<p>does the mid-year report actually help especially for (deferred) candidates with improving academic performance? i got straight A’s, so i’m hoping that’ll be a plus of some sort.</p>
<p>also, with the counselor report on the mid-year report, may our counselors re-re-re-affirm (in my case lol) to the admissions committee that yale is our first choice and we will attend if admitted? it seems kind of risky especially for a school official to do that because if we don’t attend then it’ll risk ruining our schools’ reputations, but from a counselor it seems to be official and not just an applicant ploy.</p>