My course rigor in fields of humanities is stronger than most with all AP level classes in those. The only class that is average is my math where I am taking an integrated trig/alg 2 course.
I completely agree with your statement. The slight correction I have is with my school in particulars gpa distribution. The average is a 3.5 with 3.0 and below being in the bottom quintile.
In the end, no matter what - you need safe schools - and if you want to play sports, that impacts. Maybe you can get into Dartmouth but they donāt want you for hockey.
There are rural/urban schools that are outdoorsy which are easier admits. U Montana as an example. An Elon or SD School of Mines or Idaho or UNH or U Maine or Whitman or App State ā¦many. Yes I know youāll hate the names.
That why, if you go to a top boarding school, the counselors and coaches seem a better place for guidance than here.
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My relative graduated recently from a top boarding school and was advised by her counselor to reclass to improve chances of college admission. Well, not saying he really advised doing soā¦just that they discussed it as a possibility and whether it might help after a single year of lower-than-normal grades. In the end she decided to reclass. Not going to put too many specifics here because itās a small worldā¦but I would say it was good for her overall but not sure it really achieved the desired admission outcome.
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I think they were referring to the applicant pool.
I was thrown a bit with the average course rigor part. Is everybody taking AP Bio in 10th grade? Wouldnāt think so.
Why do you think you have a 40% shot at D1? Have you been talking to coaches already?
The reclass thing comes up a lot it seems. Iām not in your parentās pocket, but if you can do it, Iām wondering where youād look? Another HADES with presumably as good or better sports?
The re-class route wouldnāt eliminate your C, but it would dilute its impact, amp up your relative course rigor and extend your recruiting window. The thing is, youād have to crush your new school out of the blocks, and thatās hard if youāre thinking comparable schools.
Might be easier putting you head down and crushing it at the school that knows you and you know going forward. Thereās still time to rally.
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For the 40% Iām sort of just throwing a number out there for my possibility to go d1 for either sport. I canāt talk to coaches because of NCAA restrictions outside of specific showcases where Iāve talked to some for hockey. Iām about 6ā2,6ā3 with a 6:42 2k and ranked well among my age group for hockey but not an NTDP level player. If I were to reclass it would definitely have to be at a HADES level school. As for rigor I factored in my lower math to say Iām around average rigor.
Iām rooting for you, kid. Seems to me thereās three options:
Option 1 - Stay at your current, end the year strong in 10th, have an awesome 11th and first semester 12th and crush it in your sports. Get in touch with coaches as soon as possible and do the camps etc., to gauge your real recruiting prospects.
Option 2 - Transfer and reclass at another HADES, possibly get Aās and Bās (mostly Bās, but in tough courses for a soph) your second 10th grade, have an awesome 11th and first semester 12th grade, have even more rigorous coursework (more later on that) and have an additional year of crushing your sports.
Option 3 - PG at another HADES (which I canāt say Iāve seen that much), have all the benefits of Option 1 with a full 12th grade of grades and sports (including insight into the recruiting opportunities), and an additional semester of grades to potentially help shore up GPA and additional rigor.
On rigor; again, Iām thinking youāre too wound up on the math bit. It sounds like your rigor is more than demonstrated in your other non-math courses for a tenth-grader, unless Iām reading this wrong. Itās funny to me how some kids equate rigor with whether they take Linear before they graduate (including my kid who was embarrassed that she took the Math 101 equivalent at her school that is comparable to yours yet will be taking an AP Music Theory course her freshman year). Rigor is holistic. Donāt get wound around the axle on math.
This is one of those āfamily discussionā responses that is sometimes unsatisfying, but at the end of the dayā¦
Good luck.
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For so many reasons, I donāt view Option 2 as a valid option. First the challenge of getting admitted to a HADES-level school from a peer school; one needs to present the new school with a reason that wonāt make them roll their eyes. Second, as indicated, grades will take a hit during the adjustment