Sending in Mid-Year Grade Report - yes/no?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I am an international applicant and am thus not obliged to send in the Mid-Year Grade Report. In his latest blog entry, however, Ben said that

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Yes, you are always welcome to send stuff in. My advice - when in doubt, if it will help your application, just send it.

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Well, my Mid-Year Grade Report will probably not differ very much from my previous transcripts. In fact, all of them are really excellent. There will probably be minor changes (A+ in physics rather than A for example), but would this be significant enough to send it in? I do not want to bother the admissions team with gratuitous stuff.
Any comments?</p>

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<p>Seriously... they prefer your midterm report, your grades go from A's in physics to A+'s and you aren't sending them in!?!?!?!</p>

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<p>I don't know how much weight they put on the midterm report. I just know that barely any internationals will send it. Plus, although there are minor changes, the transcripts all look very similar.</p>

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<p>I'm in an awkward position, likewise. Though I am applying from Bangalore, India, I'm still a domestic applicant due to various technicalities (including US citizenship and residency for 3/4 years of HS). </p>

<p>Anyway, I'm wondering, firsty, if this applies to me. Do I have the option of submitting a midyear report? Since my final grade is only determined by my scoring on the final exam in April, I don't really have a midyear report. With my secondary school report, my HS sent a notice briefly explaining my being late for their first term mock examinations and thus their inability to evaluate my academic performance until final exams in April. Do you think I should request another note reiterating this? I really don't want to overburden MIT with excess paperwork, but I don't want my application to look incomplete. Any ideas? Maybe a brief email to Admissions?</p>

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<p>if you have all As, dont hesitate to send it</p>

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<p>Should I then use the regular Mid-Year form or something else? It says "To be completed by US School systems only", I fear they will be annoyed.</p>

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<p>We won't be annoyed. :-)</p>

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<p>Does MIT look for "cool" kids with a good social life, or do that prefer students obsessed with academics and science/math ECs?</p>

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<p>OneThousandFists, I recommend you read the MIT Admissions blogs (from Matt and Ben and Nance of the admissions staff, as well as the 10-or-so students who blog) to get a sense of what they're looking for and who attends. You might be pleasantly surprised at the variety of amazing people there. You'll get first-hand information from the blogs.</p>

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<p>Thank you, Ben :)</p>

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<p>
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Does MIT look for "cool" kids with a good social life, or do that prefer students obsessed with academics and science/math ECs?

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Yes and yes.</p>

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<p>I hope a bigger yes for the second part :).</p>