<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I'm in a situation where I skipped a grade in elementary school, but my parents always wanted me to spend more time with kids my own age, so when I transferred schools at the end of 10th grade, I repeate 10th grade. So, now I have 2 grade 10 grades.... it's definitely not because I couldn't keep up with the class (had a 4.0 at end of first 10th grade)...</p>
<p>How do I explain this situation to the colleges I'm applying to? Is there a special place on the Common App to explain this sort of thing?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>You could put it in the Additional Information section of the CA, but I’d recommend you have your GC address this in their evaluation.</p>
<p>A lot of time on CC, people say they have a “special situation,” but really it is a situation that a lot of people have and the poster doesn’t realize it and thinks he/ she is special. This really is unique, or uncommon at the very least : )</p>
<p>I second what entomom says.</p>
<p>Why would your parents do something so stupid?</p>
<p>mythbuster: haha well if people knew it’s not an uncommon situation, they wouldn’t ask such questions right? I just used the word special as in “not regular”, not becuase I’m self absorbed or something LOL so please don’t get picky</p>
<p>nextbigthing: sigh…it’s very complicated…but I don’t regret the choice~ my previous school was super easy that when I got to my new school (a very well known international school in china) I found out how uninformed I was haha So if I transferred during my junior year, I would have been pretty screwed and overwhelmed~</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for everyone’s advice~~ I’ll make sure to tell my GC about this^^</p>