<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I'm a junior in a local public high school, and I have a good grade there as a junior (my total average of worth-7.5-credit courses is 101.83%).
At the end of school year, when I got my Report Card, I asked my guidance counselor for my class rank, but the thing on the transcript is "0 out of 0."
I asked him why, he said I was not ranked, because I don't have the transcript of freshmen year and sophomore year from this school.
I know, what they would usually do is to simply put transfer students' transcripts into current school's transcript; combine them.
But mine is different, though: it's my 3rd year of high school and also the 3rd country I've been studied (I will stay in US now). So my transcripts of freshmen year and sophomore year are from 2 different countries. </p>
<p>Being a transfer student is not my fault, the fact that I'm not ranked is not fair for me, because I have a very very great chance to be a valedictorian (or at least a salutatorian) next year. </p>
<p>What should I do? I've discussed my foreign transcripts with my guidance counselor and my principal, but none of us find a way to accurately convert them.
Do you think I should be ranked based on the last two years in high school?</p>
<p>Thank you so much if you can share some of your opinions!</p>
<p>Sincerely
A perplexed boy</p>
<p>En… it’s a tough question.
Speaking as a completely third party objective with absolutely no personal interest in the matter, they should rank you even though you only have 2 years U.S. transcripts; they shouldn’t put you in a disadvantage because of something that you, have no control of. Fight for the VALEDICTORIAN! You have a good grade, you deserve it!!</p>
<p>This is your school’s policy, accept it and move on. It is entirely possible that even had you transferred from a US school you would not be given a class rank.</p>
<p>When you apply to college, your current guidance counselor will write a letter explaining why you don’t have a specific class rank. Lots of schools don’t rank at all, so this is not a big deal. You will also send official copies of the transcripts from those two earlier schools. The admissions officers will look at all of your records, and will make their decisions based on the entire picture. </p>
<p>Some of the colleges that you apply to will want you to have your foreign records professionally evaluated. One company whose evaluations most colleges accept is [World</a> Education Services - International Education Intelligence](<a href=“http://www.wes.org/]World”>http://www.wes.org/)</p>
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<p>I would be surprised if that was the case. I would guess that few schools accept grades from other high schools and incorporate them into their transcript. For example, when a US HS student studies abroad for year, our HS only gives them a Pass to certify course completion. There is no way to compare – nor is it fare to those who remained behind – to combine say, the French grading system into a US high school transcript.</p>
<p>In California, for another example, to be eligible for UC under the ELC program, transfers are excluded.</p>
<p>As happmom notes, school policy is school policy. Move on.</p>