@jmek15 Congrats!!!
@theshadow he submitted on 10/12 but his second rec letter didnāt arrive until the 26th.
@Aida Answer to your questions about Naviance.
The Naviance data in itās scattergrams & information are usually only information from your H.S. Although Iāve heard they can be from a larger set, such as district or other group of schools. Itās how your school set it up & what information they have access to. If you look at the size of the data set it will give you an idea. And it probably does say somewhere.
This is where Naviance is useful because many universityās do base acceptances on the rigor of the H.S. And itās nice to see how students from your H.S. or area do. And GPAās are consistently calculated between different schools or districts.
Aidaā¦ nope no way to switch between scattergrams without going back to the Colleges tab. And I think in the new version there isnāt either.
As to quarter gradesā¦ I donāt think believe our school automatically send out quarter grades. The most common universities to apply to are CA state schools, which donāt act for transcripts unless you get admitted.
Most transcripts are handled through Parchment. Iām not sure maybe there is a way to have quarter grades sent through Parchment. Or maybe you have to get GCās involved, I know there must be a way but it doesnāt really apply to us. GPA isnāt recalculated on quarter grades, only semester grades count.
Congrats @jmek15!
Who knew about quarter grades?!!! Gonna remain happily oblivious on those. I know our HS automatically sends midyear reports to any school for which D ordered a transcript, regardless of whether she ended up applying or not.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the CC 2017ers, posters and lurkers alike.
JsOTD:
Q: What did the turkey say to the computer?
A: Google, google, google
A: What did the turkey eat on thanksgiving?
Q: Nothing, he was already stuffed!
A man buys a parrot, only to have it constantly insult him. He tries everything to make the parrot stop, but nothing works. Frustrated, the man puts the parrot in the freezer. After a few minutes the insults stop. The man thinks he might have killed the parrot, so he opens the freezer and takes the parrot out. The parrot is shivering. It stammers, āS-s-sorry for being r-r-rude. Please f-f-forgive me.ā Then, after a moment, the parrot softly asks, āW-w-what exactly d-d-did the turkey do?ā
Q: What does Miley Cyrus eat at Thanksgiving?
A: Twerk-ey!
@thshadow No Purdue decision here yet, either. S17ās application was complete on 10/27. My guess is that they get a huge number of applications at the end of October, and it takes time to get through them all.
Congrats to all on WWU! Sounds like a great option/destination.
brown yes
harvard yes
oxford yes
dartmouth no
yale yes
vandy no
cornell no
mit yes
u of penn no
@euve69 -Welcome! I donāt think Iāve seen you here before? Did you pop in to chance someone?
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope no one feels like this guy at the end of the day --> :-&
Weāre just having the immediate family over. This includes oldest Dās fiance whoās been celebrating all the holidays with us for years now because his mother is an eccentric homeless nomad (in a good way ā sheās a great lady and chose her lifestyle). We have various combinations of omnivore, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free people, so dinner is always wide-ranging and doesnāt include turkey or pie.
Iām really confused about these āfirst quarter grades.ā Maybe Dās school is odd or maybe Iām clueless. When I look at her grades (through Infinite Campus) They are divided thusly:
Progress report 1
Progress report 2
Progress report 3
Final
If I were to divide her school year into quarters (itās on a semester system, which I think is the norm), then progress report 2 would be equivalent to āfirst quarter.ā Progress report 3 is now out and one of her grades rose from a B to an A. I think Iāll email the GC to find out if they send new progress reports to schools by default, or if itās a good idea to have them sent. But I still donāt get the āfirst quarterā thing and I must know!
Congrats on all the WWU acceptances! D got in as well, but sadly they have dropped off her list. There were two big issues with the EE department. On our visit she really loved everything else about the school, so this was sort of a bittersweet acceptance.
@jmek15, congrats on Purdue! That is my parentsā alma mater (Dad in EE and Mom in Home Economics aka āthe MRS degreeā).
