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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One year is NOT going to hurt your kid. They will look at 9th and especially 10th closely. Many, many kids are in this situation. My kid is the opposite. Horrible 9th grade (depression). I was told that most colleges look at a complete picture. DO NOT worry. [/quote]

19:49 pp here. Having just gone through this I can tell you that some will look at the complete picture and some won’t. Ivies most definitely won’t. Highly selective private schools, too. I think since Virgina schools have mandates to take a certain percentage in-state, they are more likely to accommodate GPA slip-ups during the pandemic. In the past, 9th grade was more easily ignored as long as there was a track record of significant improvement. We are now talking about a completely different environment with lots of variables.[/quote]

Thank you. I’m the PP who’s kid had horrible 9th grade at a DC private. Has gone from C in 9th to A in 11th. School was hybrid most of the year and I think she liked the combination. I was under the impression that the state schools didn’t look at the whole student but that private schools did?! She is obviously not applying to Ivy’s. Maybe some private’s like Miami and mostly state schools like UVA, WM. She she totally doomed? You said you just went through it so that’s why I’m asking. Thanks so much!![/quote]

PP here again. All I have to offer is my experience from my kid. So here it goes and I hope it will help. DC applied to 12 schools (combination slacs and Unis). Six schools wanted her Q2 grades and rejected her. She was a straight A student until that quarter when she received 2 C’s while taking all AP’s. Her first semester grades averaged out to A’s and B’s. GPA 4.27. 1500 SAT. The six schools that didn’t ask either waitlisted or accepted her. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but I have my doubts. All the schools she applied to had big increases in applications. Interestingly, the only in state option she applied to was W&M. I was very impressed by their approach and new pathways to acceptance for waitlisted kids. Seemed incredibly humane in an terrible year. Basically, if your kid is waitlisted there they are guaranteed admission in the spring. It’s a big relief for a lot of kids and I would encourage you to research any schools that offer that kind of option. W&M says they practice holistic admissions.

She was accepted to W&M, we visited and she fell in love with the school. She’s a quirky kid so it’s the perfect school for her although I will have to keep closer tabs on her mental health than I would like as it can also be intense. She also was admitted to some other competitive schools in the end which boosted her confidence. In the end it worked out but for a few weeks in March we were in a real panic and my kid was distraught. She applied to mostly moderately competitive schools but only one Ivy (rejection obv).

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