<p>If you applied to a highly selective private high school in your middle school year but got rejected -both ED and RD - would that failure make college admissions ppl of top schools think that you’re making the same mistake of reaching too high without much qualification? Even when you show how much you have grown and matured from that experience?(suppose that this reflection is written stunningly in the essay)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>You got rejected at a HS and you think colleges will even know about it? No.</p>
<p>No, but my middle school year actually counts as my 9th grade because it was in a foreign country, and when my counselor converted my semesters, it came out like that. Studying to get into that high school caused me to significantly plummet my school grades, and now I have an ugly stain on my ninth grade transcript. </p>
<p>I feel I have to mention this event, because it was a turning point in my life and caused me to significantly grow.
As i was writing about it, that’s when it struck me that the admissions ppl would not see this as the growth i see it as, but as an indication that I’m aiming too high.</p>
<p>anyone else care to share their thoughts on this? every opinion would be appreciated</p>
<p>you’re worrying too much.</p>
<p>the answer is colleges won’t care.</p>
<p>^ That’s right.</p>
<p>And private high schools have ED/RD??</p>
<p>yeah… it was a college preparatory private school… the application process is very much like a college application process</p>
<p>many schools barely look at 9th grade. JHU reports they simply look at 10 & 11 grades, for example. You switched schools and many colleges want to know why. Give an easy, quick answer and move on.</p>