Impact of repeating 9th grade

Lnej375
Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:35:22 +0000

@Lindagaf @gardenstategal @NASA2014 @Meganerd2012

Thank you all for the responses!
I’m not sure if I mentioned it enough in my original post, but I really am not repeating for the grades. I’m sure I could pull up my grades with an upward trend, and regardless the private school has said that my first freshman year will still be sent in, just not considered. I really do think the year would provide me with a lot of benefits outside of academics, since I’ve essentially spent the whole year stressing, leading to a consistently downward trend of grades. While everyone has spent the year in clubs and trying out new extracurriculars, I have absolutely no idea what I enjoy doing. I’d like to spend the extra year focusing on developing new interests, which I really haven’t been able to do.

The private school has said that I will take placement tests to put me in classes. Many of their classes do not overlap with my current school, so most of the classes would have a great deal of new material. It’s just that the 9th grade transcript would be sent in as well. I considered boarding school but the deadlines were long passed, and I’d like to have 4 years at one school, instead of transferring.

I’ve been seeing many practitioners regarding my mental health and am constantly trying to manage everything, but again, this is really a last resort consideration. Only recently did I consider repeating, but I’m sure it would help a great deal. However, I just don’t know whether the benefits would outweigh the costs. Overall, I’m worried about the impact of repeating, and whether private school would be worth the hefty tuition.