so do midterm exams grade matter, since they wont be seen for a bit?

Applying to College
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<p>im applying to average colleges like umass lowell and one good college (umass amherst)
my 1st semester grades are good.. but a couple of my midterm exams will be bad... will that matter?</p>

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<p>and by bad i mean possibly fail on midterm.</p>

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<p>bump...................</p>

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<p>only if it affects the semester grade...</p>

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<p>yeah, which depending on how much your exams are weighted in calculating a semester average, a failing grade will most likely keep you out of an A. Of course this all depends on how well you did in the class this semester.</p>

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<p>The midterm grades at my school affect the semester grade, but don't appear separately. Even then, they have only a small effect.</p>

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<p>how much are they weighted. do they count 13, 25, even 33% of your semester average. for instance my school has 3 marking periods per semester, and then a semester exam. each is weighted equally, so if i get a 90, then an 85, then a 93, then a 80 on the exam, my semester average is an 87</p>