@ucbalumnusnus thank you for the reply.
Since my school is an online private accredited high school, I was thinking of just doing one or two courses during a gap year. These courses would not be college level. Again, this is just my “worst case scenario” as I am already a year behind everyone else my age and would prefer to go to college before I am 20 years old.
Correct, my dream schools are essentially just markers of what caliber I would like to apply to. Regardless of how I finish my grade 12, I would like to apply to many ivy league schools and MIT/Stanford in attempts of a miracle. You never know what they are looking for! I am willing to spend the money on applications for a chance to get into a top tier school!
I will be sure to take AP CS principles this year. To be honest with you, I forgot about this course until I made this thread!