<p>What are some competitive colleges that do not require a high school diploma? My high school does not have an early graduation program, but I want to apply for college in the fall of my junior year (the reasons are adequate and somewhat necessary, actually).</p>
<p>Many- Wlliams, Dartmouth, Harvard, Amherst, Swarthmore…check the common data set for each college. The answer is there.</p>
<p>bumping this up, anyone have like a list of them?</p>
<p>The simple fact is that very few colleges/universities actually require a HS diploma. What they do require is evidence that you are prepared for the demands of college-level academic work, and have the social skills to function in the college/university environment. Make a list of the institutions that you are interested in, and then read through their websites to find out what you would need to do in order to apply there.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>My son got into Caltech, MIT, UCLA, Berkeley and UCSD without a diploma (we homeschool). The only school that turned him down was UCSC (which was his ultimate safety). The more selective a school, the more sophisticated their adcoms, thus they will look at your entire app.</p>
<p>My sister went to Oberlin after her junior year of HS. Oberlin still takes juniors from time to time.</p>
<p>Colleges that dont need a high school diploma</p>
<p>Many colleges practice early admission. Like, many many. So chill.</p>
<p>The [University</a> of California](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/freshman/minimum-requirements/index.html) says that:</p>
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<p>Repeating what I said - my son got into UCLA/UCB and UCSD without a diploma, though it may be that they assumed he did have one, though I am not sure how they could have come to that conclusion. They just assumed that since he has a transcript, created by me, that he had a diploma?</p>
<p>BTW, this year my daughter got into Willamette, Colorado College, St Johns College and Scripps without a diploma.</p>
<p>I agree with you. I received a Masters Degree and I do not have a high school diploma or a GED. It is possible.</p>
<p>how did u do that?</p>
<p>Since that poster had one post I doubt you’ll get an answer.</p>
<p>I don’t have a HS diploma. I’ve actually had many nightmares (as in sleeping, not the speech ones) about that. Many times I woke up in the middle of the night and walked over to my degrees haning on a wall to make sure my name is on it. LOL.</p>
<p>BTW, I dropped out HS in my birth country after 10th grade. I came to the US at age 18. Finished college and grad schools here. If I recall correctly, I listed something like NA on the HS diploma question on my college app. Never finish HS or GED.</p>