Monthly Focus
Mid-Year Grades
The college counseling office has sent Mid-Year Reports to all colleges. These are simply a semester grade report that is sent to every college where there is an application pending. We will also send Mid-Year Reports to schools that have admitted you early.
Decision Notification
Please remember to keep your college counselor updated on your admission decisions; we only know this news if we hear it from you.
ED/EA Deferrals
In previous newsletters, we offered advice on ways to facilitate admission to your early school if you were deferred into the regular round. We continue to encourage seniors to meet with their college counselor in order to discuss steps to take if you were deferred.
Second Semester Grades
Although the third quarter ends at the time when colleges finish their decision making, the strength of the third quarter performance can become very important to those who are waitlisted and hoping to get off that waitlist. Discussing the waitlist may seem a little premature in February, but given the temptation to "ease off the gas‟ in the third quarter, we feel it is important to convey the role of third quarter performance in waitlist situations.
Withdrawing Applications
If you have been admitted Early Decision to a college, you need to withdraw your other applications immediately. This can be accomplished by sending a short email to the admission office with your name and birthdate, indicating that you'd like to cancel your application. This action is required on your part per the ED agreement that you, your parent, and your college counselor signed. Failure to follow through on this reflects poorly on both you and Gilman. Likewise, if you have been admitted through Early Action or Rolling Admission, you are not bound to attend the school. But, if you now know that you will attend that school over others on your list, it's good practice to withdraw your other applications in hopes of freeing up a space for someone else.
