Hi, I’m a current junior near the end of my first year at a competitive state-wide magnet school for STEM students. Coming in, I knew my grades would drop but seeing all A’s going to mostly B’s is pretty disheartening. Everyone always says that schools want to see an upwards trend, so would this be a major negative?
Will colleges understand that moving to a more academically rigorous school means grades will drop?
My standardized test scores have gone up from before I changed schools so that shows progress in the right direction, but is that enough?
My schedule is also almost all AP’s except for electives (they are equivalent to certain courses at in-state colleges but the school has to count them as honors).