<p>I posted previously about moving and switching schools [I recently moved from the mid-west to Vermont] and now I have another dilemma.</p>
<p>I'm entering jr year and shooting for the top colleges. I have the option of two different public high schools. I'm having a hard time deciding which to go for.</p>
<p>School A - larger course selection [i'm interested in: AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Lang, AP USH, AP Comp Gov, AP Latin Vergil] in addition to those available at School B, 7-8 miles away from home, school starts at 7:50</p>
<p>School B - across the street from my apt complex, starts school @ 8:30 [more sleep], less APs=much less stress</p>
<p>Obviously School B is much better for convenience, but I can't help but feel like I'd miss out on some educational opportunities if I didn't go for School A. Any advice?</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation as you...I had to choose between
School A: 3.5 miles away (so it takes me about 10 minutes to get there every morning and I have to be there by 7 AM for my zero period choir), great performing arts program (which is important to me), good academics, great staff, friendly students</p>
<p>School B-literally down the street, no uniforms, b****y students, horrible staff</p>
<p>I chose School A. And let me tell you: I am INCREDIBLY happy there, and I'm so glad I didn't choose School B.</p>
<p>You need to choose the school that offers what you want, not the one that's convenient. Trust me...if you choose a school based solely on convenience, you'll regret it later.</p>
<p>I feel like I might regret School A, too, though... waking up an hour earlier each morning [I am NOT a morning person]... and I haven't taken an AP class yet, so I might be a little overwhelmed at suddenly having 5 APs...</p>
<p>You'd be surprised what you get used to with the getting up early.</p>
<p>I didn't used to be a morning person, but after having to wake up a half hour earlier or so for 3 years I am a huge morning person now!!! :)</p>
<p>yeah, the APs would be overwhelming. I've only taken 1 and I was a bit overwhelmed. But do you have to take all of them at the same time? Could you take like 2 one year and 3 the next?</p>
<p>Those were just the APs that the first school had in addition to the ones available at school B.</p>
<p>Ideally, I'd have:
11
AP Lang
AP US Gov
AP Stats
AP Calc BC
AP Chem</p>
<p>12
AP Lit
AP Comp Gov
AP Spanish
AP Latin (maybe)
AP USH (maybe)
AP Econ
AP Physics (maybe)</p>
<p>And that sounds like a insane list, but my interests are in politics and social sciences (I'm thinking about getting into law or business), so I'd be really interested in exploring those classes... even though I might have to end up cutting some to maintain my sanity.</p>
<p>7-8 miles isnt so bad
i go to a school thats that far instead of my home school which is like a mile away because the school farther away is so much better</p>
<p>School A. You shouldn't sacrifice some great education for an extra hour of sleep (try adjusting your sleep schedule). And if you're aiming for top schools, then you should jump at the opportunity to have some real challenge, because if you breeze through highschool then make it into a top college, you will not be ready for the challenge you will be facing. </p>
<p>Keep in mind the social aspect of where you go to school. If you go to a school farther away, making friends can be harder and the friends you do make will all be far away. School B is great in that since it's right across the street from you, all your friends will probably live near you.</p>
<p>But like others have said, 7-8 miles is nothing. My old high school was 18 miles away from my house, and the drive wasn't more than 15 minutes (10 if you hustle and the traffic is good). My new high school is more than 430 miles away from home :).</p>
<p>The social aspect hasn't effected me at all. :) In fact, one of the reasons I CHOSE my high school was because all the kids from my middle school were going to the high school that's close to my house and I didn't want to go to high school with them.</p>
<p>Sure, my friends live a bit farther away than I'd like, but that's about the extent of it.</p>
<p>i am a day student at a day/boarding school, and my closest friends live over an hour away in NYC on the weekends, so we can't hang out on weekends and stuff, but seeing them from 8-5 in school every day is enough. as long as you get to see your friends almost every day, why does distance matter that much? it's not like you have to spend every saturday night with them in order to become good friends.</p>
<p>If it makes a difference, I just called the first school and they don't offer each AP course every year [and apparently the woman I talked to didn't know which were available for the coming school year], so some of my classes might not be available. And they also require regular physics to take AP Chem and AP Physics C, which might hinder my schedule.</p>