<p>I went through the exact same situation.</p>
<p>Current senior at a new school. </p>
<p>Haven’t got into any schools yet, didn’t apply anywhere early/rolling.</p>
<p>Also was top 10%, also scared about GPA–and even more scared about ECs. </p>
<p>If given the choice, I would move before junior year. This way you’d be</p>
<p>a) more prepared to apply for colleges senior year, already knowing your new high school’s most inner workings. I came here and had no idea how the college application from this high school looks like. I nearly missed the due date for transcript requests. Also, I had no idea how to streamline the teacher recs process since my teachers taught at a school that was thousands of miles away from me–I had to contact them through e-mail, and one of them had problems finishing writing and sending my rec. Having close, physical contact with your junior year teachers who will write your recs will be very beneficial.</p>
<p>2) Grades wise, you’ll be able to adjust to the new school’s classes and academic system earlier. Moving before senior year can be very difficult on some students who haven’t taken all the required classes and have to make up a ****load of credits. I wasn’t one of those, but I definitely had a hard time adjusting to the level of education of my new school–where math and sciences are so hard that an average grade in a class is like an 84, and where English teachers play tetris while their students take essay tests every single day of class. This way you’d be able to get good grades senior year, and adapt junior year to the classes.</p>
<p>However, if your social scene in your current school is really good, don’t move. </p>
<p>hope I helped you… message me if you need any help or anything! I know that at exactly the same time last year I too was looking for answers like you are, totally confused, angry, bitter–downright alarmed about the upcoming college process.</p>