is necessary to show you graduated and you will not be allowed to register for classes until the SCS freshman advisor sees that you have been cleared in this regard. He’ll be contacting you mid-may with tons of information.
Until then- -your only academic focus is on mastery of the AP exams in May.</p>
<p>BTW- senior-itis exists everywhere–! ED students get started a full quarter earlier that RD applicants.</p>
<p>The most important thing is not to worry about your high school grades but to focus on learning the material so you are ready for AP exams and ready for next year. Don’t blow off the calculus, computer science or chem/physics exams-- b/c you’ll have to repeat classes. SCS students need 4 classes in science/engineering to graduate-- so get a 5 on the AP to get that cmu graduation requirement done before you arrive.</p>