<p>My first semester GPA was a 3.64 including a Satisfactory grade. It’s not bad, but not what I had hoped for. However, it’s looking like I’m going to rock the midterm casba and end up with a 3.93 or 4.0. The LEAST I’d be getting is a 3.86. </p>
<p>How much will my midterm grades compensate for my less than superb first semester grades? Will they be given the same weight?</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p>I’m applying to Brown (#1) Oberlin, Yale, Vassar, Penn, WashU, Swarthmore, Pomona, Puget Sound, and Tufts</p>
<p>Of course, it will help, and as you say, most of your schools require it so you must send it. No one will be able to tell you how much weight the midterm grades are given, it varies with the adcoms from school to school, but given that it’s your most recent work it’s definately a plus, but the colleges also realize that they are just mid-term grades, they’re not final and are subject to change. That’s why only the very selective schools require them. I mean really in most classes the midterm grades are generally based on like 2 tests.</p>
<p>If the schools that you are applying to don’t specify that they want a midterm report, it may be in your best interest to contact the school before you send your grades. Right now, they’ve got papers up to their noses. Some schools don’t want your midterm grades (I know Georgetown and Villanova are like this) until AFTER you have been accepted, to cut down on the volume of mail which they receive.</p>
<p>If they request your grades, then clearly they do so for a reason. If you have shown improvement, then I most def. think that it will go into account. I hope this was helpful. :)</p>
<p>Colleges dont assign weights to how much effect each item of your application will have, they take everything into consideration. For some people, the midterm grades wont change anything if its just more of the same, an increase makes it a plus though. It changes with the applicant and school. No one here will be able to tell you how it effects it or to what extent it would make up for your previous grades if it even does at all, and even if you were to ask an adcom at a specific school they’d give you the same “we consider everything” answer.</p>
<p>i know this is one of those vague, hard to answer and silly questiosn. </p>
<p>I’m not asking about how much weight it’ll have in reference to other parts of the application, just GPA. Like will they take my cum GPA between the two sets of grades as my GPA or use my first semester GPA and see my 4.0 at midterms and say “oh that’s nice”</p>
<p>This is just my opinion but I would think the second, mainly because the midterm report is separate and they’d get your college gpa that they’d consider from the transcript.</p>
<p>Hey everyone–
I’m meeting with teachers this week about my mid-term reports to send to schools. Is there any specific form for the reports? My schools seem really casual about it. They said to just have my teachers send my grades in on post cards. Does that sound normal? What is everyone else doing? Are you making forms yourself?</p>
<p>I made a form adapted from the oberlin midterm report form. It’s really pretty. If you have adobe acrobat, I highly reccomend doing this. </p>
<p>BUT ACK!! I haven’t gotten all the signatures yet, and it’s now spring break and i won’t be able to send them out until after next week! Is it getting too late, especially for schools that a. had march 1st deadlines, b. schools that included forms in their applications. ACK!!!</p>
<p>I made a form too. I sent out my midterm grades this week (because this is when we get them). I’m simliar to you in that my grades weren’t as good last semester as in the past. I had a 3.46 last semester after having a cumulative 3.775 for my first two semesters and a 4.0 in HS. I’m getting a 3.78 for midterms and hope that shows last semester was a fluke.</p>
<p>Honestly, unless you contact a school and they specifically say they don’t want them (and some don’t, for example UNC told me they didn’t want them if they weren’t official), then send them. If they are good, they won’t hurt you, and there’s a good chance they can help you at least a little if they are good.</p>
<p>Can you give me the link to the oberlin midterm report form? I can’t seem to find it. That’s a great idea to mimick your report after an official one. </p>
<p>If you could help me out, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!</p>
<p>It’s on page 9. You’ll need adobe acrobat to modify it. You can either find a friend/library with it, buy it for hundreds of dollars, or dl from i2hub or the like.</p>
Most schools require the midterm report!</p>