Can you graduate high school when you’ve surpassed the required number of credits (24 out of 23 credits) but not completed the state high school class requirements? I live in Georgia so the 4 years of math and science requirement is frustrating after just moving from California in my senior year. I have a 3.56 g.p.a. if that helps although I’m not sure why it would.
No, you need to have the quantity of credits but also they need to satisfy the state minimums for each subject.
@CheddarcheeseMN Are you sure? Is it that strict and unnecessary a rule? Can I just drop out of high school with my 24 (240) credits?
@CheddarcheeseMN It just seems too unreasonable.
Are you asking to graduate early? Or what would be “on time” considering when you started?
http://archives.gadoe.org/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-2-.48.pdf
It seems pretty clear that the state will require the credits. I don’t see any exceptions for students transferring in from other states. But you could call the state and see what they say.
It doesn’t matter if you think it’s unreasonable, if it’s the law. I think it’s unreasonable to have a 25 mph zone on a street near our house, but the town doesn’t care what I think.
@MaineLonghorn “It doesn’t matter if you think it’s unreasonable, if it’s the law.” Well I appreciate the obvious. The problem is that school is becoming too stale and I need to move on with my life.
@MaineLonghorn I turn 18 in 3 days: I need to get a job, I need to work on my drawing and overall art, I need to work on my coding, and I need to try stand up comedy. School is simply too miserable and unnecessary. The high amount of required classes don’t help that misery.
You could always take the GED.
@MaineLonghorn The document you linked says that I can earn a High School Certificate as long as I complete the 23 credits but not a High School Diploma wich requires those certain classes. Now what, what exactly does that mean?
@livinginLA A GED simply doesn’t seem as great as a high school diploma.
The people who are in a rush to graduate HS because they think they’re ready for “better things” are often the same ones who would really benefit from the extra time to mature. You can do all of those things in high school; take art and computer electives with leftover space in your schedule from remaining pre-reqs, join the theatre to work on stage presence/etc., enter talent shows, whatever.
@novafan1225 I never mentioned “better things”, that’s just silly, but I did mention things that would be more helpful to my sanity.
“You can do all of those things in high school…” My point is that I can’t, that’s why I sound so whiny right now.
Three of the four things you listed are hobbies. Do them in your free time, which you will certainly have.
As Tim Gunn would say…make it work!
Could you take a dual enrollment class at community college? Sometimes a semester at CC can equal a full year in a high school subject.
Have you tried talking to the counselors at your school? They’re going to know much more about your specific case than we’ll ever be able to, and they have experience working with the requirements.
Plus, even if you find them not helpful, they’re ultimately the ones determining whether you met the grad requirements, so chances are, you’re going to have to talk to them at some point anyway.
@hizeus You didn’t say the words better things, but you said high school was becoming stale and unnecessary in the face of all these new vitally important hobbies. I paraphrased for you.
There is no way to get around your state law if you haven’t completed the requirements. Take less rigorous classes and you will have plenty of time to focus on the new hobbies.
Does your state have free public online HS? That might give you the flexibility to complete the required courses without going full time to a brick and morter school.
In a few years you will be complaining about being stuck in a minimum wage job and how unfair it all is.
@TomSrOfBoston We both know that you nor I can be absolutely sure of that.