<p>So this is my first year in cyber school. This year I've done both my sophomore and junior schooling. Next year I will be a senior. I have the option to stay in cyber school and graduate in January (a year and a half earlier than I was originally supposed to), or I can go back to public school and graduate in June (a year earlier). So which would look better on college apps. Cyber school, because it shows I'm driven and was able to complete schooling 1 1/2 years early, or do they frown on cyber school? Or public school is looked at as more mainstream and "normal" and I'll still be that 1 year early?</p>
<p>PS, I want to apply to some Ivies. Sophmore year I had a 3.5. Junior year 4.0 and I'm trying to get a 4.0 for my senior year as well. I haven't taken the SATs yet.</p>
<p>If you are still pretty young (under 17) I would graduate from cyber school (I am assuming equivalent of homeschooling, but with formal online curr.) and pursue a couple community college courses and a part time job or internship. Just first check the colleges you want to apply to, and be sure that you would be considered a Freshman and not a transfer if you take community college courses. Some schools say ANY college credits make you a transfer, and some say fewer than 9 or 12 don’t count. Freshman get better financial aid usually, so if that is a concern, you need to check. You could also complete the cyber school curriculum, but continue on with high school studies by supplementing weaker areas in the curriculum. Which school did you use? Did you have the equivalent of AP courses? Did you take AP exams, or will you? You could do independent AP study as a continuation of your high school work.
I know that the College of William and Mary (highly selective) does not encourage early graduation from high school. They feel there is always more you could take advantage of in high school. If you are extremely intellectually gifted with a genius IQ and calculus at age 8 or something, go for it. Otherwise, I would enhance your independent studies. Your homeschooling can then end with a diploma, you can put together your own transcript reflecting work beyond the cyber curr., with AP test scores on the transcript as “grades”. Also, be sure to keep a complete list of all books used during high school studies - many schools want to see that from homeschool applicants - texts as well as literature studied. I hope this gives you some advice. There are many good books about getting into selective colleges as a homeschool student - you might want to read up!</p>