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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for your help, OP.  How are 9th grade grades weighed?  Any forgiveness in the process for a student who makes mistakes in 9th grade, then matures into a great student?  I'm a bit worried that the system seems to be set up to reward pre-mature frontal lobe development. I hope I'm wrong.[/quote]
Not OP, but YES! there is a degree of 'forgiveness' for a bad Freshman year if the other years are good and test scores solid. My son had a terrible 9th grade and every school we visited said they put far more weight on the trend and would look at a transcript like his and calculate the GPA with and without freshman grades.
Just try to have a reason (we moved cross country in middle of 9th because DH lost his job) and make sure the grades are good moving forward.
He's attending a SLAC with a less than 15% admit rate and he pulled a 1.8 GPA freshman year.[/quote]

What a relief. Thank you![/quote]
Oh PP, one more thing. We were advised to NOT use the essay to explain the grades or the rough  freshman year. The rationale was why use your one shot on something negative. A 1:1 discussion, in person during the campus visit was recommended. [/quote]

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