How does repeating a grade affect college admission?

skieurope
Wed, 18 May 2022 12:40:33 +0000

sybbie719:

You belong to the cohort based on the year that you started 9th grade anywhere in the world. If you are a sophomore originally part of Cohort, 2024, that is where you will be.

sybbie719:

The being held back does negatively affect you.

sybbie719:

I doubt if they are going to arbitrarily let you repeat a grade because this also affects the school cohort graduation rates.

Sorry to disagree with you, but such generalized statements are misleading at best, and downright wrong at worst.

Without knowing the OP’s specifics, at many top private schools, the “cohort” is 30% repeats. Not because the student is held back, but because the school is so advanced academically to the old school. Every single AO knows this and it will have zero impact on admissions.

As for the private school, the graduation rate is based upon the class the student entered their school. There is no 5-year graduation plan. If the student needs 5 years to graduate, the 5th will not be done at that school