My BIG small Question-shot#2

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Second time I've tried to post this, I hope you guys are better at responding</p>

<p>I'm a student at an extremely small rural public school in New York State
Seriously, there are 60 kids in my grade. Most of them don't do so well in school, so there are about four different kinds of special help classes, but no AP classes or honors classes.</p>

<p>I started taking high school math and science when I was in 8th grade, but after that my options are limited. To be advanced I have to chose either:</p>

<p>1) Spend my senior year at the local community college and be a dual-enrollment student. ($$$$)</p>

<p>2) Take online AP classes. ($$$)</p>

<p>3)Take IB classes online through Albany High' s IB program ($) :)</p>

<p>The online IB diploma is a new pilot program next year- so this is kind of a big" maybe", but my guidance counselor is trying to get it to work. Plus I am super passionate about the program, because my major is gonna be education.</p>

<p>Which of these options do you think is most likely to help me get into a top college? My school will support them all, because they like it when they get an ambitious kid every blue moon.</p>

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<p>p.s.-I'd have to get a car for option#1. It's not a likely scenario in my house.</p>

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<p>Answers, please! I am desperate and confused, and I don't think my guidance counselor has ever sent anyone somewhere really good. HELP!</p>

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<p>I don't really think it matters as long as you're doing something with your time.</p>

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<p>use all options available to you. schools will understand.</p>

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<p>Just a comment, Option 2 is better than 3 just because when you get to college you're more likely to get credit from AP vs. IB exams. And since you said option 1 is not really feasible, I think Option 2 is the best choice out of them. I think it's good to take extra classes outside of your school (especially if your school doesn't have the greatest program). But only do this if you think you can actually handle some more workload. Not only will you be showing colleges that you can handle an AP workload (also assuming you do well on the exam) but w/ online classes you also learn to teach yourself some of the material, a good skill to start developing.</p>

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<p>4) Transfer?</p>

<p>From what I've heard, there are some really good public schools in New York State...</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input guys, I appreciate it
fizix2-Not in my area. We major in varsity sports and average a 2/3 pass rate on standardized test, plus the tuitionto go to school in another town isn't in my budget. That's why we ruled private school out.</p>

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<p>Even though it's hard not to have classes that are as challenging as you'd like, if you show initiative by taking the AP courses independently (best option, in my opinion), that can be a real feather in your cap on college applications: driven, passionate about education, goes above and beyond, etc, etc.</p>