<p>I am a U.S. citizen living overseas in Korea. I'm a junior attending an international school that has a ridiculous grading system. For example a 93% would be a B+... unless i get a 100% or 99%, getting an A+ is impossible. We have no honors classes offered, even though the regular classes I attend are pretty much as difficult as honors classes... And the limited amount of AP courses in our school are only available to highly gifted students, which my friends back in the states think is ridiculous. On top of that, the teachers show slight bias and favoritism to the students as they choose the kids taking the course. Even though i had pretty much had straight A's this year except for math, i was still rejected from all 4 of the AP classes i applied for despite the fact that i was more than capable of taking them because i didn't "stand out" enough. Oh, and we're not allowed to take more than 2 per year. (I also got rejected to take any last year, when my grades were more than acceptable)
So my main question is, would colleges understand that our school is tougher than most American highschools and consider that when looking at my grades? Would they convert the grades as well? So if i get a 93, would they translate that into an A, while its a B in my school? And I really would like to take AP classes, only I can't in my school... so i don't know what to do. I feel like my school won't give me a chance to prove myself.</p>
<p>Your grades will be looked at in the context of your school. Colleges should see that the cutoff for an A- is a 94. That being said, there are many schools in the US with similar cutoffs and few honors courses. Just do your best.</p>