Midyear grades

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>What impact do midyear grades play in the admissions process? Suppose I am taking two college courses and 5 AP courses and I have an A in every course but English, how big of an impact would that play if in the prior three years I had all A/A- and 2B+s</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>senior year GRADES are not that big a deal in your case. The reason senior year is important is the COURSE RIGOR: showing that you are still taking hard courses. The grades aren’t that significant as like, junior year. you’re golden.</p>

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Pure stupidity.
Senior year midterm is just as important as one semester of junior year.</p>

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<p>^Exactly. They look to make sure you’re maintaining not only course rigor but top grades. </p>

<p>The exception would be schools with EA/ED (irrelevant to Princeton admissions), where decisions are made before midyear grades. In that case, they would just make sure there hasn’t been a dramatic dropoff in grades.</p>

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<p>Exactly. Thank you for enlightening others.</p>

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<p>That being said, if you have all As and one B (I’m assuming not a C or lower; you didn’t explicitly say) in English, it’s <em>probably</em> not gonna keep you out.</p>

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<p>How about a B+ 1st semester in Calc AB last year and a mid-B in Physics C this year, but As in everything else throughout high school?</p>