hockeydude95

Do colleges that you apply early action to even see your first semester senior year grades?? I have a 4.4 weighted right now but I'm just wondering.

T26E4

Early Action? Then NO, your Sr grades won't be part of your EA evaluation. You can well be accepted based on your 1st 3 years of work. They will assume you remain on the same trajectory. (If you fall off the cliff academically, they can and will withdraw an offer)

However, if you get deferred, your 1st semester Sr grades will come into play. Deferment is always a possibility.

RD applicants must include 1st semester Sr Grades -- but you know that already.

dirkslam41

no senior grades barely change your gpa and rank.

RunsWScissors

My son only needs to bump one kid out of his way to make top 10%, so I hope at least some of those kids feel senior grades aren't important!

drusba

Many colleges, including majority of publics, determine admission based on grades through junior year and use senior year grades only to determine whether an offer of admission should be withdrawn. That would also be true for early action and early admission candidates at other colleges that have those programs.

Colleges that require you to submit mid-year grades for regular admission use those grades along with others to determine admission. Some admissions officials have mentioned that senior year grades that are better than priors usually help only a little but ones that are worse than what you had before can often be a reason for deciding against you.

Dinomite

I am in a similar situation. Im taking 5 AP classes this yr (Sr. Yr), which is the most my school allows to be taken in any year. Out of those 5, I have an A+ in 3, an A- in one, and then a B- in AP Lit. I asked my guidance counselor if this would hurt my chances in RD applications and, without even asking me for my other grades, she said no. Apparently, adcomms would rather see you challenging yourself in a difficult class rather than taking the easy way out and dropping it or not taking it in the first place.

hockeydude95

Yea I have 4 AP's. Colleges definitely want to see you challenge yourself rather than take the easy path.

McKinster

Some of the applications, or scholarships asked for a transcript that included senior year classes. They want to see that you are not taking senior year lightly and are enrolled in classes that not only satisfy your grad requirements, but that are a challenge or interest for you as well.