<p>It has been a very sad couple of months.
First I was deferred by my early decision school. Then now I just found out I have been rejected by most of the schools I wanted to go to.
I never thought it would get to this point; but it has and I can't do much to change it except for a few options.
I thought about just going to one of the very low ranked religious colleges that was one of the last choices I would ever even dream of attending.
Or...
I was thinking about doing a leap year and maybe start an internship with a financial/pharmaceutical company. And I could apply the next year.
Or...
One of my last options is to repeat my senior year at a "real" high school this time. One of my biggest mistakes was chosing the wrong high school for my junior/senior years. My family had to move to China during my senior year; and my dad chose a local (Chinese) international school instead of the larger well-known high schools (That have connections with the American embassy and American colleges). My current high school does not even have a counselor; so I had to do the college admissions all by myself. My school is not involved in any of the International School Sports associations or any of the club associations such as (Model UN) or any clubs for that matter. Basically my school robbed me of almost all of my ECs. Most of the classes are taught in Chinese so I have to do most of the studying myself. Although my school is an IB World School; it does not know what it is doing at all. They left all of the internal assesments until the last minute (March/April). Non of the teachers have any type of teaching degress and they are all just borderlining everything.
Therefore; I am actually considering wasting one year of my life to maybe save the future of my entire life. I am thinking about repeating senior year at one of the well-known international high schools that can offer me the education, support, and the ECs that I need to get into a good college this time.
What would the colleges think if I did choose to do this? I do not want to do this; but I see it as my only choice if I want to even have another chance at an ivy league. My GPA is very high (3.9 UW). My SATs are pretty good as well (2100). I will have a high school diploma from my current school; so I am not dropping out nor did I get expelled.</p>
<p>Any input or opinions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advanced guys!</p>
<p>Where does the OP say that he/she doesn't know English? I'm assuming that he/she does, given that...that's the language the post was typed in.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don't really know enough about your situation to offer advice, but have you considered going to your safety school, doing really well, and transferring? Might be less risky.</p>
<p>If you know how to read...:
"My family had to move to China during my senior year"
I just moved to China 2 years ago... Im american you idiot...</p>
<p>If your unweighted GPA is 3.9 then you have done very well. I would not recommend repeating your Senior year. Can it even be done? And are you doing it so you can get a 4.0 ? Or so you can have 1 year of ECs? Did you explain your special circumstances in an essay or letter. If you had ECs in 9th and 10th grades that you were unable to continue, being in another country, colleges understand that. Tons of stellar candidates did NOT get accepted into their "Ivy Dream" schools. There is no guarantee that you would get in next year either. In fact, the chances would still be the same.</p>
<p>What are the schools that accepted you? Perhaps it would be easier to advise you then.</p>
<p>I think you applied to the wrong set of schools. You should have been accepted to some good colleges with those grades and test scores, especially since your situation is unique and would make a good essay topic. I think a gap year with some study at a community college would make sense, or you could accept one of your offers with the idea of transferring to a better college (but probably not an Ivy). You could try posting in the parents' forum for more responses.</p>
<p>Post graduate year ... a year at a boarding school after you have graduated from high school. You are a member of the senior class, take a full load of classes, which can include APs, and apply to colleges with the guidance of the college counselling office. A PG student is often an athlete that needs an extra year of academic and personal maturity before beginning the intensity of D1 athletics. </p>
<p>My son had a very successful PG year -- he graduated from public high school at 17 and his prep school at 18 -- and is now at an Ivy.</p>