Repeating a grade, then skipping/graduating early?

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Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:19:20 +0000

I am currently repeating 9th grade at a great prep school. However, I have been questioning my decision to repeat freshman year since I started. The thing is, I never really had a reason to repeat. I learned a lot and gained a lot of perspective my first freshman year at a competitive public high school. I was never behind socially, academically, or in sports.
I presented this issue to faculty at my current school, and now have the option to skip 10th grade, and enter in 11th grade next year. It would essentially be “skipping a grade” except really, just getting me back on track.
If I stayed in my current grade, by my senior year, and, come time to apply for college, I would be very ahead in terms of classes, and would have had access to a lot of experiences as well as leadership opportunities.
If I skip, I will have spent the traditional four years in high school, however having only spent three years at my prep school, would not have taken as many advanced classes or had as many leadership opportunities.
Repeating a grade is awful for me, because I’m the type of person who likes to feel productive and get things done and move forward. The though of finishing high school at the appropriate time sounds great to me. However, I am afraid that if I decide to skip 10th grade and graduate “early” (or on time), it is going to affect both my college admissions, as well as how I feel about my high school experience in general.
What are your opinions on this? It seems like a rather one-of-a-kind situation. How much will it affect my college chances? Is it worth staying a whole extra year in high school? What seems to be the best path here?