<p>k here is what i am considering....</p>
<p>my parents are divorced... i went to hs frosh year at my dads house then moved in with mom soph a junior year... my dad lives in a small poor town while my mom lives in rich upper class big town. my gpa is TERRIBLE(3.5, i hope). needless to say the school at my moms is much better and extremely competitive for a public hs... i could pray for top %10.. but really i have very little chance of that</p>
<p>sidenote: my gpa is so bad because of serious family problems. huge upward spike from 3.0 to 3.9 from soph to junior year... im just screwed if frosh grades are included. i was advised not to rely on my family problems to explain bad gpa for application process.</p>
<p>here is where my trickery comes in.... what do you think would happen if i moved back in with my dad senior year... there is very little competition at that HS and i would easily hit top %5...</p>
<p>teacher recs would become a disaster(but now that i think about it maybe i could still get recs from my moms school) and i have no idea how college would look at me since i dont think anyone from the hs at my dads has gone to any ivy for many many years.</p>
<p>this is all becoming very complex to me since i am not very informed with regards to admissions.. ideas?</p>