Graduating High school a semester early? Will it mess up my college admission chances?

Applying to College
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I have doubled up on my classes from my freshman year. I have more than enough credits to graduate. I only need two more mandatory credit to graduate. I have been thinking of graduating after the first semester. I will take the second semester to volunteer abroad. I am planning on starting college on time and applying at the usual time. I want to get out of my town ASAP it is not a good environment for me.
Will this mess up my college admission chances?

Other info:

  1. I have obtained a 3.85 GPA all through high school
  2. ACT score is a 23 (but retaking it in September)
  3. I will be taking a lot of college classes through my local college in the first semester
  4. To graduate early I would have to transfer schools ( I dont have any social concerns about this)
2

I don’t think your plan will help your admissions chances. You test scores are very low, and changing schools makes it hard to get good recommendations.

3

Which universities do you want to apply to? Where do you intend to volunteer abroad?

I don’t see how graduating early could help, but whether it hurts might depend upon where you want to go to university. It seems odd to be graduating from a high school where you are only planning on attending for one semester.