How much do colleges care about midyear reports when they consider your admission? Does it matter if your grades have dropped semi-drastically?
<p>Yes, they reject you for dishonesty if your grades drop at all.</p>
<p>Just kidding. I think they are not that important, just so long as your grades don't go from like all A's to all C's. They don't want you to just start slacking off. It looks bad.</p>
<p>If it's an EA/ED college and you're already in, your grades can go down. Your admission will not be retracted. If you're applying regular, the midyear report is pretty important - so don't slack off :)</p>
<p>esmeralda has the right idea, except if they do drop drastically, like A's to C's, as nnnrrggghh said, they will take the offer of admissions away. I'd say dropping like .6+ might be pushing it, a lot depends on the school too.</p>
<p>I had an awful 3rd quarter my senior year, after semester grades were done. Went from like 3.9 semester to 2.9 3rd quarter. Then I realized I should kick it back up again, and ended with like a 3.7-3.8, which was higher than my previous years anyway.</p>
<p>Is it really worth the risk?</p>
<p>Any acceptance is conditional on your keeping up your grades--just because you get an acceptance in December or April doesn't mean that you can't lose it based on mid-year or final grades. However, you usually have to really, really drop.</p>
<p>Well, what if you're applying regular and got a few Bs when you used to be all As? Do they look at the absolute scores or relative to before?</p>
<p>a few b's won't kill you. A few Cs is pushing the envelope. A D will most likely be the kiss of death. Just keep up the good work, that's all.</p>
<p>I would say they look at scores relative to before, as your acceptance is based on "continuing the same academic standards that you have exhibited" or whatever.</p>
<p>umm... a side question. For RD, do colleges consider midyears BEFORE they make a decision, or do they not take those into account until AFTER a tentative decision has been made. thanks.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure they look at it BEFORE your decision.</p>