<p>I remembered another question you should ask the “new” school… Will they count her Honors and AP courses as Honors and AP? How will that reflect on her GPA and class rank? When our family moved, the new school just ignored all those stars next to the course names in DS’s transcript, and counted all his classes as regular. Of course, all the grades became regular grades, too :(</p>
<p>Actually, you may want to check several potential “new” schools before you move and choose the one that fits you best in terms of all those regulations (they may be quite different even in the school districts at the same city). Usually, one chooses the best school academically, but in your case - DD wants to take electives in 12-th grade anyway, so your first priority will be probably the best terms for the course transfer and GPA</p>
<p>I moved to the new city and started the new job. I went to the high school and talked to the counselor. It is true that some of the honors classes D took will only be converted to regular classes, graduation requirement is slightly different, but does not pose a big issue. And the most important thing I learned, if D move after the end of junior, when she applies for college, the new school will attach the current school GPA and class ranking for college to consider. This is important for me, since D moves after junior and she does not have to worry about the rankings in the new school.
Anyway, thank you all for the valuable information. My family will move to the new place once D finishes junior.</p>
<p>Good luck in the new job! Please let us know also if we can be of help to your D as she navigates the application process.
The conversion from Honors to regular classes will not matter so long as the GC explains why it was done and so long as your D can take the appropriate classes in senior year. The lack of ranking does not matter, either; many schools do not rank anyway.</p>
<p>that sounds like very good news indeed. I am glad that your D gets to complete her Junior year at her current school, as this will be crucial for her applications next Fall.</p>
<p>Family time is too short and precious to lose a minute over the thought that a child will not get into the “right” college. The move will give a new teacher an opportunity to write a rec along the lines of “even though she was new to our school at a difficult time in the life of a teen she excelled and will bring this adaptability to your campus and be a positive force…”</p>
<p>In concept, I agree with all the “family comes first” statement but in reality, changing schools for senior year can really impact the college application process.</p>
<p>My husband is a high school teacher and has seen real problems with these kinds of moves. He has a student who moved to a different state over the summer. Her new high school calculates GPA on a totally different basis than her old school which means her class rank in the new school looks quite different. The new school also weights some courses and not others based on whether the student has taken the whole sequence over four years - which, obviously, a new transfer can’t qualify for.</p>
<p>The parents have been in to see both the guidance counselor and principal and came away with the feeling that their daughter is seen as “a threat.” She is a very strong student and it was implied that the school didn’t want to help her get a spot at a top college that might otherwise go to one of their established students.</p>
<p>Her old school is doing everything it can to help. The guidance office is sending an annotated transcript. Lots of additional recs from the principal and teachers. But this requires the admissions staff to take the time to sift through a large volume of material and be interested enough in this student to do the extra reading.</p>
<p>It might be worthwhile to have the head of guidance at your daughter’s current school speak to the guidance department in the new school and find out how they handle senior year transfers. Your daughter sounds like a great kid (good for her for being so upbeat and resilient about the move.) She’s obviously going to do her part to make the move successful. It would be a pity to have her disadvantaged along the way.</p>