As a freshman I went to 3 different schools in which I got far ahead. For sophomore year I moved into a new district which I will be able to stay in for the rest of high school. When I went to meet my guidance counseler I discovered I had finished so many credits and classes that I would I d enter their school as a junior and Not a sophmore because of how far ahead I am. This means I will only have 3 years total of high school. I want to go to a selective top 25 school. Will this hurt my chances. Im glad I skipped a grade but will a college understand that I only had three years for my transcript?
You can ask you guidance counselor to explain the situation in his/her recommendation. The bigger question is are your ready for college maturity-wise? Or would doing a gap year program be beneficial?
@collegeun, Check your state education laws. In NYS, students can attend school until they’re 21. I’m not sure your district has the right to force you to enroll as a junior. If you run out of classes by the time you’re a senior, you could do a dual enrollment program. You’ll be competing against students who had 4 years to build a resume, so be careful not to shortchange yourself.
You could take a gap year as long as you have all the courses you need to be competitive and you don’t take any classes during the gap year (so you’re not disqualified from receiving freshman aid). But decide what you want your college app to look like then figure out what you need to do to accomplish that.
Im not questioning their authority because the choice makes sense to me because I already am doing fuel enrolment which I can’t do in my state till I’m at least a junior. In just wondering how it will affect my chances of going to a top tier school.
Provided you fulfill the graduation requirements for the school that you are graduating from, whether you complete those requirements in three, four, or five years doesn’t matter. Each student’s situation is different, and the colleges that you apply to will know that.
What will matter for your target colleges and universities will be your grades, the courses you take, your ACT/SAT scores, your letters of recommendation, and your essays. The number of years in which you were classified as a high school student won’t matter much if at all.