I go to an early college high school where I take a mix of both high school and college-level courses. This requires us to be in school for 5 years but there is an option to graduate in 4 if one chooses to. I made the decision to move onto the 4-year plan back in the summer before my sophomore year. I am now a rising senior and have been giving a final option to move off this pathway. Does graduating early negatively impact your college admissions chances or does it not matter. I have been doing good in all my extra classes never made below an A so the extra classes are not what I am worried about.
How old will you be when you start college?
Does your school have enough interesting & challenging coursework for you to do if you stay another year?
Will you have all of the classes that the colleges you plan to apply to expect you to have?
Is there anything ‘extra’ in staying another year- leadership opportunities / study abroad / etc that you would actually like to do?
I responded yesterday but for some reason, it didn’t show up sorry lol. I will be 18 when I go to college. Any classes I would want to take in the 5th year I have already taken or am planning to senior year. I will have nearly double the required credits to graduate and I satisfy all requirements for the colleges I want to go to. My school does not have many opportunities that I would have access to do.
I think you’ll be perfectly fine graduating in 4 years. My son also went to an early college. The original Associate Degree/HS plan was 5 years but so many kids were able to complete in 4 years with the AA that they changed the policy to 4 years by the time my child graduated.
However, his HS would have been 9th-13th, did your early college start in 8th grade?
Mine is 9th-13th as well. I just didn’t know if cutting it short would have looked weird to colleges. Thank you for the help!
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Agree with @MamaBear2001 - you’ve checked all the possible red flags. Looks like you are ready for a bigger challenge!
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Your welcome! 