You’ve got some great school options mentioned.
@ghostotter It’s still not clear to me what you are hoping to get at BS that you can’t get at home? (I mean I hear VB, French, etc but are those not available at home?)
SSATs — my gut says not to try to take it unless you get some evidence pretty quickly that you are headed for a nice score. Go into SSAT website and sign up for the free online sample test. If you get most of the questions right, you might decide to pursue studying for a few weeks and then taking the test. But if you get 60% of the answers wrong then it may not be worth the headache.