By now, many seniors have received their first college offer, and may be tempted to blow off the 2nd semester of school - a big mistake! This behavior is commonly known as 'senioritis' Senioritis can be defined as a “sickness” that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include: laziness, an over-excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, athletic shorts, and sweatshirts. Also features a lack of studying, repeated absences, and a generally dismissive attitude (National Assn. of College Admission Counseling).
1. Understand that colleges rescind acceptance offers and reduce scholarships based on final transcripts.
2. Know that colleges may increase scholarship amounts if your finish stronger. Some colleges may even encourage you to continue taking your SAT and / or ACT to increase your scholarship chances.
3. Remember, many private colleges and universities require you to send your mid-year transcript. All colleges will want to see your final transcript.
4. Greek life and other extra-curricular clubs / sports teams, etc., will want to see your final transcript too.
5. Your final transcript, like it or not, will tell a story about you - your character - your willingness to finish well and ready yourself for the next step of life. Internships and employers often want to see the final high school transcript too.