<p>I got my midyear report and I got all A's and A+'s. My rank went from 4th to 3rd. How much (if at all) will this help my chances? Colleges: Northwestern, Tufts, Vassar, Lehigh, U or Rochester, U of Virginia, George Washington, Umass-Amherst.</p>
<p>It will help your chance. Good job.</p>
<p>NO, RAISING YOUR GRADES AND RANK WILL NOT, ABSOLUTELY NOT, HELP YOUR CHANCES. Ask yourself the question you asked us. Is there any logic in an improved chance of admission by having a good mid-year report and being higher ranked than you previously were? If there is any logic logic in that, I don't see it!</p>
<p>hahaha. sorry. I realize that it is going to help but I was asking how much it is going to help. Is moving up one place was significant at all? Thats what I was trying to ask. Sorry if it was unclear.</p>
<p>A good mid-year report after a bad junior year won't "save" you from rejection, while a bad report after a good junior year won't help you. But, colleges will see your rank in which is finalized on a mid-year report. Since your rank is higher, it will help you a little bit. Colleges also like to see how you do in your senior year because it gives them an insight into how you handle rigorous workload. So, overall, it will help you but doesn't guarantee an admission.</p>
<p>Is that kind of answer you want to hear? Your question is still confused to me (I'm slow :p)</p>
<p>Hey. I got straight A's senior year and a 5.0 average for the semester. My rank actually dropped. Jesus! I took an elective pass/fail while someone else must've taken accelerated Econ or some bull... I learned that more classes meant higher GPA after-the-fact.... god.... I know it really doesn't matter, but the school rewards in recog. and $$$ the top _ number of kids and i just slipped out of that category by 1. BLOWS.</p>
<p>Mid-year reports are important for borderline cases. If they were going to be on the line over you, then it will probably shove them into an acceptance.</p>
<p>What if a midyear report is "worse" (a lot of A's to A-'s) compared to the rest of my transcript, but is actually the same numberwise? Would it still seem like I slacked off or could not handle the load? I very barely eked out all borderline A-'s first semester...</p>
<p>I think there would have to be more of a difference than going from an A to an A-.</p>
<p>a rank from 4 to a rank of 3 doesnt mean much... either way your still at the same advantage for admissions on the GPA/academic level... just like a SAT score of 1600 isnt viewed much differently than 1550.</p>
<p>once you reach a certain academic peak, then the top schools u applied to like northwestern will move on to everything else within ur app</p>