<p>Like if I have a high act and sat with a ged will it hurt my chances? I want to get a masters in accounting and a cpa one day. So I need to know will it hurt my chances?</p>
<p>You’d need to provide a LOT more context than this for any kind of meaningful advice.</p>
<p>Well I want to go to NCSU in accounting in 17 but I dont like highschool work because I feel its pointless. Im teaching myself algebra and am doing pretty well. because my school put me in lower grade math then I should be and wont teach me the stuff I need to know for EOG because I BOMBED the test (I was younger and dumber and absolutely despised school.) So at this rate im not going to graduate in time to go to college when I want to. So I want to quit and get my GED so I have freedom from school and start my career. So long story short I want to get a GED so I can go to college.</p>
<p>Talk this option over with the admissions office at NCSU and with the admissions office at the community college closest to you. If you are truly fed up with high school, the GED might make sense. Just don’t withdraw from high school until you have more information about all of your options.</p>
<p>Stay is high school. See it through. Be patient. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>The short answer is yes, it will hurt.</p>
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<p>So far, this is not sounding like a good story to impress the admissions office. </p>
<p>(Presumably part of the reason colleges (including NCSU - [Office</a> of Undergraduate Admissions at North Carolina State University](<a href=“http://admissions.ncsu.edu/apply/admission-review/freshmen-admission-review-process/]Office”>First-Year Applicants | Undergraduate Admissions) ) put so much emphasis on high school transcript and GPA is because it provides an indication of how a prospect will perform at college work.)</p>
<p>As happymom indicated, you might be able to persuade NCSU that you are one of those unusual people for whom this makes sense, but you really need to check that out before you make the decision.</p>
<p>@thecrookedone what I meant by that was that there’s no reason to do highschool as it wont further my career, sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>“what I meant by that was that there’s no reason to do highschool as it wont further my career,”</p>
<p>But like others have said, it likely will drastically shorten your college options. Is that what you want? Why do you think colleges that might confer a diploma to you wouldn’t favor students who can handle the organized responsibilities of a typical high school curriculum? And even if HS is beyond you or really will be a waste of time, any potential college will need to see your academic/social potential. How will you show them that?</p>
<p>Unless you have the conversations as suggested, just dropping out w/o a path forward seems extremely short-sighted.</p>
<p>Have you considered another type of high school? Virtual school, home school, school of the arts magnet or a computer science magnet? Many high schools have dual enrollment and will actually pay for you to take classes at a community college. A lot of home schoolers take the GED and then go on to college, but they have records of completing the courses through home school too.</p>
<p>An area where taking the GED may hurt you is in scholarship money. A school may require a higher ACT or SAT score with a home schooling certificate or GED to get merit money. At DD’s college, there is only one award available to a home school/GED applicant and requires a 27 on the ACT, where traditional students can earn an award with a 22 ACT and a high gpa (it’s on a grid, with a better award if you score better/higher gpa).</p>
<p>Okay thanks guys. If a homeschooling certificate is the same merit as GED I might as well just go for GED as im homeschooled.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Your use of the phrase “drop out” is typically mated to normal HS, not homeschooling. If you’re done w/homeschooling, you’re done. Then make your best case to the colleges.</p>
<p>Heck, some don’t even require any form of HS graduation whatsoever.</p>
<p>When is your class scheduled to graduate? In many States, you can not take the GED before your scheduled date of high school graduation.</p>
<p>@swimcatsmom Here we can take it at 16 years old as thats age of consent.</p>