<p>i want to delay going to college for a number of reasons, one of the reasons is that i am rather young as a senior and will be graduating at the age of 17, the second reason is that i play lacrosse and i think that another year of growth will help me be more attractive to colleges, the third reason is that my grades aren't the best right now i am going into my senior year i have a 3.1 gpa although i did have a rigorous class load in my junior year .</p>
<p>so here is my real question i wanted to know which would be the best option community college or boarding school? or someone could even try to convince me otherwise.</p>
<p>If you go to community college, you are going to college. The academic record will follow you for the rest of your life, and if you play on the lacrosse time there, you will use up some of your eligibility.</p>
<p>Pick up the phone and call the coaches at the boarding schools that you are interested in, and ask about how they handle postgrads. You might like what you hear.</p>
<p>If you go to community college after graduating from high school, you will be committing to the transfer route. This means that you won’t be able to apply as a frosh to most colleges. Most colleges that admit large numbers of transfers are state universities, and most prefer transfers to be at the junior level, ready to declare their majors after completing lower division prerequisites at community college.</p>
<p>However, if you do well at community college, you may be able to “upgrade” your selection of colleges to transfer to compared to what you can get admitted to as a frosh with a 3.1 HS GPA.</p>
<p>Lacrosse recruiting is very thorough. Even as a youngish player, people of your age are already being marked by college coaches.</p>
<p>Speak frankly with your current coaches. Are there others in your HS that have been recruited? Have you attended the summer sessions that showcase players for colleges? Have there been others who tried the postgrad route? Will the additional year allow you to improve to the point of being recruitable? What if the answer is NO?</p>
<p>Are you open to dropping lax if you don’t have a collegiate career ahead of you?</p>