I pulled my son out of school his mid junior year, he is going To finish junior year out where he currently is studying. But he wants to switch to a third high school for his senior year. Does it look really badly on a college transcript? Just wondering what your thoughts are
Not necessarily. It would help if you can explain why you switched schools, but there are lots of reasons kids switch schools. I would imagine during covid that many families had reasons for switching, whether relocation, school policies, change in finances, etc.
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Thank you for making me feel better
Collegekid1 went to 3 HSs: started in #1, we moved to a new country & she started in #2, it was a bad fit & we moved her to #3. The hard parts were
- ECs: she continued some of the same ones, but leadership positions were scarce for a newcomer;
- having teachers who could write a strong LoR; and
- joining up the transcripts - mostly just hassle, but also hurt her for class standing, as her first 2 schools didn’t do weighting & the 3rd one did- but didn’t re-calculate for the 1st 2 schools, so her rank was rather lower than it would have been.
But: it was 100% worth it b/c she was so much happier, made friends that have lasted, had some great teachers, and ended up in a college that suited her.
The ‘why’ can kinda-sorta help, but the main thing is the student being willing to push themselves to get to know teachers and find ways to show commitment and maturity.
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Thank you, great points.
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