<p>I can barely stand high school anymore, but I'm smart and I know I could do well homeschooling myself and just teaching myself things with textbooks. I have already been accepted to the college that I most likely want to attend next year and study dance/psych. Is it allowed to homeschool yourself like this? I'm currently in 2 APs- APES and AP lit. could i continue studying these subjects and just take the AP exams in may? Could I also possibly study for a couple other AP exams and take them in may as well in order to have less general education classes when I go to college? I live in new york btw, i dont know if that makes a difference.</p>
<p>The other classes that i’m currently taking are microeconomics, spanish 5, calculus, and band.</p>
<p>I suggest you just stick it out. You only have a few months left, and you might always regret it if you don’t finish.</p>
<p>I did homeschool for all but 1 year of high school. If your record is good as it is, don’t mess with it. Aside from missing the things usual high school students have (prom, graduation, etc)… you don’t get the same opportunities with science labs, foreign language, and AP classes. </p>
<p>I don’t know how you plan on doing it, but it can also be anything from sorta hard to really hard. </p>
<p>Oh wow. 1 year. DON’T DO IT! Senior year from what I can tell is usually the best year! If all else, look it’s only 1 year.</p>
<p>And the dissenting vote: go for it! You MUST discuss with your college first, because all colleges reserve the right to revoke admissions offers if grades are bad, and if the college considers this “dropping out” it would be very bad. Also make sure you follow New York’s homeschooling laws or you really will be dropping out and your college will drop you. Yes you can take AP exams (both the ones you’ve started and ones you haven’t, including calculus) without taking the class, but you have to get a high school to offer them for you. So you’d better either a) not leave your school on bad terms or b) have another high school that will give you these AP tests.</p>
<p>PM me if you want more info. My son’s a senior and has been homeschooling for many years. We aren’t in NY and I don’t know the NY laws, and he’s been taking community college classes so his situation is different, but it seems reasonable to me IF YOU HAVE YOUR COLLEGE’S APPROVAL AND A HIGH SCHOOL TO GIVE YOU AP TESTS.</p>
<p>EDIT: I’m taking you at your word that you are smart enough and disciplined enough to teach yourself this AP material. Be sure you are really capable of doing it and WILL do it before you commit to this.</p>
<p>Check with the college you want to attend. Many, many people can’t stand high school, but using it as your motive can be the kiss of death with colleges, nonetheless.
I suggest you approach the school you plan to attend with the positives of learning on your own. Doing something worthwhile you couldn’t do if you have to go to school could be particularly compelling.
They have already accepted you. IMO, the only thing you need to demonstrate is that you are serious and responsible.
From everything I know, the second half of senior year will be a a complete waste of your time.</p>
<p>You should absolutely not drop out now to homeschool the final semester. You have been accepted at a college based on the information you have provided them and with the assumption that you will graduate from that institution. If you don’t finish with them, they could take back their offer. It also sends a poor message (why couldn’t they finish? They dont have what it takes to follow through? , etc…)</p>
<p>Up to you, but I think it could be a very unwise decision.</p>
<p>The thing is, you will have to file homeschooling papers, and have your parents sign them. You will also have to give yourself grades, and plan out a lesson plan. Some states, not sure about NY, require a detailed lesson plan to be handed in.</p>
<p>The high school may also give you I’s for all the classes for this year. That messes with your GPA and you HAVE to send that to the college.</p>
<p>In my opinion, Pearl is unnecessarily conservative, and swimchica is completely off-base. Ignore the last as unfounded. Very unlikely that any of the things listed would be required, and the idea that your school has any power over you once you have left is preposterous.
Maybe 1984 has arrived, but I think not yet.</p>
<p>The OP would not have to meet any state or local home schooling requirements if he or she is at least 17. There is no obligation to do school at all at that age in New York State.
This list by state is from about 2003 and may be out-of-date-</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/15.pdf[/url]”>http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/15.pdf</a></p>
<p>You’ve been doing regular schooling your whole life, why make a change that probably won’t even benefit you, most likely hurt you? Homeschooling is a pretty radical shift and you could find yourself regretting it. I personally don’t see the point in doing it just for a few months.</p>
<p>@Danas. If OP lives in New York City, Buffalo, and Brockport districts they are required to comply until 17. I doubt OP is 18.</p>
<p>“The idea that your school has any power over you once you have left is preposterous.”</p>
<p>Actually, they do. They will be preparing transcripts that HAVE to be sent to colleges, and if he drops out, they CAN give her I’s. He does need to ask the school.</p>
<p>The college may not be homeschool friendly. Which means they won’t accept homeschoolers. Georgia Tech is one that comes to mind. They say, or used say, on their website homeschoolers could not apply.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech on the record is the most hostile to home schoolers, Davidson off the record, as far as I have been able to determine.
My advice WAS to contact the school and ask. As opposed to swimchica’s. There is just too much fear and handwringing over this issue. If the school says don’t do it, don’t do it, if that’s where the OP wants to go. Otherwise, to be ruled by fear is not a good life plan. A simple phone call will do. The college has already said it wants to enroll the OP, and colleges love that yield.
I’ve had two kids accepted to college with no grades or even “courses”, a life plan undertaken without the benefit of phone call okays.
Be not cowed.</p>