Okay, so I currently go to a private high school and I am in my junior year (I’ve been there since 9th grade). My family recently moved houses, so now we live twice as far from my school (I now would have to take 3 buses to get to school). The thing is, my family is not rich (I’m on financial aid) and we only have one car that my dad uses for work. I am an extremely bad driver, so my dad has to drive me to school every day. I’m thinking about switching to a different private school that has a really good reputation (bill gates’ high school and its only 2 minutes away). Here are the pros and cons:
Pros for lakeside-
- better education
- 2 minutes away from home (you could walk)
- transportation is not an issue
- higher standards
- better teachers
- diversity
- bigger school
- motivated kids
- more of a chance to get into college with full ride
- more variety in classes
- have to write application essays and go to an interview (I’m busy)
- probably don’t have an opening for senior year- (so it might not be worth it)
Cons-
- you don’t know anyone at that school
- no one knows you
- make new friends
-the people that I do know, I don’t like/ HATE me - is not familiar (new schedule, new teachers)
- will take some time to adjust
- will not feel comfortable
- will be much harder to do well/ get good grades
- super competitive (like you can’t trust anyone with telling them your good grades because they could resent you)
Pros for staying:
- same school
- same friends
- same schedule (easy to adjust)
- everyone knows you
- you’ll feel like a senior- like you own the place
- graduate with everyone you know
- same teachers (they’re great)
- opportunities to work with the college counselors (they’re really nice)
Cons for staying:
- I hate the kids
- the kids are rude
- the kids aren’t motivated
- my advisory sucks and is rude
- transportation is a huge issue
- it seems like people don’t like you
- no diversity
- small school
- not a lot of variety in courses
- small school