<p>Okay, so let me start out by saying my county's school board is full of failure. It just is, and one of their decisions has totally screwed my G.P.A. As an 8th grader, I took Spanish I and was told that because I did it early (as did many, many other children then) I would get 0.04 honors credit that would carry over into high school. </p>
<p>And I did. </p>
<p>But all of a sudden, four years later, I get a random, impersonal letter in the mail from the school board telling me they'll be taking back my 0.04 credit because they made a mistake and no longer agreed with giving the honors credit for Spanish I. I got my report card on Friday and my 3.8 unweighted gpa is now a 3.76. <em>insert devastation</em> I still have a 5.0 weighted, but I know I'm definitely going to drop in rank because those who took foreign language in 9th grade instead will now have an big edge over me. I'm not even in the freakin' top ten now, I'm probably going to be 13 or 14 after this mess... ]:<</p>
<p>I'd like to know how I can explain to the colleges I've already applied to, what happened here? I don't want them to think that I slacked off in my senior year and my grades are on a downturn, or that I've done anything wrong. So please... help? Advice? </p>
<p>Just read the article, nevermind about my first post.</p>
<p>It sucks that you will have rank taken away, but no one else (besides one other person) received honors credit for it. Technically they were put at a disadvantage. You never should have gotten the extra credit for it, now they are rectifying the situation. Life isn't fair I guess</p>
<p>The article said they are only taking away 0.04, that isn't devastating.</p>
<p>Joshua, I really don't think that's true about the two students. I read over the article again, and they say they aren't even sure how many students would be affected. I think the numbers given are an estimate. I know at least five in my senior class who experienced the drop as well.</p>
<p>Oh, and raelah, the weighted doesn't mean as much to me. I'd rather have a stronger unweighted. </p>
<p>But really, I just would like to know what I should do. I'm applying to competitive colleges, and I believe that this will indeed, hurt me. Should I write letters or something? :/</p>
<p>0.04 seriously? Wow, your school is competitive. Anyway... talk to someone about it... </p>
<p>But... with a UW of 3.76, the difference between 3.76 and 3.8 is minimal at best... I wouldn't tell colleges. They will think you are micromanaging, too sensitive, or just academically caught up. I'd let it go...</p>
<p>If you are concerned about it, talk to your GC. S/he can mention in the GC rec that you have this wonderful GPA and that your class rank would be even higher if you had this honors credit from 8th grade. If s/he thinks it is worth mentioning.</p>
<p>hahahahaha i agree chill out this is ridiculous. if you say anything about it to colleges, they'll probably laugh and throw you in the reject pile for being so anal about 0.04 points of a gpa</p>
<p>This topic reminds me of the time my 8th science teacher was telling us how some colleges are so selective that they'll even look at your 8th grade grades, so you better do well this year!!</p>
<p>You guys laugh, but the fact that I dropped that 0.04 is the difference between me being number 11 and being number 13 or 14. That's going to end up pushing me out of the top 3%. </p>
<p>This isn't something I'll die over, but it really sucks to have something I worked hard for taken away from me in my last year of high school. :/</p>
<p>It's not cool... I agree. But your vividly mistaken assumption is that there is any discernible difference to colleges if you're 11th or 14th or top 3% or 4% of your graduating class. The schools that will admit you won't do so on that neither will the schools that reject you. Seriously.</p>
<p>You should really work hard not to sound so hyper about your perceived "ranking" in your essays or you'll leave a bad taste in your readers' mouths.</p>
<p>My mistake. I had the impression that it really would matter during admissions. I didn't want it to be that one thing that killed me. The thing I was worried about was that colleges would see that little slide and think something went wrong. Now I know otherwise. </p>
<p>Oh, and as for essays... I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean admissions essays, don't worry about that, they've already been written and submitted, and have no mention of my ranking or g.p.a. It's already in my common app; I didn't feel the need to reiterate. </p>