I’m a current freshman who plans to transfer to another school after the end of this semester. Out of the colleges I’m applying to, only Cornell requires a midterm report. Since I have only one semester under my belt, albeit an excellent one, I feel sending my midterm report would take some of the evaluation off of my high school record. In high school I had a 3.6 UW, which is a bit low for the schools I’m applying to, even though my college record so far is great. Would sending a great midterm report when it’s not required help me out, or would it just annoy the admissions committee?
I would like an answer to this as well.
Any help would be appreciated!
@umbra505 hi, I’m in the same position as you as well. I would just send, especially if applying to schools as selective or more selective than Cornell; I am applying to UChicago, Stanford, Williams, Northwestern, etc. and plan on sending the report if I have stellar grades.
Where else are y’all applying?
Yeah I figured I would also send it. I’m applying to uiuc, Tulane, Emory, Cornell, jhu, Usc, rice, northeastern and northwestern. What’s your pre transfer situation been like?
@umbra505 it has been ok, but I am dissatisfied with how far I am from home. Been trying to find my niche at CWRU and haven’t really been able to. Was also planning on applying to Cornell, Rice & Emory since they’ll all take my 4 on ap psych; you should check with Rice to see about the midterm, because I called and they said they expect a midterm report (I believe).
I assumed they didn’t require one because it doesn’t appear in the portal, but it can’t hurt to send. Hopefully my midterms turn out well!
@umbra505 false alarm, they don’t. I’d cry if I got into Rice bc I’m in greek life and it’s terrible lol.