First semester (term) senior year is only upon request by USNA...although if not requested you can always have transcript submitted by Guidance Counselor. There is a significant number of applicants with appointments and LOAs by December so, as an example, those applicants don't send in first term grades . You will see many posts here where candidates/parents indicate that applicants were asked for 1st term grades.... We were not asked and never sent them in (DS had LOA in October and Appt. in January).