Macbook Pro 13' or 15' for high school?

I'm 16 and I'm planing on buying a Macbook Pro, I often do video and photo editing (Adobe CS6), the main purpose of the computer would be for me carry it around school and use it as my main computer both at home and classes.
No matter what Macbook Pro I purchase, I will then update the RAM to 16GB and I will add an 240GB SSD to the Optical Drive to get quicker performance.
Now, which Macbook Pro should I get?
13' 2.5GHz or 13' 2.9GHz or 15' 2.3GHz (non-retina and all mid-2012 models)

Video requires a good GPU.  The ones in the 13" MBPs are mediocre at best.  Look at the 15" MBPs and pick the one within your budget.  You might also consider a refurbished model which would still give much better  performance than the current 13" MBPs and save you some  money.
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