<p>Does anyone have any experience with college admission when you go into a BS as a repeat. Do colleges look at you in a bad light or as a normal applicant? </p>
<p>I just don't want to commit to repeating a grade if it will have a drastic effect on college admissions.</p>
<p>Any help is appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>Many, many private/Boarding school students repeat a grade
My eldest was a repeat junior. I am certain he would not have gotten into the caliber of college he is in had he not repeated . Colleges want to know their students are well prepared and for many, a repeat year of high school in a more rigorous setting prepares the student better for a top colllege</p>
<p>If you are repeating your freshman year, I don’t think any college will even know that you ever repeated as all they look at are your high school transcript, activities, etc.</p>
<p>I am applying as a repeat sophomore though. And I already am pretty old (relatively).
Towards the beginning of my first college semester, I will be 19.</p>
<p>That’s not too old i’d say to begin college. Some people go when they’re like 20, that’s just 1 year older than normal.</p>
<p>I know a guy at Havard who is now 22(it’s his sophomore year!). Don’t worry.</p>
<p>Well I’m gonna be 15 at the beggining of 9th Grade so If I repeat I will be 16 at the beginning of my freshman year at BS making me 20 at the beggining of my freshman year at college lol.</p>
<p>We asked this question at a Dartmouth visit and they said if anything it would help if you were a stronger candidate because of it.</p>
<p>Keylyme: how about repeating and THEN doing a PG year as well? This would make you 20 years old when graduating from prep. Is that WAY too old?</p>
<p>I hope not…we are considering this. I really don’t think so, though, because it is common for kids to have done a “readiness” year in first grade in our part of the country, so there are lots of kids who are already a year older than their classmates to begin with.</p>
<p>No!!! I know several kids at the Ivies who were already 21 in their freshman year!
And I guess age doesn’t matter once you graduate from college.</p>
<p>Best decision we ever made. Son is repeating sophomore year and he will be an “old” college freshman, but he won’t be the only one and he will be a better candidate than he would have been had we not opted for the repeat.<br>
Pros : More time to really take advantage of the opportunities at the boarding school - both academically and socially. I am convinced that his classes this first year would have been no different were he a junior rather than a sophomore (except English). So now he’s made a big dent in any required coursework and he will have the opportunity to take many more honors and AP classes over the next 2 years as opposed to just the 1 year. He’s also looking at many more leadership opportunities, and again has two years to be selected for these roles. Even though he is an older sophomore because scheduling is a lot more individualized than what we saw at his Public HS, he’s in several classes with juniors and seniors.</p>
<p>Cons: He is older and sometimes he gets frustrated that some of the sophomore boys are so immature, but he’s found friends his age through sports, etc. and he is not the only older sophomore - there are lots of boys (and a few girls) that are repeats.</p>
<p>interested, your post is interesting! Thanks!</p>
<p>My D is definitely considering applying as a repeat sophomore! Whats the rush, anyway?</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to convince parents who are totally against repeating? They just don’t see why I would repeat if I am maintaining all A’s at my public high school.</p>
<p>Tell them that the leap in academics between public school and top boarding schools is more than one grade level. Freshman English at Exeter> Sophomore English at Pudunk High. Also, students are PLACED into the appropriate level rather than just lock-stepped by grade. There are plenty of post-AP level classes at the top schools so it’s not like you’ll run out of courses to take. </p>
<p>A lot of people don’t seem to appreciate this. It’s not weird to have a freshman taking calculus. There are a myriad of reasons for repeating a grade. My D will apply as a repeater next year and is also a straight A student. I haven’t the least concern that she will actually repeat anything. She is repeating so that she can return to her age-mates, though she will still be the youngest, more than likely.</p>
<p>What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Boarding school often lets you develop those further and find new ones that you would have never done before. You can be who you really are (without extreme social cliques that exist at public schools)</p>
<p>I had the same problem - public school parents…fortunately they realized what a great oppurtinity it was for me to grow not only as a student, but as a person.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Another reason to repeat – look at the stats for acceptance – applying as a repeat can position you better to be accepted for boarding school. </p>
<p>Best way to show your parents is gather the facts of admission slots open for some of the schools you are interested to attend.</p>
<p>Hi there guys.</p>
<p>Im from South Africa and Im currently a Junior.</p>
<p>We dont use the 4.0 gpa system here.We convert everything into percentages.</p>
<p>But I get C’S and B’s mainly.Which you could say is average but I participate in lots of athletics and Im being recruited by St Johnsbury academy and Canterbury(in Conneticut)</p>
<p>But the tuition fees are soo expensive are there any other great BS’S that anybody knows of that I contact.
I will be repeating my junior year so i can better my chance of receiving a scholarship to play football and do a major in business management.
UCLA is my dream school !</p>