Thank you for the advice, @DroidsLookingFor, all of this helps a lot. I’m very aware of and a bit nervous that I’m a bit late to this, so if I can’t make it for sophomore year I was thinking I would shoot for junior year instead, and do two years public two years private. Definitely trying to pick up the pace to get in for next year, though it’s hard being busy and not really getting much help. I would not want to repeat a grade. I’m most dedicated to my environmental club and involved in environmental and climate activism. Are there any schools with particularly active environmental clubs or good for environmental science and ecology? (I know that’s pretty specific.)