Should I send these mid-year grades?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>They weren't requested, but should I send them anyway?</p>

<p>My school is on the block system, so I only took 3 classes first semester, and my grades were:</p>

<p>AP Economics - A-
AP Government - A
Spanish II - A</p>

<p>What do you guys think? Does the A- indicate that I shouldn't send them, seeing as I only took 3 classes and yet still got an A-? (Really hard class to get an A OR A- in at my school [most have C's and D's, I think], but the USC admissions officers obviously won't know that, so...:/)</p>

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<p>the USC admissions counselor assigned to my son’s school told him not to include plusses and minuses on his self-reported grades (when he first applied), so I’m assuming he won’t include them on mid-year grades either.</p>

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<p>Why wouldn’t you send these in? USC doesn’t count minuses anyhow. And AP Econ is REALLY hard, I’m struggling to get a A-…</p>

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<p>I think you should send them in. They’re good grades.
And I’m glad to know I’m not the only one taking Spanish II senior year!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies, guys! But they do want you to put pluses and minuses; it says here on the mid-year thing:</p>

<p>Grade: List in these fields the letter or numerical grade earned for each course. Include plus/minus marks and special marks for pass, not passed, withdrawal, incomplete, etc., exactly as they are shown on your report Card. </p>

<p>:-/</p>

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<p>Are you honestly moaning over an A- in AP?</p>

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<p>hmmm. Eiffel, that’s odd. I guess they suddenly want plusses and minuses. I’m sure my son was told not to include them on his initial app.</p>

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<p>@Cowman, well, I’m happy with it but I just wonder if it looks bad because I only took three classes (only 2 AP) and still got an A-, you know? It’s not like I was taking 5 AP classes and got an A-…So that’s why I’m not sure.</p>

<p>@Jazz, I’m pretty sure they didn’t want pluses and minuses on the initial app, but that they want them on the mid-year grades for whatever reason. I think it’s kind of strange too.</p>

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<p>Hooray! My school doesn’t give plusses or minuses. All of our grades are just the letter. I had a lot of A minuses otherwise.</p>

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<p>^Oh, yeah, that’s true…some schools don’t give pluses and minuses. That might mean that USC won’t hold minuses against someone…I hope. XD</p>