Transferring as a Senior

BHan98
Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:59:54 +0000

I’m considering transferring to another high school in my senior year. Even though I know it is not advisable, I do want to go to better high school to show colleges that I welcome academic challenges.
Reasons I want to transfer:

1. My current school does NOT offer higher-level math classes (I’m taking Calc BC as a junior this year)

2. My current school has just started a math club (I’m the president and founder), however, the club members have no incentive to work or whatsoever (resulting in that I’m the AIME qualifier this year; and btw, I did very poorly on AIME this year)

3. My current school has NO students going to top 50 colleges (like, literally none). I suppose that colleges will consider the college admission aspect of the high school I’m enrolled in, right?

4. My current school has now just emphasized its nonsense dress code. Fashion is my life (so is Math and Engineering) I JUST HATE IT!

Potential Drawbacks:

1. Recommendation Letters - since the teachers at my current school like me a lot, I may try to convince them to write me rec. letters even though I may be studying at a different high school
(That’s the only one that I can think of)

Any suggestions? I just to know the pros and cons of transferring to another high school as a senior.