Switching High Schools Senior Year

shoebox
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:09:16 +0000

@ fruitloops

I think that I am in a similar boat as you. I have spent the last three years at a local public school. My parents did something stupid and got me kicked out (not technically expelled) for not following the residency requirements. Maybe I cannot compare to a private school education, but my high school was extremely competitive, where my 3.8 GPA is in the top handful or so and it offered me a much more rigorous course load. So, I’m really worried about that. I’m going to take the advice on getting a rec/transcript from the old school. I definitely agree that I’m going to miss my leadership positions the most. I was captain of two teams, one made 2nd in state and the other, 2nd at nationals. I really loved those teams, and it will definitely suck to miss out on that glory of winning, if it happens. I do feel a little worried about colleges seeing that I held no leadership, but I will try to explain in the apps.

I think that you are lucky in that you will know where you are going to school next year. My parents want to send me out-of-state in hopes of getting me in-state tuition somewhere. They really dislike the public school I should be attending for reasons that I don’t really understand b/c they lack any real knowledge of the school to begin with. It makes more sense to me, even though it will still be difficult. And yet… my parents are still trying to make me go back to the school I got kicked out of, but I don’t think that is the right choice.