<p>I will be moving in march to another state and I don't know if I should continue going school for 2nd semester. The semester at my actual school ends tomorrow( friday). I was thinking about not going to school this month because it wont affect me in anyway.. I'm going to go a school that doesnt have most of the classes I'm taking and I would get a different schedule anyway. A lot of things have happened in my personal life that made my grades go down. It is not an excuse for not doing well, but it definetely affected my grades. I used to have a 4.0 freshman + soph year( 3 honor classes). I am now a junior and I'm predicting that I'll get around a 2.8-3.4 gpa ( 5 IB classes) this semester. I could use this month off to prepare for the ACT/SAT and then I can focus on bringin my grades up.</p>
<p>What would you do? Please help me I'm really upset about my grades ..I want to be able to get into one of my dream schools next year ( UCSB, USC)
If i want to enroll in my new school can they say that I cant because I havent been attenting a school for 3-4 weeks due to moving?</p>
<p>I don’t even think it is legal for you to not go to school for a month because it “won’t affect me in any way”. What about truancy laws? Also, how will you explain this 1 month gap in your transcripts? I just don’t think this sounds like a wise idea at all. Also, what are your dream schools?</p>
<p>How do you think NOT attending school will look better than low grades?</p>
<p>Blowing off 2nd semester? I mean, I GET your position - and it’s obviously some very terrible situation for this to be happening, but…can you even elect to do that? How are you going to graduate!? You haven’t attended school for 3-4 weeks due to moving? Sounds like this situation might be more than the average CCer can advise on. Talk to your guidance counselor. HOPEFULLY your college will understand your grade problem? My own D had this happen - moved in the middle of 10th and grades plummeted. Your situation sounds like a nightmare that maybe most of us can’t understand…maybe start planning NOW to address that in your application essays.</p>
<p>This is a difficult situation. </p>
<p>How will you be graded in the new school when you get there in March? </p>
<p>It might be a great idea if you can home school and with the cooperation of your new school, self-study the material for the classes that you will be registered for so that when you get there you won’t be behind. They might even work with you to get proctored exams and grade your assignments. </p>
<p>It might also be a good idea to home school using online classes for the entire Spring term so that you have continuity for the whole term. There are online schools that offer classes. Then you don’t register for your new school until Fall.</p>
<p>I think he means that the school in the area he is moving doesn’t start the semester for a month.</p>
<p>In the interest of continuity, it’d probably be best to start the semester when your new school starts.</p>
<p>No, I think he means that his current school starts a semester now that he won’t finish regardless. </p>
<p>The school he’s going to probably starts now, but he’ll be in different courses. It sounds like a mess. He needs to consider how his new school will record grades when he moved in the middle of a semester, especially if the courses are completely different.</p>
<p>ClassicRockerDad is right- I won’t finish the semester regardless.
The semester starts tomorrow at both schools, and I meant being away from school for 3-4 weeks ( i havent been away from school yet). I don’t think the month gap would appear on my transcript would it? I talked to my new school and asked them and they said I can enroll there and that I should have my transcripts. That’s all they said.</p>
<p>@ Ohio Mom My dream schools are USC,UCSB,LMU and other schools in southern california.</p>
<p>^^^^With those being your dream schools - I would definitely not take a chance at not going to school for 3-4 weeks. At the least - your attendance record is going to be awful. But most likely something worse.</p>