<p>I'm a senior right now and im wondering how much senior grades go into college admissions?
my school does quarters, and i hear people saying that only first quarter grades matter, and second quarter grades (1st semester) only matter if a college requests to see them.
Do colleges request 2nd quarter grades oftern?? (btw second quarter ends mid january and grades are finalized at the end of january) and if they do request to see them, do they also want midterm grades as well?</p>
<p>and what happens after that? ive heard horror stories about people who slacked off so much that the college they got accepted into rejected them later on.
do second semester grades matter that much??? i mean if you're an A student whose in the top 10% but after like february you start slacking off and getting B's, will that effect you??</p>
<p>btw im not planning to slack off, but i feel like senioritis will be unevitable.</p>
<p>And colleges do look at a mid-year report of your grades. They want to make sure you’re consistent in academic efforts. So, if your grades drop significantly, like A’s and B’s to C’s, admissions definitely may reconsider your credentials and abilities as a student. No college wants to admit slackers. They want to know you’re going to keep your head above the water while at their school.</p>
<p>If it jumps now, they might reject you, but as long as you stay within a reasonable range (ie no failing grades, no Ds, no dropping most of your hard courses) they won’t do anything different.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing!
Like, if you are normally a straight-A student, but get 1 or 2 B’s for your quarter grades, does that factor into admissions (when they’re evaluating your application)?</p>
<p>They expect SOME fluctuations, especially in harder courses, but they really only reject or deny applicants when they see strong evidence of “senioritis” or slacking off/academic incompetence taking root. They don’t want to accept someone who is going to party all night and fail all their classes (you can party all night and PASS, but no college really NEEDS kids who only work when they have their ears to the knee). A couple Bs though never makes or breaks an applicant outside of MAYBE Ivy Leagues.</p>
<p>From my understanding, if a college requests senior grades, it’s the first semester grades they want, not first quarter. Are a couple of B’s going to kill you if otherwise you’re in? No. Will D’s and general of evidence of severe senioritis? It’s definitely possible. </p>
<p>Likewise, if you’re on the edge of being admitted or waitlisted/declined, a strong midyear report could tip you in favor of admission.</p>
<p>To my knowledge every school expects mid-year reports, so any early on-set senioritis can be an issue. As I understand it most every school also expects a final transcript report, but I’m not 100% sure on that. Regardless, discussions of seniorits seem to be primarily driven by seniors trying to justify taking their foot of the gas during the second half of senior year. I’ve never read an article or seen any quotes from an admissions officer saying that some drop off is OK. So any slacking off is really a matter of how much of a risk you want to take. Obviously the bigger the drop the bigger the risk.</p>
<p>This subject certainly could use clarification… which I am not qualified to do, but here are some observations:</p>
<ul>
<li>No school sees Quarter, or “10 week” or other intermediate grading period grades</li>
<li>ED and EA schools make their admission decisions prior to Semester grades being issued, so clearly they are not considered.</li>
<li>University of California’s nine campuses do not request or see a transcript with Sr. year 1st semester grades at all, until July. In July, trascripts are reviewed for cause to Rescind admission (below 3.0 unweighted, D or F grades in core classes like Calculus). From anecdotal posts here on CC, this happens more at UCLA and Berkeley than the other 7 campuses.</li>
<li>Rolling Admissions campuses (like University of Michigan) do not see Semester grades.</li>
</ul>
<p>so, that eliminates about 20% of the top 50 schools. But it leaves about 80% of admissions decisions.</p>
<p>To my knowledge, the Top 50 or so schools (both Nat’l Uni and LAC) that are not Rolling, not University of CA, and during Regular Decision periods, DO review the Transcript that has been updated with Sr. Yr. 1st Semester grades. </p>
<p>If there are top 50 schools that do NOT review the updated transcript showing Sr. Yr. 1st Semester grades, I’d appreciate knowing which they are, and under what circumstances they do NOT view the updated transcript…</p>
<p>My son went to a moderately selective LAC. He was in the top 20.4% of the class when he was admitted. When we sent the first semester transcript, he had “jumped” to the top 19.6%. No big deal EXCEPT that the school awarded more merit aid to the top 20% folks, so that teeny tiny increase was worth about $12,000 to us.</p>
<p>Another little tidbit on the UC’s, make sure you get your final transcripts to them by the required deadline. There were countless people on the forums who got their admission rescinded because they didn’t satisfy this requirement. Some were able to get back in and some were not. The UC’s are crowded. Make sure you adhere to and meet all their deadlines once you have been accepted.</p>
<p>Being able to meet deadlines is indicative of future performance. If you can’t be bothered to meet all of your requirements just to get into the school, how are you planning to pass courses, graduate, and hold a full time job after you graduate? It’s a worrying sign when a student blows off major deadlines for applications and transcripts; it demonstrates modern society’s tendency to push responsibility onto others and to take other people’s time for granted, and UC’s policy is a sign that some of us sick and tired of waiting for carelessness.</p>