My son, a senior in his fall semester submitted an application last week to our congressman for a congressional nomination to a service academy. I received a voicemail from the congressman's office to call immediately. When I called I was informed that the GPA/class rank letter provided by my son's high school did not match the GPA and class rank on his transcript that was received in the mail from the school. The congressman's office also contacted the school which was unaware of the discrepancy. Meanwhile, back at the school, the Registrar called my son to the office and delivered the same devastating news of a miscalculation that happened THREE YEARS ago during his freshman year. She claimed the miscalculation inflated his GPA and class rank. For THREE YEARS NO ONE caught this errors. My son was literally in tears right there in the office.
I'm equally devastated and disgusted that I blindly trusted my son's high school accurately document his GPA and rank. That was my mistake...trusting a school that has a reputation of excellence as one of the top best high schools in my city. Now, in the fall of my son's senior year while he is in the midst of applying to college and scholarships we are in a panic. How do we fix this? He could miss out on much needed opportunities! If the error had been in his freshman year, we could have done something about it. Now, what? The school's original rank/GPA was 1st quartile/4.5 now they're saying he's actually in the 3rd quartile/2.7gpa!!!! I'm so brain is totally muttled by the confusing formulas, calculations, weights/no weights....my head is spinning and I'm sick to my stomach. My son is totally depressed; he said he thought he was doing really well. Now he feels like he let everyone. I do not understand how for going 4 years my son's GPA was wrong and no one caught until now the fall semester of his senior year. His teachers, counsellors, and even the principal were all thrilled he was in the top 10 percent. It made sense to everyone. He made good grades a worked hard.
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