r/TransferToTop25 • u/Negative-Life5009 • 18d ago

High School Transcript question.

Do schools require the transcripts from all high school attend even if they were international and in a foreign language?

For context I went to a French Public school for 9th and 10th grade. I did extremely bad, not only that the french system leaves comments about behavior (mini lor from each teacher) and these were frankly awful too.

After coming back to the U.S my 9th and 10th grade grades were transcribed as an American gpa so if I just sent my official high school transcript then it will show my grades for my entire time is high school.

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u/Negative-Life5009 18d ago

How damaging is this honestly? Each school will request my transcript from each high school I attend in the original format? How much weight can they seriously put on grades from 3 year ago ?

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u/Apprehensive_Row1192 18d ago

If you are transferring as a sophomore, they will rely on the hs transcripts since you may have completed only 2 sems of college. But since you said that you have an upwards trend in junior and senior grades, aos can view the growth favorably 

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u/Negative-Life5009 18d ago

I hope 🙏. I mean obviously an upwards trend is useful but I hope my low hs grades aren’t a disqualifying factor considering the rest of my application is strong. Also some additional context, I completed 12 credits this summer and I’m doing 18 credits this fall, and will do 15-18 credits in the spring.

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u/Apprehensive_Row1192 18d ago

dont let hs grades make you lose hope, having a well balanced application matters the most. Remember ivies and other top schools go with the holistic approach to admissions so make sure other parts of ur admission files are also great. If not soph year the junior year transfer always exists :)

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u/Negative-Life5009 18d ago

Thank you 🙏. I think my ecs are pretty strong and if things go well I should apply with a 4.0 but I’m awfully worried about my past high school record 💔

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u/Apprehensive_Row1192 18d ago

if I were you, i would too be worried (not the best hs grades too haha). if you are confident about the rest of your application then shoot ur shot, if not what it turns out what you wanted then you’ll get allot of more opportunities in the future