HELP! Rare Case! How do colleges view double repeats?

happy1
Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:27:25 +0000

It would be a terrible idea to repeat HS a second time just to try to pump up your ECs. It won’t work. First college admissions officers would certainly wonder why you transferred to a less rigorous school for another junior year (and to do ECs would not be a good answer). What courses would you even take? Second, being new to a school as a junior who is 2 years older than your peers it would likely be difficult to get involved in school activities and getting a leadership position – if you are 2 years older than most students you may not fit in well. I am not sure you tried hard enough – most people can find a few hours now and then to do something during the school year and many people do something during the summer (even menial work experience would count).