<p>I never graduated from high school, instead I left high school by taking the CHSPE (California High School Proficiency Exam) in order to start college early. In the application it says this:</p>
<p>"Then, using the Additional Comments box in the personal statement section (Step 7), explain why you did not graduate from high school."</p>
<p>I don't know what I am supposed to write about it, especially because I don't want to make myself look bad. There wasn't one big reason that made me do what I did. High school wasn't working for me for a multitude of reasons, and as I was already taking college classes, I knew that college would be a better fit (and would prevent the complete nervous breakdown that high school was leading to).</p>
<p>One of the biggest reasons was that all but one of my teachers that year were really bad, and it was preventing me from learning and/or getting a passing grade in each class (my grades for the first semester that year were: A B C D F) Even in the one class with a good teacher I wasn't learning much, because the students were idiots and she was forced to dumb down the class because of them (that year the class only covered about 5 chapters out of the 12 they were supposed to cover). However I don't think it's a good idea to tell them this excuse, because I work at a school now and I know that while most everyone knows it to be a valid excuse in many circumstances, for some reason you just aren't allowed to accept it as one. I work with some really incompetent teachers, that I know are directly to blame for some of their students failing grades, but if the students tried to use that excuse with me I would be forced to reject it, despite knowing that it's the truth. I'm assuming it would be the same with whoever is reading my application.</p>
<p>So does anybody have any ideas on how I should handle this? I don't even know if they are looking for a long detailed explanation or just a few sentences, or if they really even care that much. Thanks for all your help.</p>