<p>How are colleges factoring in senior year grades? I know that they must be sent on the Midyear Report, and that my admission can be rescinded if my grades drop. But my question is, can they be used as a part of my application?</p>
<p>For example, I submitted a non-binding early application to my safety a few weeks ago, and I want to show them my first quarter report card for scholarship purposes. It's my best report card to date, with the most rigorous classes I've ever taken. Am I allowed to just send it in?</p>
<p>^ pretty much. oh, if you got straight As in your first three years, i also suggest not getting straight B’s in senior year just as a precaution.</p>
<p>No, my question is asking whether or not I am allowed to submit my first quarter senior year grades, because they have been exceptional, and would likely contribute to my chances for a scholarship at my safety. And if so, how would I go about doing so?</p>
<p>One set of solid grades for a quarter is not going to enhance your scholarship opportunity.
In most cases, merit scholarships are based on your SAT/ACT score coupled with your GPA through the end of your junior year. Senior year grades are only to prove that you did not succumb to a case of senioritis. After submitting your application, colleges will only ask to see your senior year midterm grades as well as your final high school transcript.</p>
<p>OP, send it! They may not look, but its worth a try :). I sent my Q1 report card to W&M, (straight A’s in 6 APs!) and the only thing it could possibly do is help. (Also, I met this really cute kitten today at the shelter. His name was Guiness).</p>
<p>Nysmile, many college reps have told me that senior year grades are the best indicator of how a student will perform in college-- they do matter. Superior grades in hard courses during your senior year is an indication of maturity and can help predict your performance during freshman year i college.</p>
<p>skydancer, senior year grades are viewed as supporting information----used to show that a student has not slacked off in grades or rigor. Nothing more, nothing less. Admission’s decisions are based on the transcript through junior year. Rigor and consistency are what they are looking for in senior grades.</p>
<p>It my D’s school last year the guidance office sent out first quarter grades to most of the schools that kids applied to either ED or EA. Many schools requested this. If your first quarter grades are very good I would have your guidance counselor send them to your EA school. It can’t hurt.</p>
<p>UVA, your new thread states exactly what I’ve stated on this thread. Senior grades count but only as far as showing that one has maintained both rigor and GPA. Senior year grades are to show that one has not succumbed to senioritis or a drop in rigor.</p>
<p>my senior classes were difficult and i got 3 Bs.
I 'm hoping to bring them up in time for my midterm report.
will a good midterm report help cancel out the negative effect of bad first quarter grades?</p>
<p>I would disagree. Junior Year grades are the best indication of how well you will do in College. Colleges look at Jr year the most and senior year grades are looked at barely. They just don’t want to see you slacking off your last year before you’d go to their college. I don’t know many colleges that ask for your senior grades for Early Action/Decision. Usually they play a roll in Regular Decision if you get differed in EA and they want to see how you did in your first semester of Senior Year.</p>
<p>Okay, so continuing this thread…
I’m looking for merit scholarships. My first quarter grades are like my previous years, but I’m crashing for this 2nd semester. Will colleges look at senior grades in determination of merit scholarships, or do they just see them to determine if you’ve slacked off?</p>
<p>I’m going to second what everyone else here has said. It can’t possibly hurt to send them if they are that exceptional. The worst that will happen is that no one will get around to looking at them.</p>