<p>I'm 16 years old and I'm graduating from high school in a month. Im going to attend UCONN and really excited about it. Anyone graduating from high school early and what have your experiences been like?</p>
<p>Congratulations!
I graduated early ( a looong time ago) and began college at 16. My advice is to just keep that information to yourself. My classmates and dormmates did not know that I was any younger than them until a few months after school started. By that time we were already friends so any prejudices they may have held were not a problem.
I had a great time and graduated at 19 -began the interview process. Recruiters were not concerned with my age then either. If you don't mention it, people probably won't notice.
Good luck!</p>
<p>I also graduated at 16, started college a week after my 17th birthday... My biggest advice would be to not rush college, but take time to be sure what you want to do. If you become unsure in the middle, take a year off and travel or take a great internship, it's not putting you behind any. If you feel like you need to switch majors, do it. Allow yourself the luxury of that extra year that you would have spent in high school. If you just plow through, you may end up regretting it and wishing you'd taken more time to figure yourself out. I sure do.</p>
<p>Keep your age/status to yourself or share it as you feel is appropriate. I told people, and they seemed really interested when we talked about it, but afterwards didn't treat me any differently. That depends on the type of people you find yourself amongst.</p>
<p>Thank You for all of the good advice. It has given me a new look on what I should do in college.</p>
<p>My old next door neighbor went to an all girls school from 1st grade to 11th grade. By the time 11th grade was over she had had enough, and wanted to go to a school with some boys. So, she told her school that she was not coming back for senior year, and thus did not graduate. Instead, she went to UCSD, and then plans to transfer after one year. Sounds like a damn good plan to me.</p>