100pcCharlotte

I just looked up Carolina's mid year report and they only ask for the Letter Grade and Numerical Grade.
And Wake Forest ask mainly for both of my GPA's and class rank.
I am worried because a have a 92 or higher in all my Honor's and AP's classes, but I have a "D" on an Elective (that I hate).
Do you think I will be fine??

AdmissionsDaniel

As I said a few post above, I can only answer questions about Johns Hopkins policies. I can not help you with questions about other university policies, because it is different for every school. I can not assist you, and you really should contact the schools you have applied to directly.

100pcCharlotte

Ok sorry I'll do that

soleil_458

Dear AdmissionsDaniel,
First of all, thanks for all the updates on twitter for ED applicants before release of results....they were a great insight into the admissions process. I was an international ED applicant to Johns Hopkins However unfortunately I was deferred. I am an IB diploma student from India and want to know whether you consider predicted IB grades for the mid-year report since these are based on our performance in Grade 12 also. Our school sends these grades as the mid-year report for other applicants too since our examination(IB mocks) in our school is in the period feb-march and these results will be available to you only in late march when you will start the release of results. I had already sent my IB predicted grades along with other material for my ED app. So Will I need to send a separate mid-year report?

LaVieEnChocolat

hello AdmissionDaniel,

JHU accepted ED a student from my HS with very mediocre gpa and grades! and everybody was very surprised by his acceptance to a "prestigious" university!( i know the student well because we go to a very small hs, and we all know the value of each of us.. ) how this can happen? i know his Dad is a surgeon and they have money, but do you know if this was the reason? is everything corrupted?? ..i know i am very naive!

AdmissionsDaniel

soleil_458
All deferred ED applicants MUST have their school submit a mid-year report along with an updated senior year transcript. Even if the transcript will not reveal new information, the mid-year report is required. And yes, we will review predicted IB grades for any applicant who has their school submit them. Remember the information must be submitted by your school for the information to be considered official.


LaVieEnChocolat
There are numerous reasons behind why we admit someone to Johns Hopkins. You and your classmates did not evaluate this student's application so therefore you are in no place to judge why the student was admitted. Our review process is quite holistic and we take into account the entire application, not just a student's GPA. And I would really question the term "mediocre." I will not go into a discussion why we admit the students we admit, but I can definitely say we have never admitted a student because one of their parents might be wealthy.

A strong piece of advice ... don't worry about the admission of your peers -- only concern yourself with your own application.

johnsmithcollege

Admission Daniel,

I have a question regarding the midyear report: What is sent to the JHU when high schools send the midyear report? Like does the midyear report include all the grade earned first quarter, second quarter, midterm, and final semester grade or do they only include only the semester grade (assuming that the HS has a quarter grade system). I'm asking because I have a upward trend from first quarter to second. A to A+ in Calculus. Thanks ahead of time.

LaVieEnChocolat

AdmissionDaniel: i'm concern about my peers because this process is also a competition!! If JHU decides to take 4 students at my HS,the kid with"mediocre " grades jeopardizes my chances!!!

roberthhid

LaVieEnChocolat: I'll take a crack at this for Daniel. This is truly one of the great myths of the college application process! Each applicant is looked at as an individual. I know of no top school which has a "quota" for a given school. A couple of years ago 6 students from my kids graduating class of less than 100 were accepted to Middlebury (4 went). You "competing" with the entire application pool.

trickysocksman

so, when would the mid year report actually affect if an applicant is admitted? Does it only hold real bearing if an applicant has a significant change in performance (whether that be good or bad)? or, for example, would a first B coming in the first semester of senior year for an otherwise straight A student be enough to make JHU not accept an applicant?

AdmissionsDaniel

johnsmithcollege:
It all depends on what your school provides. Every school is different. You should ask your guidance counselor what is included on the mid-year report they complete and the updated transcript they send. The Admissions team will review everything that is provided.

trickysocksman:
The mid-year report and senior grades matter in the review of EVERY APPLICATION. This report is the most updated record of a student's academic performance and therefore it is weighted quite highly as we review and finalize admissions decisions.

sak09

I'm sorry if these midyear report questions are getting a bit annoying, but this has really been bothering me. I found out the other day that I will getting a C (my first C ever) in an AP class. My rank won't drop because our school calculates rank at the end of the year only, but I'm not sure what my cumulative GPA will be. Sometimes the school transcript only calculates a cumulative GPA at the end of the year, just like the rank, so it might be the same (not sure). Anyway, how badly will this C hinder my application? I have decent SATs (nothing remarkable, but in JHU's range) and really good ECs/essays if I do say so myself. Will this hurt a lot?

corretto joe

100pc... does your school weight? It might help if it does, since it's an elective.

On the topic of hating an elective---I've stopped taking electives unless they're taught by AP/honors teachers. I forget how slow regular classes move sometimes. The last one I took was creative writing, which I was genuinely looking forward to... until five 86-minute classes in, all I was still learning about basic composition of metaphors (shoot me.) and the teacher's personal history, which was neither interesting nor useful.

Annnd... I'm done ranting now.

Sigh.. this midyear report may not go so well. The physics midterm and I had a little tiff... and I'm pretty sure it won.

Dante09

So the midyear report is only a counselor report? Or do we need to send an updated transcript as well? It seems kind of redundant to send both

AdmissionsDaniel

sak09:
You all keep asking how one grade on a mid-year report will impact your overall application review, and I keep either ignoring the question or responding there is no way to tell. And that is what I am going to say again -- there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that I can answer such a question. One grade will never be the sole reason why we do not admit a student, choose to wait list a student, or admit a student. EVERYTHING MATTERS and everything is evaluated.

Your mid-year report is very important and your senior grades carry a lot of weight, but they are not reviewed as the sole and most important part of your application. They will matter in the review but there is absolutely no way to say what impact the mid-year report will have on the overall review with out reviewing one's entire application.

So please stop asking these questions ... spend your time getting good grades.

Dante09:
The mid-year report is a form that needs to be completed by your high school guidance counselor and sent by them (by Feb. 15) along with an updated transcript. Both the mid-year report and new transcript are required, and these forms are not redundant ... one is an update by the counselor and the other is the record of your grades.