<p>I have all the required credits for high school and all the required courses completed. Technically I should be able to graduate early correct? I'm 2 weeks into my senior year and am wondering if I should attempt to graduate early and enroll at a local college for some college credits. Is this a good idea? Will it affect my college applications negatively?</p>
<p>one day already and still no response?</p>
<p>I also want to know. If I am born in 1994 and 17 when I graduate (a year early) but still in Grade 12, does that count as graduating early.</p>
<p>My brother graduated at the end of his Junior yr. He was 16 at the time but most people are 17 at the end of their junior year.In your situation, graduating early is graduating early. I don’t think it matters how old you are.On the other hand, he graduated with the '09-'10 class so I don’t know if you can graduate early without graduating with your class this yr since you are already a senior but I think you can…</p>
<p>Have you looked into Dual Enrollment ( taking college courses while still in highschool?) I take dual enrollment twice a week at our local community college . You may want to look into doing full time dual enrollment (meaning you take all college courses)and just graduating with your class.</p>
<p>thank you for your suggestions, I will look into it.</p>
<p>If you are going to take community college classes before going to your “real” four-year college, you want to make sure that you are dual-enrolled, not graduated. If you take college classes after HS graduation, that makes you a transfer student and it’s much harder to get into the top schools.</p>
<p>Some of the posts on this page have suggestions about dual credit, and what they say applies for non-homeschoolers as well. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/home-schooling-college/541334-how-do-homeschooled-students-attend-ivy-leagues-3.html#post1063409130[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/home-schooling-college/541334-how-do-homeschooled-students-attend-ivy-leagues-3.html#post1063409130</a></p>
<p>If you are shooting for selective colleges, think twice about graduating early. Senior year is when most take their schools hardest courses and take on leadership roles-things top colleges want to see. There are no points for graduating early, most could do it.</p>
<p>dnomyar, my son was a hs senior in your position last year. He was able to take the 3 high school classes he needed to graduate in his afternoons, and took college courses as a “Community Scholar” in his mornings at our local university (state flagship). The more common option, better supported by his high school, is to take courses through the local community college–this would have been fine too, but they didn’t offer the classes he was interested in taking.</p>
<p>The advantage was that he was able to graduate with his class and apply to colleges on the usual schedule as a freshman rather than as a transfer. But at the same time he got three “real” college classes (not just AP) under his belt, and got a close-up look at our flagship university, which he has ended up attending fulltime.</p>