<p>Alright I am senior who is moving to a different high school. I spent 3 years at the past high school, while I will finish my senior year at a new high school. Does anybody have any past experiences similar to mine so that they can give me advice regarding college apps, recommendations, and things of that sort? Any help about anything related to my situation would be much appreciated?</p>
<p>I’m kind of in the same boat as you. except I don’t even know which high school it will be yet… or even in what city/state lol</p>
<p>Personally, I’m scared for things like homecoming and prom haha. Would probably be so much better at my old high school where I knew everyone. So I know what the feeling’s like</p>
<p>For recommendations, you may want to keep in touch with old teachers so one (or more, I don’t know) could write you a solid recommendation. However, you might also want one recommendation from one of your new teachers–just to show that you’ve assimilated to the new school and all that jazz. I don’t think it should prove to be too much of a problem, but good luck to the both of you. I actually opted out of switching schools this (my senior) year. =)</p>
<p>What are you gonna do for your ECs?</p>
<p>flyingllama: I guess we are both going to have to find some new friends quick : ) A</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, however, I don’t have much in the field of ECs that I have to worry about so I am more worried about recommendations and my new school class rank. I was top 6-8% at my old school hopefully it will stay the same. Oh yeah and what about counselor recommendation, who should I go to my new school or old school? BTW my old school’s counselor really didn’t know me on a personal level, like most other student.</p>
<p>How far away is it going to be? Will you need to change everything?</p>
<p>No not far at all, maybe 10 minutes away, why? What do I not have to change?</p>
<p>Well, if you’re part of teams, sometimes they will let you continue with them. If you’re volunteering locally, that would change obviously if you were moving far away. But since you’re not, you might be able to keep your EC’s?</p>
<p>The only thing I do for ECs is mainly volunteer at my local church and outreach center, however, I can continue. My main problem isn’t the ECs but all the college requirements such as recommendations and all of that crap.</p>
<p>wow that sucks terrible time to move</p>
<p>Tell me about it : /</p>
<p>Oh yeah, well that was the first thing that came to mind. However, they will certainly appreciate your dedication to EC’s. If you are attending a CC or you have a great teach from junior year, that’s what I would use. It doesn’t make much sense to ask a teach you’ve known for 6 months to give a recommendation. Depending on the university you want to attend, you may be able to just use recs from your volunteer work. What schools are you looking at?</p>
<p>Well UCs who don’t require them, along with Chapman, Santa Clara, Pitzer, and Oxy</p>
<p>Where do you want to go?</p>
<p>I haven’t decided.</p>
<p>I can see how this would be frustrating for you. You know that you have stronger recs from volunteering, and you won’t be able to further cement your relationships with old teachers. But now that I really contemplate this, you don’t really change much over summer between junior and senior years. I think what you have now is probably all you need. Just ask your old teachers.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s what I have figured, anyways thanks for your help and time.</p>
<p>You’re always welcome. :)</p>
<p>i’ve been in a pretty similar situation. i moved after my freshman year, changed schools after sophomore year to ANOTHER third school, then back to the soph school for senior year. it was such a hassle.</p>
<p>the biggest and most important advice? make sure all of your paperwork and transcripts are in order. i had such a hard time getting the new school to organize all of my papers when it came time to apply for college. maintain a really positive relationship with both of your guidance departments and stay in contact with any teachers or people who could write your recommendations. and don’t let the stress of a new environment hurt your grades. i did for a while and it took a long time to fix it… that said, everything worked out for me. you definitely can do it! good luck :)</p>
<p>You know what? Anissa has a REALLY good point. I’m on my third high school right now, and I changed a grade from my first high school, so my transcripts were a mess (and probably still are). It’s really difficult getting those papers right, since there are all these formalities you have to go through at every single step. (Sign this, fax that, mail this in). Just thinking about it stresses me out.</p>