<p>Ava, At 21 you’re still a traditional age college student so most colleges will require you complete at least some of their traditional admissions application requirements. You’ll likely need good scores on the GED test and SAT or ACT test to be a competitive applicant. These tests won’t take much of your time or money and if you do well, your dropping out of high school may be overlooked. Unfortunately, high school bores many students but colleges prefer applicants who have persevered despite the boredom and who have sought out additional opportunities to alleviate the boredom. Take the tests and see how well you do. Then you’ll have some objective data to proffer when asking the folks in admissions offices about your academic options.</p>