<p>I'm so happy now!!! You see I have a 3.43 GPA and I've been searching for ways to bring it up to a 4.0 GPA. So far I've found nothing until now! Just the other day I was talking to the principal of another high school in my area and he said if I wanted to I could come over the summer and makeup the grades and replace them on my transcript he'd let me. He told me I'd have to switch schools but he'd tell my current high school that I just wanted to take an extra course over the summer at his school but the course got cancelled because not enough people signed up. Then I would transfer back and no one would ever know!!!!!! You guys can't even imagine how estatic I am!!!!</p>
<p>this sounds a little fishy...not to mention, oh, illegal...</p>
<p>How is this going to be on the transcript for your current school?</p>
<p>We'll when you transfer to a different school your transcript transfers as well.</p>
<p>And how is this illegal? I would be doing all the makeup WORK in order to get the new grade.</p>
<p>I would be careful in making your assumptions.</p>
<p>we have moved alot -- and the schools want the transcript of the current school and the previous schools. The transcript of the previous school is also in your file -- it it doesn't go away.</p>
<p>If your current school will allow you to replace lower grades with a class you make a higher grade in -- go for it.</p>
<p>If this other school will raise your lower grades if you do additional work, you may need to transfer to that school to make that a permanent change.</p>
<p>But could my new school change the grades for my freshman and sophmore years? The principal said he would allow me to do it, but I would have to work for it.</p>
<p>this seems really sketchy</p>
<p>eh...I don't know...think it through before you make any rash decisions. It might sound great initially, but if you think about it, its really not on the up and up.</p>
<p>You're going to retake 2 years of courses over the summer?</p>
<p>Mmhmm.. how much is he charging? ^^</p>
<p>An interesting loop hole, but it could be a soul selling compromise on your part...</p>
<p>That's just not right......</p>
<p>what I am trying to say is that the principal of this new school can change the records of the school he is principal of. He cannot change the records of your original school. If you transfer to his school, he can update your transcript with the higher grades -- that is his perogative. If you transfer back to your old school, the grades they originally gave you will stand unless you have specifically made arrangements with them. they do not erase your record when you transfer -- that information stay on the system for a long time (I graduated in 1982 and I can still request a copy of my transcript).</p>
<p>You are either going to have to transfer schools or make arrangements with your current school to change the grades.</p>
<p>if this were really easy to do, most kids would do it and have a 4.0.</p>
<p>I understand........the thing is though, when I transfer back my guidance counselors will never know I replaced those grades since they probably think I have a 4.0 already. Plus they're so busy they wouldn't have time to look into it.</p>
<p>ishkabob -- the point is, that when they issue your transcript to colleges, it will reflect the grades given by each school. And when you transfer back to the school, they will take the grades that you earned at the other school and enter them in the computer -- they will be in addition to your old grades and will not replace them. if you took Algebra and got a C and then took it again this summer and got an A, unless you have made other arrangements -- my guess is that your old school won't accept that credit at all! You have already recieved a credit in Algebra. THE SCHOOL DOES NOT CLEAR OUT OLD RECORDS. </p>
<p>I don't think you understand how it all works -- school records and transcript are very important to schools. Guidance counselors assist the kids, they are not the ones responsible for maintaining school records. Only certain people have access to them in regards to entering them (usually the registrar) and she knows what she is doing. </p>
<p>You don't want to listen, but it is not going to work out that easily. They will not take grades that you earned at their school and replace them with grades that you earned at another school -- unless you have made prior arrangements.</p>
<p>You can do whatever you want, but you are wasting your time unless you plan to stay at the second school -- and then, I would get it in writing that there will be no indication of the grades in the classes you didn't get an A in.</p>
<p>If you think they won't look, they will, and if you think they may miss it, and if you try and scam your old school and play them for fools and you get caught, it is a kind of fraud, not to mention all the transferring, do your parents know about this?</p>
<p>I help mail off forms for a HS, if a student transfers, we send out TWO transcrips, old and new</p>
<p>See, School A will show a B in Bio FOREVER, even if yu get an A in Bio from School B, no swapping out of grades unless you specifcally talk to the registrar to correct a mistake, and its not so easy as, fix this.</p>
<p>So unless you School B contacts School A to replace grade, you will have TWO sets of records, and if you don't it is tantimount to fraud</p>
<p>The Principal of School B is dishonest and I would not trust him</p>
<p>my husband just pointed out to me that I am wasting my time advising you in this situation, as you are most likely the type of student who also thinks it is ok to put down 100 hours of community service "because no one ever checks" and that a little cutting and pasting from the internet is not plagarizing. You will get caught in some type of unethical behavior and it really won't matter what your GPA is.</p>
<p>A 4.0 is impressive, but schools also look for an upward trajectory in your grades. If you've gotten progressively better grades as you've gone through high school then that looks good, too. It all helps make your personal story more interesting. If you have other stats to back it up (e.g., good standardized test scores), then I'd probably prefer an upward trajectory to a 4.0. Or better yet, I'd apply to a school that doesn't employ numerical cutoffs, so that my "low" GPA wouldn't discount me immediately.</p>
<p>I'm still wondering how this guy is going to complete 2 years worth of work in one summer.</p>
<p>not only complete the work, but complete it with extremely better grades. If he couldn't do it the first time how is he going to do it now in such a short time period?</p>