<p>I'm seriously thinking about graduating in 3 years. High-school is just not for me. I will be a sophmore next year & I have already completed 3 math classes & 2 foreign languages. I can't stand my honors classes that I have now, simply because the teachers still hand feed you the material & the kids in my classes are extremly immature. I don't hang out with anyone in my grade & all of my friends are seniors & have just graduated. So I really think I'm going to try the 3-year plan, but I was wondering if it is still possible to get scholarships?</p>
<p>Yes-in your junior year (i.e. senior year) you can apply for scholarships just like all the seniors in your area.</p>
<p>But you need to reconsider your plan. There are many many downsides of graduating early. First, colleges don't really like it. Second, you can't build up you resume more with higher scores and AP classes and EC activities. Third, you may need to simply mature naturally in high school for one more year. But if you really think you are ready to graduate early, go ahead. I am doing the same, and I am a sophomore/junior right now.</p>
<p>Lookf for need based aid.</p>
<p>Yes, all of this I know. I've done a lot of research on it. I'm ready to get out of here. I thought high school was going to be a lot harder & more of a challenge but it's really not. I can basically sleep in my classes & still maintain all A's. And as for the maturity, I know I'm ready. If I stay for four years I would end up killing myself. I can't stand the immaturity of my grade.</p>
<p>well, don't want to burst the bubble, but anyone that says he's too mature for his peers are very immature</p>
<p>What logic do you have to back up that statement?</p>
<p>By your "logic" it iss immature to think that there are more important things in life then getting drunk every night.</p>
<p>I dont think you have the right to say whos mature & whos not, seeing as you have never met me, or the people at my school.</p>
<p>I would say wait to make sure that you really want to graduate early. Like my freshman year I though I was going to be so smart, taking like 3 AP's my sophmore year, but that soon changed. Reality struck. So just wait to see if you really want to graduate early. Also try like online classes or community college courses if these seem too easy.</p>
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<p>That ain't true! I know of a lot of kids who graduated early, and got into the college of their choice, Bobert. Stop making blatant assumptions.</p>
<p>i wish it were otherwise, justinian, seeing that i myself am caught in the predicament. </p>
<p>and morganpap, being humble without losing one's dignity is a key aspect of maturity. i can't say that you are not somewhat condescending in your original post.</p>
<p>Sho yano, a child prodigy, graduated from Loyola University at the age of ten. Colleges didn't care that much. As long as you can write a check, they don't care when you graduate.</p>
<p>A prodigy is a little bit of a different case.</p>
<p>A person who has proclaimed himself "more mature" than all of his classmates seems to need a slight reality check..</p>
<p>I'm graduating early (I will be class of '07, rather than '08); I contacted the colleges that I was interested in, and asked them directly about the matter. The general consensus was that it would probably hurt one's chances, because the people graduating early are held to the same standards as the seniors, when it comes to ECs, rank, GPA, hardness of courseload. </p>
<p>Now if one does manage to max out the hardest courseload, excel in their ECs, and etc. then colleges won't look down on you for that. </p>
<p>Colleges are worried about early graduates' maturity level, it's all good and great to be book smart, but the colleges also value "street smarts" (basically the ability to be able to handle the college environment.)</p>
<p>As long that you know that you will be judged to the same standards as the seniors, then it will be alright.</p>
<p>Now for your question about scholarships...go on fastweb.com and complete a profile, and start looking for those scholarships. Merit scholawrships from a specific school might be a little hard to get, especially if you don't have those AP's, high rank, SAT scores, and all that stuff. It's possible, but just know that it might be a little difficult.</p>
<p>Knowing all this, I'm still graduating early, and I am excited to be a "senior" for next year.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>I graduated early, '05 rather than '06. Colleges won't care as long as your resume is strong. When i contacted colleges, they suggested including an essay on why i decided to graduate early. That was the only extra thing i did. i got some scholarship even though I graduated early. I don't think it really makes a difference. </p>
<p>As for maturity levels... no matter where you go there will be immature people. people being mature enough to go to college doesn't really matter. you'll be just fine. it's just whether or not you'll do well, or as well as you intend. you need a work ethic, common sense, and be able to handle freedom, and know how to drink/smoke/whatever smart, caution while exploring new things, stuff like that. you can be immature about all that, and you'll probably still be able to get by. it might just suck, that's all.</p>
<p>I am graduating early and I do not regret it one bit. People have tried to talk me out of it and you just have to do what’s best for you. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Before I say anything else, do you have the option of taking dual-enrollment classes at a local college? In some states high school students can take college classes for free, which means it’s best to remain a high school student as long as possible. I was essentially a full-time university student in my senior year of high school (and I never went to my high school except to graduate at the end of the year), but the state paid my tuition because I was technically still a high school student. </p>
<p>Of course it will still be possible to get scholarships as an early graduate, if you’re applying to schools that offer them. (If you get significant scholarships, in all likelihood they’ll come from the college you attend and not something you found on Fastweb or similar. Internet scholarships are usually small and harder to get.)</p>
<p>Even so, it would be better for you to stay all four years so that you’d have more time to improve your test scores (and your extracurriculars, recommendations, essays, etc., but mostly your test scores).
“Colleges don’t like it when people graduate early” doesn’t mean the same thing as “people who graduate early can’t get into any college.” I mean, I’m pretty sure colleges didn’t like my lack of decent extracurriculars, but I still got into a lot of places because most colleges accept most of their applicants.</p>
<p>To clarify, I don’t think colleges care that much about the early graduation itself. The drawbacks are mostly indirect. Basically, people who graduate early are competing with people who had more time to develop their resumes, so they tend to be at a disadvantage. </p>
<p>@Halcyonheather, I think that the OP already graduated 
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<p>I can see that now… :">
Hopefully some current student has the same question and finds it useful. </p>