Is transferring a high school for sophomore year a good idea?

Hi there,

So next year I will be attending a private catholic for freshmen year but I really want to transfer to another independent/private school that’s been on my mind since seventh grade. I am not going to this school for freshmen year since the financial situation was pretty bad this year and because I thought that I wasn’t good enough for it.

Would it be a good idea to just study for the required tests over this summer, and apply to it for sophomore year? I am not sure if this would affect my overall performance because I would also need to take Latin for 9th grade since the school I want to apply to only offers Latin and Greek, which are languages I haven’t ever studied in my life.