Transferring after sophomore year = bad idea?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I’m currently a freshman at a private Catholic high school. As much as I love my school, it doesn’t offer too many good clubs, has very little AP class opportunities, and has a mediocre teaching staff. So i’m considering transferring to my city’s public high school after my sophomore year (my parents told me I should give the school one more year).</p>

<p>It still baffles me how the Vietnamese valedictorian last year got accepted into Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Northwestern, UMich, Boston College and all the UC schools without connections. The salutorian was accepted into Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC, the University of Chicago and Notre Dame. However, he chose to go to Emory. </p>

<p>The only Ivy League acceptee was this one Hispanic girl who got into Cornell. I’m pretty sure she had some connections because she wasn’t even accepted into Notre Dame, Duke, Berkeley, UCLA, or West Point. </p>

<p>I’d probably be OK staying at this high school. But I believe my city high school is better (sends 15+ people to Ivy Leagues and other top universities each year).</p>

<p>I’ve been thinking though, the transfer might be a bad idea because:</p>

<li><p>I would’ve missed out on many of the AP prerequisite classes that are offered at my city high school. However, I will still be able to take most APs during my Senior year. </p></li>
<li><p>I would have to leave the clubs i’m in here and join the ones at the new high school. My road to becoming a leader of my favorite clubs at my current high school would obviously be destroyed. </p></li>
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<p>So what are your thoughts? Not just about my situation, but about moving schools in general.</p>

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<p>Hmm, well I think moving schools is not bad. I wouldnt want to move schools because of friends and I guess I actually like my school, even though its very competitive and everything is centered around grades. </p>

<p>I dont think youll miss out on the AP classes; if youve already taken, say for example, Bio at your current school, Im pretty sure they will let you take AP Bio at the new school. My friend who moved from Missouri is currently taking AP Calc as a junior instead of Precalc. because he was ahead at his Missouri school and already had the prereqs. It might even be a good thing for you. </p>

<p>As for your clubs, hmmm, that might be a problem for you if you really want those positions. I dont know.</p>