<p>If everything works out, I will repeat sophomore year at boarding school. Basically, I will spend freshman and sophomore year at public school, and sophomore, junior, and senior year at boarding school. Which sophomore year will count towards my overall GPA? Can I just disregard freshmen year and have both sophmores, junior, and senior year count?</p>
<p>I will be doing the same thing, if I get accepted next year. Interested for answer too.</p>
<p>both sophomore years count, colleges understand repeating. just wondering why do you want to repeat?</p>
<p>There are several threads that hit on this…and this article is basically where you can get some idea of what college admissions people think of it and what they expect you to disclose:</p>
<p>[If</a> at First You Don’t Succeed Enough - New York Times](<a href=“If at First You Don't Succeed Enough - NYTimes.com”>If at First You Don't Succeed Enough - The New York Times)</p>
<p>There are lots of reasons to repeat a year. The article describes many of them…and they don’t all have to do with college admissions. But you asked specifically about how this gets treated in that process, so here are the relevant excerpts of the college officials/advisors quoted in the story:</p>
<p>*To make their offspring look even more appealing, some parents are not sending transcripts from that ‘‘first’’ ninth grade to colleges, an omission that raises ethical issues. Their hope is that admissions officers won’t see the stutter, says Marcia Rubinstien, an educational consultant in West Hartford, Conn., who advocates honesty. </p>
<p>The practice leaves some college gatekeepers in an ethical quandary. While supporting the idea of giving students time to do better, administrators fret about the equity of a strategy available only to the ambitious affluent, those who can pay $25,000 to $35,000 a year.</p>
<p>‘‘The ones who can do this are only the ones who can afford to do this,’’ says Jim Bock, dean of admissions and financial aid at Swarthmore College. ‘‘Where does that leave the rest of the people?’’ </p>
<p>Many people outside the world of private schools still view repeating a grade as something to hide. William M. Shain, dean of undergraduate admissions at Vanderbilt University, worries about the effect on an adolescent’s self-esteem. He says it suggests ‘‘you’re not good enough yet – you should go back in the oven.’’</p>
<p>But independent school administrators and students insist it carries no stigma within their ranks. </p>
<p>Steve Thomas, admissions director at Colby College, believes he wouldn’t be fooled. ‘‘You can’t effectively erase a year to a sharp reader and if you do, the flags go up,’’ he says. Any hint of deception is bad news for an applicant. Acknowledging that year, though, brings added scrutiny from admissions officers.</p>
<p>Considering prep school tuition, some college administrators see repeating as an expensive investment with an uncertain return. Overloading transcripts with Advanced Placement courses may give an applicant an overly groomed feel, unwittingly undermining the student’s chances at colleges that pride themselves on admitting bright, risk-taking individuals.</p>
<p>Says Dick Steele, interim dean of admissions for Bowdoin College, ‘‘I sure would expect a pretty darn good year with that chance.’’ *</p>
<p>It’s very hard to get into prep school as a sophomore, and I don’t want to be there for only two years. Plus, my birthday is in June so I’m a young freshman as it is. I’m not even 15 yet!</p>
<p>Thanks for that info, D’yer Maker. It really helped!</p>
<p>there are quite a few repeating students at boarding school, some of them since they came from a different (international) school system and repeating was the only option, others because it makes them more qualified by the time they graduate, others because they want the experience of x+1 years instead of x years. </p>
<p>regardless of reason though, it doesn’t really affect anything, since class/grade is not a great dividing factor within the student body as it is in public schools</p>