A very weird situation

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<p>Okay, to start off I'm a Korean American student who transferred to an American high school during the second semester of freshman year. The academic year is very different in South Korea than in the U.S. so I ended up bringing my 9th grade report to my high school. The thing is, 1) the grading system is very different in Korea and 2) 9th grade is middle school in Korea (10th-12th is high school). Although I informed my counselor about this, she proceeded to enter the grades in, which had about 8 B's and 2 C's (the grading systems are incredibly different).</p>

<p>With the out-of-country grades counting towards my GPA, I have 3.658 unweighted and 3.92 weighted. Without them, meaning everything from my second semester 9th grade until my junior year first semester grade, my unweighted gpa is 3.9 and weighted is 4.45. </p>

<p>Would colleges* look at my out-of-country grades and frown at them (regardless of whether they counted or not), or would they dismiss them? Would they include them in their GPA calculations?</p>

<p>I would appreciate any response, and I thank those who took their time to read through this.</p>

<p>*colleges in general, from Brown and Wustl to Northeastern and University of Miami.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Are the grades included on your “official high school transcript?” That’s what the colleges will ask for. Some colleges might accept a letter of explanation along with the transcript of the unusual circumstances.</p>

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<p>Talk to your GC about your concerns. At the very least, he/she should write an explanation about the grade discrepancy when your recommendation is written.</p>

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<p>McKinster, yes they are included in the official high school transcript, but they are labeled separately as “Out of Country.” Another disconcerting issue is that my class rank is based off the out-of-country grades too, meaning that my rank is disproportionately lower than it should be (my peer with a similar GPA has a 40/700-ish rank, while I am ranked 102).</p>

<p>FlyMeToTheMoon, I talked to my counselor initially, but she was stubborn in putting in all of the grades from Korea. I will talk to her one more time to discuss this problem.</p>

<p>I am planning on explaining my situation to colleges, and I never thought of getting an explanation from the counselor herself lol. Thank you for your inputs :)</p>