<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>The second quarter is about to finish up and I probably wont be able to get an official transcript until early april. Should I just get my professors to sign a self-made midterm report right now or wait until finals?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation. I have just created a generic mid-term report form that I am having my college professors fill out now with my current grades. I want to get everything submitted before the March 15th deadline and that includes the mid-term report. I suppose one could wait for some sort of unofficial transcript, but i just feel like this way is easier for me. Good luck.</p>
<p>schools wont accept anything unless its official, or they ask for it.</p>
<p>Do you know of any such schools (tier 1) at the top of your head? I only took 3 classes fall quarter, but now I am overloaded with units and I want this quarter to be evaluated as well.</p>
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schools wont accept anything unless its official, or they ask for it.
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Source please?</p>
<p>There are a few CC students before that sent in midterm grades by doing their own thing. I know at least for my college, most grades don't even come through midterm officially, most are just casually given to you. I doubt it'd be on the transcript.</p>
<p>What I'd do is probably make a pretty professional looking thing, get your grades, a teacher signature, and probably some comments (if your grade is like an A- or B+ and it'll be raised to an A by the end of the semester, you can have your teacher write improving, or some grades will drop, ect)</p>
<p>jmmom, its just common sense lol. I mean, you can tell them what you have, but its not going to weight in as heavily as something official.</p>
<p>^ but not all colleges give you official midterm reports. Mine, and I think a few others that I know of, only give your final grades as "official"</p>
<p>hell, like I said before, not all of my teachers even post midterm grades. Not all of my teachers even have midterms.</p>
<p>Figured I would chime in. I'm at Brown, and also got into other top schools last year as a transfer. I made my own sheet last year around this time with midterm grades and teacher's signatures. Before I made them, some schools said they would accept them and others said they wouldn't. Brown for instance said they wouldnt consider extra material before hand, but ended up putting it in my life and I would imagine it helped out a lot. The more interest you can show in transferring the better. a week or so after I sent in the sheet i called the offices and made sure they had placed them in my file. You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain. The more effort you put into transferring, the greater your choices will be. For someone with a 3.5 highschool gpa and only one full semester of college under my belt, effort was extremely important. I got extra letters of rec from the coordinator of my shcool's student govt., a letter of rec. from a student who went to Brown, etc. That got me waitlisted. Then after I finished my semester, I came down to Providence and met with an admission counselor even though they said on the phone that the transfer officer would not be available. The date on my acceptance package was postmarked the very next day. It was a ton of effort and a very stressful couple of months, but there has been no doubt that it was all extremely worth it. Kids work themselves to death going above and beyond in high school to get into the top schools- the extra effort of sending in a midterm report on the chance that they will accept it is nothing in comparison.</p>
<p>I'm going to do the same thing since I had to get a form signed for Cornell anyway. Should I call in advance to make sure they'll accept it or should I just send it anyway with the worst possible scenario being they just don't look at it?</p>
<p>lol cavs, u and i are applying to the same school ;)</p>
<p>Along with a billion other people.....Which school are you applying to?</p>
<p>ilr ....;)</p>
<p>Ah, best of luck to you. Anyone have a response to my original question about calling prior to sending reports?</p>
<p>why dont you just use cornells form? whats the difference?</p>
<p>Because it says Cornell at the top?? I'm inquiring about others schools I'm applying to that do not require the form.</p>
<p>wth? i thought cornell was your dream school :confused: why are you applying elsewhere and why are you turning in unofficial grade reports to schools that probably wont care for them :confused:</p>
<p>cavs, I am just going to make my own form (aside from penn and cornell) and send it in thinking that the worst that can happen is they don't look at it.</p>
<p>both of you guys must be freshman applicants lol....</p>
<p>It is my dream school, but have you thought of the fact that I might need other options should I not get in? Thus, it only makes sense to do everything in my power to get in everywhere I applied to. If I get into Cornell and a few others I'll obviously still be going to Cornell.</p>
<p>Freshman applicants? I think not lazy is the more appropriate description here.</p>