<p>Do colleges "look down on" students that have completed high-school in three years instead of the traditional 4?</p>
<p>If you've completed all of the credits required to graduate at your school and finished taking your SATs, colleges won't necessarily look down on junior high school applicants, since you have compelling reasons to skip your last year.</p>
<p>well, honestly, a couple people at my school wanted to do the 3 yr plans, but they then went out of it because they didnt believe it was good. most counselors i know recommend staying the four yrs.</p>
<p>somebody i know went to school for 3 years and got into an amazing school. However, he technically did not graduate high school, because he did not have all requirements filled.</p>
<p>I don't recommend skipping unless you think it's really worth it. A CCer actually graduated this year (after three years) and was accepted to MIT & Caltech.</p>
<p>whats the point? you only get to be young once, why rush it? enjoy that extra year of no responsibility</p>
<p>i went to college after just 3 years of high school. it's the best decision i ever made. Do college's look down on it? not necessarily, but they do take it into consideration, so i sent an extra essay with my apps explaining why i decided to graduate early. if you have a good reason, it's not going to be held against you. There are always downfalls to only being in HS 3 years. you don't have quite as much leadership opportunity, you could squeeze in a couple more AP's, maybe some research, just stuff to boost your app a bit more. i didn't get into a super selective school, but i'm at purdue for engineering and doing well enough, so i'm happy with how things turned out.</p>
<p>I did it. But I decided too late and only applied to one school and that was a small LAC. I plan on transferring next year to USNA, but U Penn, Duke, and GA Tech are the next one's on my list.
I'm soooooo glad I did it.l I could not have been in high school one more year. AND I talked to Admissions offcers at all of the above schools and they said transferring was easier than getting in as a freshmen.
But you have to be very serious about it. It's a huge step that you can't change your mind about once you've graduated early.</p>