Move to New HS made Son's class rank nosedive

perazziman
Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:36:45 +0000

Did the school in Illinois not have a GPA weighting system?

You are right, getting into UT Austin will probably be impossible because they will proably be admitting top 5% or 6% by the time he graduates. However, he can get CAP that allows him to attend another UT campus, earn a 3.2 and transfer to Austin under the agreement.

He can also make it to A&M if gets into the top 25% by end of junior year and scores 1300 on SAT M+V & not score below 600 on M or V.

Keep in mind getting into the 25% will not be easy if lots of kids take AP classes at his new school. That is because your son does not have prerequisite honor level courses to take the AP classes that other kids in the top 25% will be taking. In addition, your son will have to take non AP & non honor courses to meet district requirements for graduation that the other kids may have taken in freshman year.