<p>First of all, pugfug90, what makes you think going to community college will change anything? If you couldnt fit in in high school, will community college be any better?</p>
<p>But if you really want to drop out of high school and go to community college (one of my friends did), i would suggest talking to your high school counselor about it. You should take the GED, and once you get it, apply for CC, which is pretty simple. After that, you're pretty much set. Take you General Ed and transfer to a state school, if that's what you were planning, or do a technical college.</p>
<p>I don't expect community college to be 'better' than high school like you said, but if I can't handle it now, might as well finish it faster. Also won't have to wake up at 5AM daily, less homework, less unnecessary classes?</p>
<p>I've planned on talking to counselor on Monday, unfortunately she doesn't sympathize with me very much, though she did let me slide on the '2 years foreign language' rule.</p>
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I doubt you'll have less homework.
You should try doing full dual-enrollment -- when you're full day at CC but credits are also counted as high school courses so you're still getting high school diploma.
If you're taking rigorous courses that's fine :)</p>
<p>Waa, dual enrollment, joint enrollment, just plain ol skipping high school, so many choices o.o</p>
<p>I've researched about this whole mess, and there's something in Georgia called Accel? But it's the beginning of summer, I'm not sure if I was supposed to apply Spring earlier.</p>
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Overall that is probably pretty true. You'll be able to choose your classes and have them when you want them. The amount of homework will depend on the classes, but you will have a LOT more time to do the homework since you won't be taking as many classes and it won't involve as much time as full-time highschool.</p>
<p>These other people's(chess kid, asperger) experiences look promising. I'm looking for a community college that doesn't require GED/Diploma but no luck so far. And they say GED's only allowed for kids that aren't enrolled.</p>
<p>You should really think over your choices again. This choice will affect the rest of your life. I don't know what your problems are, but they don't seem serious enough to quit high school...especially if they are social problems. I'm not going to say you are going to be unsuccessful in your life, but you really are making it harder on yourself to become successful.</p>
<p>Ok, this choice does not have to, as other have said, "affect the rest of your life." You will miss a lot of social things (prom, graduation, etc.) but you don't seem to have a problem with that. </p>
<p>My mom was a high school drop out and never got a GED. She went to a CC for 2 years, did well, and was then accepted into MIT, Carnigie Mellon, WPI, and Northwestern. She now has a PhD and is doing quite well. </p>
<p>Or, if you could stick it out the rest of the year, you could look into graduating early, assuming you can do that in Georgia. A few of my friends graduated last year as juniors and are now at universities. </p>
<p>You seem to have your heart set on getting out of high school right now, which will hopefully mean that you're willing to work pretty hard to make up for any dissadvantage you might put yourself at. </p>
<p>The above link may be helpful. I'd be very cautious about applying to an early entrance program though. I know one person (also with Asperger's) who dropped out of high school to attend the program at UW. I think he had a hard time there, you really need to be emotionally mature as well as capable of the academics. </p>
<p>Personally, I really enjoyed full-time dual enrollment last year. I went to a tiny community college with great professors, small classes, and motivated students. I've "outgrown" the program though and will hopefully be transferring to UW as a college junior to finish off the last semester of high school. </p>
<p>If I were you, I don't think I'd rush off right now. Its really hard to do things last minute and I don't think going to a vocational school would be the best option for you (then again, I'm just a random stranger on the internet;)). If its social concerns, you may look into online schools like EPGY, where you could go at your own pace and still complete a challenging courseload. </p>
<p>I tell you something. If you really feel that you do not want to finish up in a High School, then there is no real law against that as long as you are a certain age. However, make sure to learn how to deal with these Asperger's Lite feelings you have. Really work on that. </p>
<p>My mom was real excited this afternoon, I said school let me go to college...Without the I asked first part. And now..I have a school waiting 30 miles away, 5 miles from my cousins..Though my mom would rather not bother them. And this GED mess. I need to withdraw to take it and it'll take weeks to process.</p>
<p>It might not be against the law..But I can't do anything about my mom:)</p>
<p>whoa
u worked hard to get through, get good grades, gpa...and you drop out. what? i mean, suck it up! You WILL learn to like highschool, ok bud? do you think droputs look good in apps???? sorry to burst your bubble, they dont.</p>
<p>I knew a girl who went to a prep school hated it, dropped out junior year and the next year went to UCSD. You don't need a diploma to go to a decent college.</p>
<p>Alan, while rare stories of CC grads who went on to top-notch schools may be inspiring...it's not realisitic. Sure he could do the same as your mother, but odds are heavily against him.</p>
<p>OP, there are different paths to success...but you my friend are chosing a more difficult one than you have to.</p>
<p>Why should he "suck it up" and finish high school? True a lot of high school dropouts end up in really bad situations and don't do anything with their life, but a lot of people make it all the way through high school (and college), and end up exactly the same as the dropouts.
To me what makes this different from many other dropouts is he actually has plans to go though college right away. He's not just dropping out and wandering the streets for three years. The problem with quitting high school is people generally don't go to college and then have trouble getting jobs.
but once you've graduated college nobody cares about high school. applying for jobs when you're 30, a high school diploma is really no different from a GED. In fact, by starting college now, he's just getting a 2 year head start on the rest of us.</p>