<p>Right now I am a rising 11th grader at one of the best private schools in the United States:</p>
<p>My overall GPA (converted to 4.0) is a 3.33( B+ average) cumulative. However, my grades fell from a 3.6 for fall term this year (10th grade) to a 3.1 for spring term.</p>
<p>My SATs were:
Math: 800
Critical Reading: 660
Writing: 690 (I got a 3 on the writing section, so I can probably ace this)</p>
<p>Overall: 2150</p>
<p>I have taken AP Calculus AB, Physics C, and European History and did well on those tests (scores have not been back yet)</p>
<p>I also have gotten an 800 in Math SAT II level IIC</p>
<p>I've done several extracurriculars: I am head of the environmental action committee, an environmental sustainability proctor, and on the schools volunteering board. I have attended various national committees on environmental awareness. </p>
<p>Also, I am on the math team that placed nationally in ARML, am in the physics club, write for Journalists for human rights (Canada), and got a 126/5 on the AMC10/ AIME. </p>
<p>My parents are very worried about my grades and want to send me back to 10th grade again since I skipped two grades. In addition, they want to move back to Germany, and are planning to send me as well. I can either agree to go to a random british international school where I have to start over, stay at my school, or go to a good public school and hope to get good grades. Looking at my options, what do you think I should do?</p>
<p>If you are at one of the best provate schools, it is probably very difficult to have an extremely high GPA. Colleges take this into consideration when they go through your apps- a 3.2 at a low-end public school is very different from a 3.2 at one of the top private schools in the US. Do you know your rank?</p>
<p>And since your SAT scores are pretty good, this will also work in your favor.</p>
<p>A B+ is hardly anything to be worried about. Is there a reason you didn’t perform as well as you hoped to? Perhaps you could describe these reasons in one of your college essays.</p>
<p>I would stay at your school. Colleges realize that is is harder to get a 4.0 at a tough school than others. IMHO, a B+ is no reason to repeat a grade.</p>
<p>I think staying here would increase your chance of getting into college in the U.S. (if you’re planning to go here), because I think internationals have a worse chance at schools in the U.S.</p>
<p>You seem fine with everything you’re doing.You should weigh the pros and cons of public and private school to decide though, since we don’t really know anything about them except that you go to a great private school. For instance, public school might be a bit easier, but it also might be difficult to adjust, especially in junior year.</p>
<p>But is a B+ average really a 3.3ish at your school? At our school, a B+ for weighted GPA is 4.3 and for unweighted is 3.8.</p>
<p>A 3 composite is a really bad score for an essay. What happened? It’s not hard to get a 10+ with practice. You’d be able to surpass 2200 easily with a decent essay.</p>
<p>Yeah, haha, that 3 (from each judge) was pretty embarassing. I spent too much time making an outline, and i didn’t get any credit for that. Also, I converted our grades from out of 11 to a 4.0 scale. Thanks for all the advice though!</p>
<p>B+ is hardly a reason to stay back a year but (coming from someone who also skipped two grades) life was a lot better when I was with people my own age, rather than skipping two years.</p>
<p>You really have two options in my mind.</p>
<p>1) Stay at your current school, be officially listed as 10th grade still and take more AP Classes and do higher level physics (as it seems to be your strongest subject) with a tutor (grad student at a nearby uni are not too expensive, esp if you are affulent enough to go to private school) or self-study. You will have more fun AND you will be eligible for things such as RSI, Intel, Siemens etc for another year at the age where most people enter those sorts of things.</p>
<p>2) Go to a British International School, the British eduation system will be very good for you because you would be able to do all math and science courses, dropping English, history etc.</p>
<p>Your grades aren’t bad. And the only 11 point school I know of is a prestigious prep school up North. If you go there… then a B+ DEFINITELY is not anything to worry about.</p>
<p>Take it from someone who knows about the difference in public and private…</p>
<p>I went to public school for two years… both years I did nothing and had the highest grades in my class… In my private school, I have to work my tale off just to make straight B’s.</p>
<p>These responses are great; Thank so much! I was also wondering how colleges would look at my slipping grades. I did pretty well in 9th grade, but I had almost straight B’s this spring term. If I got all A’s in a good public school, and did ace the AP’s for the courses that I had a hard time in this year, wouldn’t it look better if I did pull out? Next year I’ll be in another bunch of hard courses, and my grades may slip even further.</p>
<p>Hey guys, if anyone want’s to reply still, that’d be great!</p>
<p><strong><em>Update</em></strong>
I just got word from back “home”. I was accepted to the 2 best international schools in the area. The schools are pretty prestigious and is a member of a lot of famous international math, science, and sports events. Some recent alums have matriculated to Brown, Princeton, Duke, Yale, Cornell, and Stanford.</p>
<p>I’ve pretty much decided to not go back to the american school; it’s just not for me. How much will this affect my college application and how is an international school different from a normal high school? I mean, are there different exams to be taken, different writing systems, etc.</p>