Learned after the fact that a number of highly ranked colleges informally requested that our private send the first quarter grades of EA/ED applicants, even though it is not a formal requirement listed on their websites.

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Anonymous wrote:Final grades only on the official transcript. The midd-year report senior year does show first semester senior grades.

What about if they are applying for early action in October, will colleges only see their grades through the end of Junior year?

Most will see first quarter senior year, particularly ED.

I don't think our MCPS school sent first quarter grades to DC's REA school.

Ours doesn’t send them. Regular report cards just show semester grades. However, not sure if first two quarters show up for college mid years.

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Anonymous wrote:Final grades only on the official transcript. The midd-year report senior year does show first semester senior grades.

What about if they are applying for early action in October, will colleges only see their grades through the end of Junior year?

Most will see first quarter senior year, particularly ED.

I don't think our MCPS school sent first quarter grades to DC's REA school.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the answer varies from one school district to another. In MCPS, it is only semester grades (not quarter grades). But other districts may do things differently.

This seems inherently unfair. It's possible that two students could both have a final grade of an A, but one student had a B and three A's which averaged to an A, and the other student earned A's each quarter. The colleges wouldn't know that one student actually made all A's on each report card.

Colleges also don't know if one school curves their test and project grades and another doesn't. MCPS doesn't curve.

Do MCPS mid year reports sent to RD colleges include both quarter grades or only one semester grade? Would an A and C show up or just the B average?

Wondering what it looks like in general and if counselors have the opportunity to write anything at that point.

Some colleges request first quarter for ED/EA, but not all high schools have quarter grades. Many only have semester grades, in which case the college does not get any senior grades prior to the ED/EA mid-December results.

Many colleges require a mid-year report (with semester grades) even for ED/EA accepted students (as well as RD), but not all colleges require this for their ED/EA accepted students.

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Anonymous wrote:Final grades only on the official transcript. The midd-year report senior year does show first semester senior grades.

What about if they are applying for early action in October, will colleges only see their grades through the end of Junior year?

Most will see first quarter senior year, particularly ED.