<p>my senior first semester grades are going to be quite a bit lower than my junior grades. i saw some people mention a letter of interest. how does that work and how much will that help?</p>
<p>I have the same problemm! Haha and question.</p>
<p>But the reason is because I’m doing IB which is just craaaazy. I go to a small school and while the teachers are really experienced and all, they’re still learning about IB with us.</p>
<p>The grading has been all messed up cause of that.</p>
<p>How do I explain that? :(</p>
<p>I’m pretty cool with every other component of my application though.</p>
<p>no clue… i think i’ll try to see if my counselor can write a note or something.</p>
<p>do you know when we have to send the midyear report by??</p>
<p>Have your school send it as soon as you have your grades. There is no hard deadlines because high school calendars vary wildly around the country, but I would imagine that sending it in March would not be good.</p>
<p>Anyone elseee? :)</p>
<p>I suppose there’s nothing to lose but I’m not sure if it will help</p>
<p>im also doing the IB and my grades were not really up to par this year but i didn’t send a letter of interest. and i got accepted</p>
<p>^^^confused56, did you send them those grades from this year though since you are already accepted. ED doesn’t see your grades from senior year unless your school specifically does that.</p>
<p>ED applicants have to submit first quarter grades from senior year IIRC.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! I was confused on how it was done, my bad!</p>
<p>Also would like to point out that Duke does require a midyear and final senior year report even if applying for ED (not that it matters much for those accepted).</p>