Okay, time to peel some potatoes.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
@snoozn, our school does semesters (midterm exams at end of first semester, final exams at end of second semester). But each semester has two quarters, at the end of which report cards are distributed. We also have progress reports midway through the quarter, but grades are not mandatory unless the grade at that point is a C- or worse. Report cards at each quarter show the quarter grade and the cumulative grade to that point in the year.
GPA/class rank is is not shown on paper report cards, but, at least as of last year, it was shown on the online report card. We just changed our online grade system and the report card feature isnāt enabled yet, so we donāt have GPA/class rank info this year. I donāt really understand how GPA is calculated at this school-I have tried every permutation I can think of, Iām accounting for full credit vs half and quarter credit classes, weighting for honors and AP, and none of my results are the same as what the school shows. When I asked the GC how it is calculated, she gave me a non-answer that basically told me she didnāt really know. Itās the only strike against herāsheās been incredibly responsive and helpful in all other ways, especially this year.
Thankful for all of my friends here on CC.
Have a blessed day!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Turkey Day to all!! I made gluten free pecan pie bars & cornbread ā DH developed a gluten sensitivity so I am trying to make sure he can eat some of his favorites.Next up roast root vegetables with balsamic vinegar and garlic green beans. Inlaws make the turkey and live close by. Only 12 of us gathering so we should get to eat dinner while it is still warm! 
Re: āquarter gradesā: DDās ED school sent the following request:
āWashington University needs to see your progress in your senior year. If your school issues quarter or trimester grades, please have your school send them. If not, we will accept a progress report from your school that includes each class in which you are currently enrolled and your current grade in that class. If you have not already sent these grades, please ask your guidance counselor to fax them to us at (314) 935-4747 no later than Thursday, December 1.ā
Neither of our other two EA schools requested/needed them and sheās already been accepted, granted not nearly as competitive!
Happy Thanksgiving all!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Iām thankful to have this group.
Congrats to all the folks with recent acceptances!! <:-P <:-P
DS17 is making a braided apple pie crust instead of working on his UC essays, but Iām not complaining too much. It looks yummy. Grandma went to visit her other two kids in Texas, so itās just the 4 of us for dinner here.
Iām pretty sure our school doesnāt send out quarter grades, which is a good thing because the teachers donāt focus on getting things accurate until the semester. The grading portal is different software than the transcript software, and I think they only talk to each other after the semester is over. (DS only has one EA college, and they donāt ask for grades until February.)
DS had a B+ in AP US Govt at the quarter, because the teacher entered the wrong denominator for the essay portion of the only test 1st quarter. That grade has since disappeared for everyone because they were ālostā when the teacher tried to fix it. Weird class because the teacher was out for 4 weeks for knee surgery, and the class had a series of substitutes. DS is enjoying the class anyway, because each day a student presents one significant supreme court case, and heās finding that really interesting.
No clue on what his UCSB grades will be, because the curve will be determined at the end. He knows heās above the median, but not how far above he needs to be to get an A. Only 2 weeks left until the end of the 10-week session. They had class yesterday, and only 7 students showed up for his CS class, so the professor talked about his quantum computing research.
@jmek15 Congrats, happy for your sion!!
I am thankful to all of you who have offered and provided some great tips this year! I appreciate it!!
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. May we have much to be thankful for in the coming year. Many acceptances, merit aid, and choices for allā¦
Mashed potatoes with blue cheese and thyme in the oven, sweet potatoes with rosemary, cottage bacon, and hot-pepper marinated olives alongside, green bean casserole from a can just slid into the other oven, and about to start the lemon- and star anise-scented cranberry sauce on the stove, after which we head over to our friendsā house (where theyāre providing the turkey and the rolls).
Thankful for being welcome at the house of friends where we have diametrically opposing political positions but donāt let that keep us from liking each other, and for being well-off enough that I can experiment with flavors of food that I didnāt have to do any heavy lifting to acquire.