<p>This isn't a typical chances thread but I didn't know where to put this...
I just finished Junior year at the high school I've been attending since Freshman year. I'm in the top 3% of my class, with a GPA of 4.33 by my school's scale. I moved to a new state over the summer, and the school that I'm going to next year seems very competitive as well. They provide GPA statistics online, and according to the statistics, I will most likely not even be in the top 10% (which is approximately a GPA of 4.25 by their calculation standards). Part of the reason for this is that my old school offered several extremely difficult Honors courses that most students did not get As in, and this was adjusted for in GPA and class rankings, but this new school seems to only offer AP course and regulars courses (and maybe 2 or 3 honors courses that count as regulars classes) and thus all of my Honors classes will count as regulars courses in calculating GPA. I'm scared that this is going to hurt my admissions chances since I got a B a few times in 9th/10th grade in an Honors course (all of which were 88s/89s but unfortunately an 89 is counted the same as an 80 in GPA which is ridiculous in my opinion), and those few Bs are enough to lower my GPA below the top 10% cutoff.
One good thing is that this school does not rank students. HOWEVER, they make statistics available online that outline what percentage of the class has certain GPA ranges. Are colleges going to look online and find this info anyway? A lot of colleges want kids in the top 10% of their class, and chances are high that I'm going to be more like top 12 percent, even though I was top 3% for the three quarters of my high school years. I think if I had been at this new school for 4 years I could easily be top 10 percent but because of the way my old school worked I won't be. Are colleges going to even know that I attended a different school for 9th-11th grades, and are they going to be able to see how well I did those 3 years at my other school, or are they only going to look at my performance compared to kids that I've spent only a few months with? </p>
<p>Thanks if you read that and sorry if that made no sense. It's kind of hard to explain my situation but I'm really worried about this and want to see if any of you guys know how this is going to work...</p>