Hello,
I’m wondering if online school for senior year will hurt/ruin my chances for getting into top state universities, especially given my background. I was enrolled in online school from 8th to 10th grade. I enrolled in public school for 11th grade, but my parents now believe I would do better online because of distractions in school, slower pace, etc.
My parents are planning on enrolling me back into online school for senior year, right before college applications open. I’m allowed to continue participating in extracurriculars with the public school nearby, so the only change would be transferring back online.
However, I am not sure if I will be negatively perceived if I go back to online school. Is it a risky option? Will it look bad to go back online after just one year of public school?
What is the on-line school’s track record to sending people to college
What colleges do those students attend
How will they handle sending your records, writing your recommendations etc.
Who will write your recommendations
What kind of relationship do you have with the teachers
Who will be responsible on the school’s end to assist or guide you through the application process?
Is the online school a public school? An accredited school?
@sybbie719 @milgymfam it’s FLVS and yes, accredited. The guidance counselor for FLVS can help with the application, but I won’t be submitting teacher recommendation letters because I don’t have any solid relationships with teachers. I just want to know if the pattern of online, online, public, and back to online looks bad and if I’ll have to explain why I transferred back to online school.
A school that doesn’t require recommendation letters is unlikely to ask you to explain why you attended multiple schools.
@allyphoe Attending multiple schools is not the problem. Generally, I feel that online school might be looked down upon in the public university/college community, so I’m wondering about the potential repercussions of going back to online school after attending public school. Will it look weird, etc.?
*Also, if I decide not to continue my public school clubs but participate in new online school clubs without leadership positions, will that negatively impact my chances?
A school that doesn’t require recommendations is also unlikely to care whether your school was online, or what your ECs were.
You could figure out what the colleges you’re interested in care about the same way you figured out they don’t require recommendations.
Depends on exactly which schools you have in mind. Do you have high enough test scores?
“Top state universities" often require recommendations and strong ECs. Usually students ask their junior year teachers for the letters. (UF is an exception).
Generally, if you switch schools the Common App prompts you to explain why. If you switch back to online school and have bad grades, then it will definitely be a problem.
Lots of students move between schools the way you are planning to. Don’t worry about that.
@allyphoe Oh, I figured UF would care about that
@peach0v0 @happymomof1 Thank you for the advice