<p>My school is on the trimester system. The first trimester ended at Thanksgiving, and the second will end the last week of March. Smith says that the RD mid-year report deadline is February 2, which could put me in a bit of a difficult situation. </p>
<p>I've done some research on this, but have been unable to find a definitive answer. Does Smith want my first tri or second tri grades with the mid-year report? Will they not consider my application until second tri grades come in? Should I camp out at my counselor's office so I can beg her to send my transcript the day the second tri grades are available? (;))</p>
<p>Any advice would be deeply appreciated.</p>
<p>Contact your admissions counselor at Smith.</p>
<p>You should call the admissions office to be sure, but they will probably want your first
tri-mester report. By the time the second tri-mester report gets to them, admission decisions will be all but be in the mail. </p>
<p>They will eventually want your second tri-mester report, just as for semester students they ask for their final grade report (admissions decisions can and will be rescinded if you don’t complete your school in a satisfactory manner. Little slips are okay, big slips are not) but probably not for consideration with this application, unless you get waitlisted (God forbid). </p>
<p>But make sure you ask someone who works for Smith, just to be sure.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks, both of you. I’ll shoot my regional admissions counselor an e-mail with my query and have my school counselor send out the mid-year report form with my first tri grades. She said she’ll also send out my second tri grades as soon as they’re available, just in case. </p>
<p>Now, back to writing that “Why Smith” essay… if only they let me write a hundred “hundred words” about why I want to attend…</p>