wow, another problem i need to deal with

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>so here's the thing:</p>

<p>I'm currently a junior at a very good public high school in the US. however, this summer my family is moving to Europe before my senior year!!! I'll be attending an international school and i already know the language spoken in the country and i've lived there before so that won't be a big deal. but when i first heard we were movin i was pretty ****ed off (please excuse my language) This wasnt where the REAL problem was. get this:</p>

<p>i havent heard any real reviews of the school but they are on the IB program. you HAVE to be on the IB program to graduate. for some reason, however, my AP credits (ive taken 6 classes) won't transfer over. so, to complete the IB diploma i'll need to take TWO YEARS of credits to finish- which means im going to have to REPEAT JUNIOR YEAR!!!!!!!!!! i know im so screwed. </p>

<p>well, my dad told me about another international school in a bigger city nearby that offers IB program but it's optional so you can also go on a regular american school program (it doesnt offer AP's however). I'm scared that if I go to this school and don't graduate with the IB diploma my prospects for college will be horrible since im already an intl. student. However, I REALLY DONT WANT TO ADD AN EXTRA YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL! </p>

<p>I'd like to attend some top american schools like Rice, U Chicago, U Penn, William & Mary, Tufts and George Washington and I have no real desire to stay in Europe for college except maybe St. Andrews or Edinburgh.</p>

<p>so here are my options:</p>

<p>1) Go to the original school and graduate in two years with an IB diploma (i REALLY dont want to do this but i think it would be better for college)</p>

<p>2) Go to the other school and graduate on time in one year with no diploma but an american high school degree</p>

<p>please keep in mind that i dont know how well these schools are viewed in the US. for your information, the country im moving to is Germany.</p>

<p>thanks a lot for reading this! i appreciate it!</p>

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<p>Test out of the classes if you're so smart.</p>

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<p>What classes are you taking right now? I wouldn't be worried about extra-year of school as long as it is challenging :)</p>

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<p>Don't do the extra year of high school. </p>

<p>There is no guarantee that you'll get into any of those prestigious schools, and you don't want to waste a year for nothing. If worse comes to worse and you have to go to a mediocre school, do really well and transfer.</p>

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<p>surfette, thats probably what ill go ahead and do. but how well are american degrees abroad regarded at us colleges?</p>

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<p>I assume your parents aren't willing to pay for boarding school in the US...? Some of them are really good from what I hear.</p>

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<p>well i was thinking about that too fizix but ive heard that those schools are realy competitive and the kids get kinda ridiculous so idk</p>

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<p>Well, if your public school was so great, and you were taking all these AP classes, how much better could the boarding schools be, relatively speaking?</p>

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<p>If you have questions about boarding schools head on over to the Prep School Admissions forum.</p>

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<p>Why don't you just stay over at your best friend's for a year? It's not too uncommon. I know of an example personally of a family moving to just another state where their son was able to stay at another's home for senior year. When my friend was possibly moving to another state, my parents said he could live with us. So, if you have a really good friend that wouldn't mind taking you in for a year, I think you should just finish off in the U.S. It's not really unreasonable. It's your future after all.</p>