What "Safety" college should I apply to - to make sure I get in somewhere? HELP??

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<p>Grading systems in Europe are very different. I don’t know about Nina2332’s situation but, the school I went to in Europe followed the IB Grading scale. When I came here they messed up and basically said 7(which is the highest in the grading scale)= A, 6=B, 5=C<br>
Complete BS considering 7’s are very hard to get. My GPA is screwed because of that. You also have to take into account the difficulty of the classes. </p>

<p>Looking at Nina2332 situation, her grading system was different and her classes were difficult. I believe they will take this into account.</p>

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<p>Also, jellybeans12, do you think that writing about these circumstances in the “additional info” part of the commonapp could be a good idea? This is what I wrote, but i’m not sure as to whether it’s effective or not: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/common-application/1268190-commonapp-additional-info-effective-its-short-no-need-proofread.html#post13685591[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/common-application/1268190-commonapp-additional-info-effective-its-short-no-need-proofread.html#post13685591&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If your counselor talked about your situation, I feel that it is unneeded. I don’t think it will do you any harm, but I honestly don’t know.</p>

<p>P.S I attached an Education Interruption letter to my applications because I have attended 3 high schools.</p>

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<p>Nina2332, </p>

<p>You could have your French school records formally evaluated by [World</a> Education Services - International Education Intelligence](<a href=“http://www.wes.org/]World”>http://www.wes.org/) or a similar organization so that you have a better understanding of whether or not your grades there are “good enough”. If you had graduated from a French school, many US colleges and universities would have required that you have that kind of evaluation done.</p>