<p>I know that there are some pros of graduating college a year early, but what are some major cons? If you graduate one year early, will you still be able to take all the courses you need, or will you be missing some that are significant? If so, what is bad about missing those important courses?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>You can’t graduate before you complete all the required courses and credits. So, unless you skip reqs by using AP and similar transfer credits, then you don’t wind up missing anything in college. If you do shave off that year because of a ton of AP and other credits, then you do lose a year of college experience, maturing, & relationship building, & have lost opportunity to learn new content/skills, etc.</p>
<p>1) Don’t try to take too many classes in a semester to rush graduating early to the detriment of your GPA.
No grad school/employer says “Well, you have a 2.9 but you graduated in 3 years! Awesome!” They just see the 2.9. </p>
<p>2) Like the previous poster said, you can’t graduate without fulfilling all the requirements. So you won’t be missing out academically. If you have taken AP/IB credits that may allow you to graduate early, then you may miss out on some General Electives. These are not critical but will broaden your horizons.</p>
<p>3) You will save money on tuition and will start earning money sooner.</p>
<p>4) You may miss out on maturing, experiences, etc like the previous poster said. Keep in mind that to you, you are the most mature you have ever been. You remember what it is like when you were a freshman and you see how much you have grown. But others older than you see how much more you (and all young people) have to go. Are you young for your grade? Old?</p>
<p>5) You will be younger when you graduate. You may not even be 21. I think it depends on what you want to do after college. Go to grad school? No problem. Become a teacher? Maybe not great. Enter the workforce? Probably no problem. </p>