<p>Right now I am at a very competitive private school taking the hardest classes (Geometry Honors, Physics Honors, English 1, Biology Honors, Photography, Economics Honors, and Spanish 2), and I am making an average of about a 90~92% in my classes. However, I could go to my local public school and I know for a fact I can manage a 97ish% average for my classes. I want to apply to schools like Penn, Tufts, Middlebury, and Dartmouth. What route should I take? HARD private school or easy public schools (taking the same classes in either)?</p>
<p>its posts like this that degrade CC. posting things like this when seniors like me nationwide are looking for advice on essays and supplements…smh</p>
<p>Most of the really selective colleges don’t just look at academics. They want sports, clubs, volunteer, leadership, etc., in addition to good grades. Sooo…pretty much go to whatever school you want and do things that you care about. Academics =/= life.</p>
<p>wow, i honestly gave one ***** when i was a freshmen. get out.</p>
<p>No need for worry. Go visit the college counseling office of your HS and talk to them. You will likely find that you are better off, admissions-wise, at your more competitive school than you would be at a less competitive school. Ask to see the school profile and the Naviance for results from your HS’s seniors.</p>
<p>While it’s a good thing that you are concerned about your academics as early as freshman year, things like “I could go to my local public school and I know for a fact I can manage a 97ish%” really tend to bug me.</p>
<p>How would you know the exact percentage you’d be achieving at a public school? With no experience in one nor ANY upper level high school courses, what information are you drawing upon? What differentiates AP/IB classes in public school to those in private? </p>
<p>It has been my own experience that many people in private schools look down on public school as ‘easy’ and filled with simpletons. I’ve been to both to both private and public and I’d have to say that the competition among the high achievers in public school is EASILY equal to that of privates. Making such assumptions is not only ignorant but also false.</p>
<p>I do not mean to discriminate public schools…Lets call it school A and school B…many of my friends and family have gone to school B so thats how I know</p>
<p>90-92% is still an A in most cases. Whether to go to private or public is a personal choice. In our area, good private schools can cost as much as college so unless someone is rolling in extra cash, most people go to public schools. </p>
<p>Public schools offer diversity and in some cases more college prep classes due to their larger size. There is no guarantee that your public school will be any easier. It is a matter of finances or family preferences (religion etc). Wherever you are, do the best and take advantage of everything the school offers. That is what colleges look for.</p>
<p>Just stay at the private school if its better academically. If you seriously like learning, you will want to stay at the more competitive school because there is more room for personal growth. also oftentimes private schools provide lots of EC opportunities in school hours, which boost your resume. but seriously, if you apply yourself, it really doesn’t matter. I go to a public school, because I love the opportunities it gives me academically and artistically.</p>