<p>Do the top schools frown upon graduating early? Like will I be less likely to be accepted if I graduate early?</p>
<p>Also, what if I went to my community college for a year if I graduate a year early, that way I could take calc 3 and more advanced programs, would it improve my admissions chances?</p>
<p>They don’t frown on it directly as far as I know, but IMO graduating early can hurt your applications indirectly because you lose a year that you could have used to develop your extracurriculars and essays and relationships with teachers. If you graduated early and went to community college, you would be a transfer student when you applied to the university, and that would lower your admissions chances.
You can attend a community college or university without graduating early…this is called dual enrollment and I think it’s a better option if it’s possible for you. There’s really no good reason to graduate early.</p>