<p>The school I want to go to isn't in my district and I would have to go through an admissions process. But this school has a great reputation and is much smaller than my high school, which is good news for me. The only thing is that my parents don't want me to go there.</p>
<p>They say that it is too long of a drive and too much of a hassle to drop me off at a school that is much farther away than my other one.(It's a 12 minute drive to the school.) I know that it wouldn't be that hard to get up at the same time since the school that I want to go to starts later than my high school.</p>
<p>I really want to go to this high school and I don't know how to convince them. Please help me show them that it won't be too much of a hassle.</p>
<p>Show them the average SAT scores of that school, where its seniors are going to college, GC to student ratio, and then tell them that it wouldn’t be too much of a hassle since school starts later.</p>
<p>A 12 minute drive is not long. I drive 35-40 minutes both ways.</p>
<p>To add to Repede’s suggestions (which I definitely second!), try to look on their school website to see what sort of AP/IB opportunities that this other school has. Colleges want to see that you took a tough course load, so if this school offers more high-level classes that get your interest, then that’s a great bonus.</p>
<p>My school commute is 15 minutes each way! 12 minutes is no big deal! If they’re really worried, is there a bus system for that school that you might consider using to save your parents the work? Unpleasant, but if it convinces them, it could be worth it!</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions but this school doesn’t offer APs. It is on a college campus and it doesn’t offer transportation since it is not within a certain district. But one of the things I like about this high school is that once you are in 11th grade, you can take courses that the college offers. My parents know this but again the transportation thing makes them toss the idea.</p>
<p>See if you can carpool or something! Plus in the upper grades you may be able to drive yourself. I went to a high school further away from my house, about 15 minutes, to do the IB programme but my parents felt it was worth it since there were more opportunities. Tell them about all your new options at this school, see if you can go with your parents on a visit/talk to administrators, and then try it out for a year.</p>
<p>OK so I took the advice given but now parents are saying no because the school ends the same time as my siblings and I need to be available to pick them up. Does anyone else have any suggestions besides carpooling or public transportation? Carpooling is not really possible since I don’t know anyone who goes there and there aren’t any routes from my school to anywhere near my house. Even if there were, my parents refuse to let me take public transportation. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Can you see if neighbors or friends who go to school with your siblings can drop them off at home? Or they can go home with a friend and you can pick them up on the way home? If not then I guess your hands are tied because you need to be there for your siblings.</p>