<p>At my old school, I would be offered:
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C
AP Microeconomics</p>
<p>At my new school, I would not have AP Calculus BC but AB and I would not have Physics C. Instead, I would take AP Calc AB, AP Macro, Comparative Govt. and Politics, AP Statistics, and possibly AP English Literature.</p>
<p>I hope colleges don't see this as demoting myself to a lower school. I don't feel safe in the neighborhood of my old school.</p>
<p>Is the old school in a bad neighborhood? How is it viewed? Is the new school generally perceived as “better” by the community?</p>
<p>@sylvan8798
well i mean the old school is in a bad neighborhood… but its better than the one than I’m planning on transferring to. I mean neither of them are Ivy League “feeder schools.” Wouldn’t there be less competition at the school I plan on transferring to? Its just that the school I currently go to, has about 60-75 out of 800 go to Ivies every year. And only half of the people who are admitted enroll. I mean, it’s not like people from the school that I plan on transferring to never get into Ivies.</p>
<p>Also adcoms who review my transcript will see a different school code on my transcript. However, all my junior year grades are at my old school. Will they look at this negatively?</p>
<p>I’m confused - it sounds like you don’t feel safe at your current school but are planning to transfer to a school in a worse neighborhood? Is the safety issue a personal conflict at your current school?</p>
<p>I don’t think colleges will look negatively at a change of school per se, but the change should be easily understood in terms that don’t raise questions about your ability to get along with others. If you are changing schools because of bullying/personal conflict, even though it isn’t your fault, I wouldn’t want that doorway to discussion opened as part of the admissions process. If, on the other hand, there has been violence at your school and there is an opportunity to go to a school in a safer neighborhood, that may be easily understood by college admissions, especially if the college is in a nice neighborhood - it might give pause to those wonderful schools located in tough neighborhoods that would then question whether or not you might feel unsafe on their campus.</p>
<p>If your family moved a change of schools would be totally understandable, beyond your control. Since you seem to have choice, make sure your choice has the appearance of a positive move and doesn’t raise questions.</p>
<p>^Oh no, I’m planning on transferring to a school in a safer neighborhood that is less academically rigorous.</p>
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If that’s true, then it must be pretty highly regarded, which seems unusual for a school in a bad neighborhood. Is it a magnet school or some other type of special school? If so, you should suck it up and stay there. It seems like you are using “bad neighborhood” as an excuse, when what you really want is to be in a place where you are potentially ranked higher.</p>
<p>Agree with sylvan8798.
Another risk you take in transferring is that the quality of your rec letters will not be the same at a school where the staff and teachers have only known you a few months.</p>
<p>To change to an easier school seems a little suspicious, at least to me. Changes done for personal reasons, rather than moving, are usually done earlier in high school. If your primary motivation is not safety but who you will be competing with for top schools, that’s foolish.</p>
<p>yea, of course it sounds suspicious if you are transferring to a less prestigious school. i agree, that’s why I started this post. i just hope colleges can understand that it was a safety transfer.</p>
<p>^um no my primary motivation wasn’t to reduce competition… i was comparing admissions.</p>
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Now you have contradicted yourself, no? I Agree with glassesarechic. If this school is in a bad neighborhood, then it has been in a bad neighborhood for at least the past three years. Why the change now after you have endured it this long?</p>
<p>^you know what? I don’t need to prove anything to you. I don’t need to show you evidence. I was merely asking for advice on how this would affect my admissions to college. this doesn’t mean my primary motivation was to look good to colleges by transferring; I don’t even know if it will benefit my admissions in the first place.</p>
<p>I think its wise not to jump to conclusions when you don’t even know the details. I said bad neighborhood to keep it general, I did not want to get into the specifics of documented incidents.</p>
<p>Its plain stupid to think that any enrollment center would even grant a safety transfer without recent documentation (i.e. school reports, police report, etc.). Anyone could make that claim, and transfer whenever they wanted to, creating disorder.</p>
<p>if you don’t have anything good to say, then don’t say it so you don’t malign people and falsely accuse them of making excuses.</p>
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<p>interesting development</p>
<p>Hey. You asked how it might be perceived. I’m giving you perceptions. Sorry if it’s not what you wanted to hear. Without the whole story, admissions personnel are going to perceive through their own lenses. They’ve no doubt seen all types of situations and are probably good at cutting to the chase. If there is/was some kind of issue or situation, then you probably need to explain and clarify it in your applications.</p>
<p>Uh, there’s no need to freak out. You said yourself that it looks suspicious.</p>