Currently I’m a sophomore (10th grade) at a private Catholic school, it wasn’t even my choice and I was forced to go. I wanted to tell my parents I was unhappy but they would probably just say make more friends or join clubs. I had a bad experience Freshmen Year and got into sex, drugs, drinking, etc( I can’t tell them that though). Didn’t really make alot I friends and the ones I did deemed me as annoying. I’m just so tired and want to get out of here for my own sake before it gets worse. The commute to the school is an hour round trip also. I want to go to a vocational school a mile away from my house that I originally applied to in 8th grade ( I got in). I have done my research and all I need to do is apply atleast by the end of fall. I really don’t know what good reason I have to make a transfer.
From your question I’m unclear whether you need a “valid reason” for your parents or is this something that the application requires?
For my parents. I can’t just say I’m sad or it won’t cut it
What are your other options, besides the vocational school? How are your grades in the Catholic school?
It isn’t simply about finding a good enough one-line excuse to placate your parents. You’ve got to approach them with a well-thought out and well-researched plan. How are the public schools rated, both in general and for your particular SES subgroup? What can they offer that the Catholic school doesn’t? Clearly saving the long commute and tuition are pluses. What else? Is college important to your parents? Will your chances of admittance be equal from the vocational school as the Catholic one?
Don’t you have the true valid reason? That there were kids trying to influence you to get involved in sex, drugs, drinking? (you don’t have to tell your parents that they succeeded). That you think that some of the people you met were in a Catholic school because they were having discipline issues and the parents thought they would get straightened out there, or that their parents thought they were “good” and didn’t pay attention to them.
Tell your parents you want to get out of that environment…and that the commuting is exhausting.
Could you do something more productive with the saved commuting time and saved tuition? You may be able to make a convincing argument on that basis.
A friend’s son returned to his LPS after making such a case.
My D transferred after 10th and it was a great decision. She transferred for a specific program but the social change was very positive too-- that can make a HUGE difference. I don’t know how you can convince your parents without coming clean and having some honest mature conversations about your happiness and your future. Good luck!