grader

I've been trying to contact some of the schools, I find that although the responses are not always clear and I don't want to keep bothering them. I'm leaning towards just sending them now but still haven't decided, one of the departments clearly said it doesn't matter too much when the transcripts arrive. I'll let you guys know how things develop in the next couple of days, hopefully I'll have a decision by then.

Question for you all: I am trying to figure if I should wait to send my transcripts until my fall grades are recorded. I think doing so would pretty significantly help my GPA but worried they won't make the due dates. I'm wondering how strict schools are with the due dates and the supplementary materials if the online application is submitted on time. Most of the schools need the dates are sometime around the Jan 1st and if I wait till fall grades are in I won't be able to send out my transcripts until December 20th or so. Is that cutting it too close? Any thoughts? Thanks.