Hey Guys,
During my freshman year of high school, I transferred to a new school (from a school which did not offer Ap courses during freshman year), 2 weeks late. For this reason, I was placed into all honors classes and no ap classes (Since I was only recommended for honors classes, which were that highest level for a freshman in my old school). In addition to this, I was also put into a level 2 engineering course, when I had no prior knowledge of engineering ( I got a B in the class). Finally, I was also 1 year behind in my language because, in the middle school that I used to go to, French 1 was the highest level course that someone could take. This means I had to take French 3 (4.0) in sophomore year and French 4 (4.0) during my junior year. During this time, my peers took, French 4 during sophomore year, and AP French, Junior year. Due to these discrepancies, I received a lower class rang than I should of ( 4.2 freshman, 4.64 sophomore, 4.78 junior, 4.56 total). How should I explain this to collages?
Ask your guidance counselor to mention transfer-related issues in their LOR.
I agree…talk to your GC about this to remind them of the circumstances and have them include it in their LOR.
I sat through a number of college information sessions at almost all of the tippy top colleges. A similar variation of question was answered by a number of college admissions officers - they don’t hold something like this against students. You probably won’t be getting into HYPS - but then again very few people do anyway.
Hundreds of thousands of kids transfer schools during their high school career. Colleges (not collages) will see that you are a great student, working hard and doing exceptionally well.
Based on your GPA, you are smart enough to figure out that there are plenty of great options available to you.
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