<p>Do senior year grades matter for first semester?</p>
<p>Early Decision?</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>Regular Decision?</p>
<p>Also do they go into your GPA if you're applying regular decision?</p>
<p>yes they do matter...and yes they go into regular decision gpa...so do well okay!</p>
<p>where are you applying anyway</p>
<p>Yes, 1st semester senior year grades DO MATTER especially for regular decision, as does your courseload. If you are on the borderline of acceptance/rejection, your 1st semester senior grades could very well be the tipping point. 2nd semester, not so much; you should already be accepted into colleges by that time, and they are not going to care what you're grades are unless they have dropped significantly (read-1 or 2 C's is not going to get your admission revoked, 2-3 D's/F's will).</p>
<p>okay thanks everyone! that's what i thought.</p>
<p>4 IVY Leagues + Stanford
one state school.
and then georgetown, carnegie mellon, uchicago, risd, uc berkely.</p>
<p>Umm... You are applying to A LOT of schools. That might be a big turnoff for adcoms, fyi. But yes, with the caliber of schools you are applying to, keep those grades high!</p>
<p>well i'm probably going to knock off one or two.</p>
<p>but i always thought they couldnt see what schools you were applying to?</p>
<p>you don't have to state in your application to which other schools you are applying to. A lot of applicants leave that question blank.</p>
<p>ya now i'm scared haha. i reiterate mallika's question. can schools see what other schools you're applying to?</p>
<p>well they can if u apply for financial aid</p>
<p>^ Exactly. I would maybe knock off one or two, but if you feel that you really want to apply to all of them than go for it (but make sure all of your essays show that you want to go to THEIR university, i.e. don't spell Harvard "S-T-A-N-F-O-R-D")</p>
<p>okay, thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>they don't share a student's essays though, do they?
just in case i have some similar points...</p>
<p>I don't believe so.</p>
<p>12 schools really isn't a lot... imo it's far more than you need, but not excessive. (I applied to 10, and i should have hacked maybe 3 off).</p>
<p>Now when you get into the range of 17 schools, you've got a problem.</p>
<p>what if u plan on applying to about 15... do colleges all interact with one another and basically say that "this kid isnt committed to us and is just trying his luck everywhere" or something?</p>
<p>they do matter, a lot actually, not as much as junior year, and probably less than sophomore year, but more so than freshman year grades however, whether or not they go into you're gpa depends on the school, usually they do, but my highschool didn't put them in. That said many colleges recalculate your gpa using their own system and then again that depends on whether or not they count them.</p>
<p>ALL grades matter for those schools, even after apps go out. stay consistent until the end - that's what they expect. if you get in and your grades fall even a bit, you might be receiving a letter revoking their offer. talk about a nightmare...</p>
<p>^ If your grades fall a little bit they won't rescind your admission, but if you go from an A to a C they might (an A to a B is not going to get you kicked out).</p>
<p>smart cookie and rlm89, people don't get rescinded if they have 1 or 2 C's. They just don't! Colleges often threaten that if your grades aren't consistent with before, you will get your admissions rescinded. The fact of the matter is, they are NOT going to care if your grades go from a 4.0 1st semester to a 3.5 2nd semester. If you have D's and F's that is a different story. A 2nd semester that takes your total GPA from 4.0 to 3.0 is a big red flag also. More than 2 C's is not ideal either, but if you have A's in the rest of your classes this is not a death wish as so many CC'ers assume. Here's an example of what schools actually do (not ideas from panicked CC'ers).</p>
<p>"This year, the University of Michigan received nearly 27,000 applications for September’s 5,400 freshman spots, the largest class in its history, says Ted Spencer, associate vice provost and executive director of admissions. Incoming freshmen with poor final grades will receive one of three letters. Last year, 62 whose grades fell from A’s to C’s got a gentle warning, encouraging them to “take advantage of the counseling and academic support services offered by the university.” Another 180 whose final grades were C’s, D’s and F’s were told to explain in writing “the events that caused the decline in your performance.” Students had to “provide supporting documentation from a physician, counselor, principal, teacher or any other person who can support your letter of explanation.” In a few cases — nine last year and 11 the previous year — students received letters rescinding admission and suggesting they “are not yet ready to undertake the demanding and competitive programs offered here.”</p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE: Only 9 out of the entire class of 5400 had admission revoked. And you can bet that more than 9 of those 5400 had senioritis.</p>
<p>i never said that they definitely would rescind your admission, i said there was a chance. it obviously depends on individual cases.</p>