^ thanks! I might be missing something here, but how would colleges that a student applies to in August/September/October know what kind of diploma the student will be getting? To the best of my knowledge, they won’t know. So…to answer @millie210 original question, the type of diploma does not matter. By the time the diploma is issued, the student has already committed to the school. The type of diploma that is issued is for the benefit of making the HS look better.