SummitSkier
5-Year Member
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- Jan 13, 2012
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Hi all,
I am currently a junior in high school and have moved high schools three times.
Transferring high schools is a very annoying process and doing it twice has had some effects on my transcript. At my first two high schools, I took all honors classes and left with a weighted GPA of 3.9. At my current high school, they do not weight honors classes and because of this they took my weighted GPA away. Now on my transcript it looks like I have a weighted and unweighted GPA of 3.4... My concern is that admissions will look at my transcript and dismiss it immediately because of the low GPA. I know i screwed up by getting straight B+'s and counting on my weighted GPA, but I cant help feel that I am at a disadvantage. Another problem I have had is that my new school requires tests to get in to honors and AP classes. When I moved here I missed the day to take the tests, so the school would not let me in to anything except for AP Bio. I could go on and on but basically what I am wondering is will I get a chance to explain what has happened during my ALO interview or application and if so, how much will it matter?
Thank you all
I am currently a junior in high school and have moved high schools three times.
Transferring high schools is a very annoying process and doing it twice has had some effects on my transcript. At my first two high schools, I took all honors classes and left with a weighted GPA of 3.9. At my current high school, they do not weight honors classes and because of this they took my weighted GPA away. Now on my transcript it looks like I have a weighted and unweighted GPA of 3.4... My concern is that admissions will look at my transcript and dismiss it immediately because of the low GPA. I know i screwed up by getting straight B+'s and counting on my weighted GPA, but I cant help feel that I am at a disadvantage. Another problem I have had is that my new school requires tests to get in to honors and AP classes. When I moved here I missed the day to take the tests, so the school would not let me in to anything except for AP Bio. I could go on and on but basically what I am wondering is will I get a chance to explain what has happened during my ALO interview or application and if so, how much will it matter?
Thank you all