<p>i'm a student from china, studying in a IB school. i used to study in a normal chinese high school for 1 year, then i transfered to the IB school. because the IB course is different from the normal course i studyed in my first high school. after i transfered to the ib school, i studyed in grade 10. that means i have already waste one year.</p>
<p>now i'm going to be a junior student in the ib high school. but i find that this school is not the best school for me. in the ib school, i have much more free time than before.but i can't manage my time well. i wasted a lot of time in my first year in ib school. and i think if i keep studying there, i'll waste more time. </p>
<p>and, although all the courses except chinese are taught in english by foreign teacher. i got a really low score in my first time toefl test. (toefl is a kind of language test.) toefl test has 4 parts, including reading, listening, speaking, writing. the total score for each part is 30. i got 20/30 for reading, 15/30 for listening, 19/30 for speaking, 24/30 for writing. my total score is 78/120. top50 america university&college require 100+ for toefl. 78! this is a terrible score for me! my eglish is the top3 in class. but i got 78 in my toefl test! my ex-boyfriend got 90+ in his first time toefl test just because he has been to america for one year! and after i told him i got 78, he and his friends laughed at me for the whole semester!</p>
<p>i talked to my father about my thought. he didn't agree with me. because i got very good score at ib school. i study chinese, english, mathematics, physics, chemistry, economics. ib system has ranks for our score, from7 to 1. 7 means your total score is 90+.6 means 80+, and so on. and all my subject score is 7 except my chinese(i got 6, because i was sick on the chinese exam day.)</p>
<p>my dad thinks if i go to american high school for grade11 and 12. i have to spend a lot of time fitting the new life there. and obviously i can't get high GPA for at least one semester. gpa is really an important thing for university application.</p>
<p>and it's too late now to apply, my dad thinks those good high schools won't accept my application.</p>
<p>but then he said if i can find a good school, he will pay for me. i'm not sure whether he is serious or not.</p>
<p>i could not make my decision. so i came here for some suggestions.
thanks a lot!
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