Im currently a sophmore and have been attending a british school my whole life, but I’m planning on going to university in the US. My school is quite rigorous and the exams are very stressful, I will do a couple extracurriculars next year eg. music ensemble, research project, math club and possibly a leadership position.
But I’ve been reading about college admissions in the US and they value extracurriculars way more than UK universities who barely take them into consideration unless theyre related to your degree. In the US they’re more focused on extracurriculars and essays and obviously the SAT. Theres this good american school near where I live which I could attend. They have many extracurriculars as well as sports and stuff like that and offer AP classes as well. However, the school is fairly new whereas my current school is more established.
My current school sends a couple students to prestigious US universities like MIT and gets pretty good grades overall. I’m worried that since I dont have the same extracurriculars as american high school students this will put me at a disadvantage. So do you think its a good idea to move schools for junior year?