High school junior.

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I'm 16 years old. I currently go to an alternative school because I really want to hurry up and finish getting all my credits so I can move on to college. I'm even considering switching to a different alternative school because the one I'm at doesnt allow us to take work home and I really want to get as much done as I can, as quick as I can.</p>

<p>But here's my question...</p>

<p>Are there any colleges that take kids under 18 years old? If I'm lucky I can graduate before I would if I had stayed in public school, but I'll still be 17 at that time. Do colleges accept 17-year-old high school graduates? I've checked the website of almost every college I've thought of applying and I haven't been able to find a direct answer on any of them.</p>

<p>Also, are there any colleges that, by any chance, accept kids with GEDs? I could get my GED right now if I wanted to, but I don't know what my chances of getting into a college would be.</p>

<p>I'm not even entirely sure if college is the route I want to take, too. I want to be a foreign laguage translator/interpreter, so wouldn't it be better for me to just go to an immersion school overseas so I can not only learn the language but also become familiar with the culture? If I learned the language in a school in the U.S., I'd still have to experience the culture directly before I could get any sort of job as a translator (it's one of the requirements).</p>

<p>I understand I'm in kind of an unlikely situation and will probably have to just wait it out until I finish high school, but I would seriously start college now if they'd let me in. Even if they wanted me to participate in some sort of program where I finish out my last two years at the college, I wouldn't care. Being on the campus itself would be enough to keep me interested in my high school studies (which are becoming increasingly redundant to me at this point, simply because I spend a lot of my own free time studying things independently and inadvertently cover things I go over in later classes as I get older).</p>

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<p>of course. ppl homeschooling are getting into colleges at like 16. well my friend is</p>

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<p>Ill be going into college when im 17 and i go to "normal school". I just started young</p>

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<p>bigreddawgie: What state does your friend live in?</p>

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<p>A lot of people will be 17 when they start college, even if they're not ahead. Well, even if not a lot, it seems like a sizeable portion.</p>

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<p>texas (ten char)</p>

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<p>Simon's Rock College of Bard, or something like that is geared towards people that are supossed to be high school juniors or seniors, but want a college experience.</p>

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<p>i dont think you will have a problem going to college at 17...i am ..and i know many people who have</p>

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<p>Check out early entrance programs. If you're a genius you can seriously enroll at 14. The only one I know site of (because I'm living near)
<a href="http://depts.washington.edu/cscy/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://depts.washington.edu/cscy/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>a lot of schools have early entrance programs that let you start without finishing highschool.</p>

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<p>i did not no that theveganactress</p>

<p>what colleges?</p>

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<p>I will have just turned 17. Its normal. I know alot of kids who are going into college at 17 or 16 as well. You;ll find a college. You could go to one or two years at your community college then move onto a university when you're older</p>