The big small question

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<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 another school' 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.</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>Don't do IB online. IB is an extremely hard program, and even though it is student-centered, even actual schools that do not have good experience do horribly. Experienced schools can be incredible (as my school thankfully is) but inexperienced ones could be positively horrid - stay away from online IB course.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I was worried about that.
Apparently it's the IB people that put it on, though, not the school. I'd just be admitted into their program there.
Also, it's Albany High that I'd probably go through and they've been teaching for a few years to MANY kids, so I'd trust them.</p>

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<p>Okay, more than one opinion would be great.</p>

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<p>Sorry, that was rude.</p>