Confused by Official Transcripts language in "After the Match" instructions

PatronusMom
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 01:12:05 +0000

Hi all, confused mom here, ha ha. My daughter was a finalist who did not match to any of her ranked colleges, so she is proceeding in regular decision. However, though official transcripts were already sent as part of her College Match application, in the “After the Match” application instructions, some of the schools have checked a bot for Official Transcripts that says – update including recent grades. Most colleges have a January 1 Regular Decision deadline.
But THEN all the colleges ask for a QuestBridge Midyear Report, handled by the school counselor, and the instructions for the Counselor say the following:
Please submit this report after the student’s first term grades are available (end of semester or trimester).
Include a transcript that includes the first term grades and includes the coursework in progress

But the Midyear report is not due until Feb. 15. Soooooooo, is the counselor submitting the updated official transcript? If so, that wouldn’t be due until Feb. 15th deadline, whereas the January 1st deadline still seems to stand for “all required materials for regular decision.” And her transcript would not really change until after her first semester is done, in January.

I hope I am making sense. I am so confused!