<p>do colleges look down on graduating in 3 years? my school asks for 230 credits by senior year, and i will have 220 by start of junior year, I honestly hate my school, its a movie where everyone smiles to your face and bad mouths you when you walk away, or when you don't, but still with a smile on their face, guess it's socal... anyway, would a college look down on me for doing that? Especially since I have mostly B's (in all honors classes)?</p>
<p>Colleges do tend to dislike it, but I don't know more than that.</p>
<p>You have to be a super genius to get into a good school. But there are a few decent schools who actually have programs for people like you.</p>
<p>USC sent me a letter inviting me to apply as a hs junior and be in a special program. You may want to check that out. However, If you have mostly B's, and are only in honors classes, I doubt you have much of a chance. (no offense). Just use that extra year to get your grades up. You've been at this school for 3 years now. One more won't hurt.</p>
<p>So I should not do this? I will basically run out of classes my senior year (no math offered, I would need Calc BC) and I want to get out of here, for those who misunderstand, i am a sophomore right now, and have 130 credits as of start of 10th grade... i would want to apply to either a Cal State, A UC, or, what i would love would be to go to a college in Boston or NYC...</p>
<p>130 credits? At my school, you only need 22 to graduate!</p>
<p>lol, the ops school must do the credits differently.</p>
<p>like i said in my op i need 230 to graduate, so i have over half in one yr...</p>
<p>We need 220. ^_^</p>
<p>I'd vote against it, if for no other reason than you'll be missing all the best experiences of HS: Prom, Graduating with your class (even if you don't like them, this is still a HUGE event)...you get the picture.</p>
<p>I personally would love to do that too (hating my school as a junior as well), but honestly, you won't get into a great school. The best you can probably do is a "decent" college and then transfer.</p>
<p>Freshman year I was seriously contemplating doing the three-year track, but my guidance counselor talked me out of it. I was absolutely miserable up until November of Junior year, and then all of a sudden things got fantastic. Just tough it out. Things will get better.</p>
<p>so everyone addvises againts it?</p>
<p>I did, and am now attending Caltech on a $200,000 merit scholarship. [1] For the record, I didn't have enough credits to graduate. I just dropped out.</p>
<p>It was a really good experience, since I didn't have to take any of those silly graduation requirements like PE or Economics, and could focus on all the fun classes like discrete math and graph theory. Plus I didn't have to take any end-of-year tests junior year because I was in a lot of IB classes, but (most of the time) you only have to take IB tests senior year. :p</p>
<p>I should warn you that it will be harder to build up academic credentials if you only have three years to do it (since they'll be comparing you to people who've done it in four years). But hey, if you can do it, it's a really good experience. And if you don't get accepted, you could always apply again next year!</p>
<p>[1] Not an isolated case. My friend got into Columbia his junior year too.</p>
<p>Are you going to run out of classes to take other than math?
If there's really almost nothing left for you to take, then going to college early is not a bad idea, even if you have to attend a lesser college and maybe transfer up later.</p>
<p>Colleges look down upon students who complete high school in three years.
Unless you are a genious, I wouldn't recommend it. Admission officers can be like, "does this student have the maturity to attend college? Why is this student rushing through high school?"</p>
<p>Do you have a ligitimate excuse?</p>
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I did, and am now attending Caltech on a $200,000 merit scholarship. [1] For the record, I didn't have enough credits to graduate. I just dropped out.</p>
<p>It was a really good experience, since I didn't have to take any of those silly graduation requirements like PE or Economics, and could focus on all the fun classes like discrete math and graph theory. Plus I didn't have to take any end-of-year tests junior year because I was in a lot of IB classes, but (most of the time) you only have to take IB tests senior year. </p>
<p>I should warn you that it will be harder to build up academic credentials if you only have three years to do it (since they'll be comparing you to people who've done it in four years). But hey, if you can do it, it's a really good experience. And if you don't get accepted, you could always apply again next year!</p>
<p>[1] Not an isolated case. My friend got into Columbia his junior year too.
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<p>Where'd the money come from?</p>
<p>And not trying to generalize you, but how does your social life compare to the others? (then again, it's CalTech :P Jk.)</p>
<p>Caltech likes to throw</a> money at people.</p>
<p>Hm, social life. I've only been there for a week, so I don't even have a real dorm yet. I've found some nice friends though. :)</p>
<p>err well, kinda, i could take some easy not honors courses though... i want to try to leave early though... but ireally want alot of input, especally from people have done it... i already know that i want to under grade in politics, either political science or another form of politics.. i need to do more research on majors... and then go to law school...</p>
<p>any more suggestions?</p>
<p>Check if dual-enrollment is available to you. You might be able to spend the whole day at a CC or possibly a university.</p>
<p>i know my school doesnt llow it, already checked, you have to be on campus at least 5/6 periods(6th only allowed to take off senior yr)</p>