<p>My daughter always had high grades and has always taken ap or pre-ap when allowed.</p>
<p>But, at her current high school, when we first moved here, she had some teachers (and some other students) who made references to her past school and how terrible it was and how she won't be able to cut it at their school. It was ridiculous. I had a sit down talk with those teachers. One was not even grading her papers and giving her 74 on each paper. Finally, my daughter put "pigs fly and polka dots fall from the sky" in the middle of one of her papers and the teacher did not even notice. She got another 74 and the same comment she always got "you did not spend enough time on this paper." How would she know how much time my daughter spent on her papers? She doesn't! And at the meeting, comments were made about how my children came from an inferior school and THEIR schools are so much better so my daughter cannot possibly do well. I was also informed that "no one comes to our school from a different district and does well." She also had a science teacher that was a man and told us that "girls tend to struggle in my class." Even though we got the principal involved and all, we got no where. (we live in the south, it is kind of a mans club here, especially with the administration, and I have had APs tell me even that they do not like female principals and such). Even the teacher in charge of NHS would not let her be in NHS. She was initially sent the letter that she qualified, but then the teacher just would not let my daughter be inducted, even though she qualified. We had a big meeting with the principal and my husband and that teacher, and it turned nasty with me being yelled at. She never did say what she had against my child. All she kept saying is that we will see if our daughter can qualify the next year. And the principal just kept saying he stands behind his teachers.</p>
<p>This year, she has all better teachers. But she is taking straight AP courses. She is earning on the higher end for the grades in her classes. I like her teachers and so does she. They are so much better this year. It is a good year. Her grades are not A's though. Very few make A's in these courses. My daughter usually scores close to the top of the grades that are given. When I discussed this with them, they said it is OK because they weight the grades in the end. (of course, a lot of colleges do not weight the grades when looking at transcripts, but as far as I can tell, most Texas colleges do weight the grades in the admissions process. This is based on our experience with our older child applying to Texas schools this year). </p>
<p>So, her teachers love her now. She has really proven herself to be a hardworking, good student. I do not know if she will bother with NHS, same teacher is in charge. I do not want to give that teacher the chance to pull the same thing.</p>
<p>But, needless to say, I am worried her grades will be what keeps her out in the end. Should I be worried?</p>
<p>(I know we do not know yet if her PSAT score is high enough, but her score was good enough that there is hope)</p>