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Here's the situation. I am currently a high-school sophomore in all honors and accelerated programs. Come my junior (or senior) year I want to quit high school and skip over to college. Aside from arguments that this would be 'hard' or 'difficult', how might I accomplish it?

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For most schools that's impossible unless you get extra credits from summer school.
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Yah, I graduated as a juinor, but I got 3 high school credits in 8th grade, and I did 8 credits a year for my 3 years. Which was more than enough. Unfortunately my loan company went broke, so (although I'd been accepted) I never got into Digi Pen (Redmond, WA).

My suggestion is talk to the worthless guidence counsler and see if it is possible at all. And REMEMBER, a college prep diploma has NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO (zero, zilch) advantage over a regular one. It's only meant to challenge a student and prepair them for college. So you could probably just go with the regular one.

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Consider this:

Unless you're a hardcore academic or going to college purely for vocational training, you probably don't want to go to college after your sohpomore year in HS. You'd be the odd man out.

Just cruise through HS and enjoy the ride. . .

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i was asked to go to college after soph. year of high school and i turned it down.

i wanted to go through college at the same age as everyone else in college because i didn't want to be the odd one out. when all my friends go to the pub, i didn't want them sayin 'uh, sorry kuru you hafta stay home. you're not old enough to vote yet, they'll never let you in'

i'm glad i finished regular high school, graduated with all the idiots i'll never see again, went to college the same age as everyone else, and can now go get drunk off my ass with the guys right after exams are over.

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I agree with Kuru. I just graduated college and it was an awesome time, even though I went to Nerd U. There is no need to rush it. Having a couple of years of high school that will be no effort is like a gift. Take that gift and love it. Have fun with little to no consequence on your school work. I would have loved it. Then, when you get to college, you are in the same boat as the other freshmen.
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Would this be a bad time to say I disagree with 99\% of you?

I'm in all accelerated and honors, and yet the material is still SO SLOW for me that I NEVER pay attention or do homework. It leaves me barely passing. I don't want this for two more years.

Today my counselor encouraged me and showed me how to graduate my Junior year. I think I'm gonna do it, then go to college.

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Well, after my experiences, I can say I disagree with you too. Take the opportunity to do something fun: tech crew for theatre, start up a geek club, speech/debate, etc. There are other things to do than homework. I don't think I really did much of any homework in my last 2 years of high school. I was doing band, tech crew, speech, rollerblading, etc. I had things to fill my time that were fun, not homework. Trust me. When you get to college, things will move fast enough for you. It certainly did for me.
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I don't get involved in extracarricular(sp?) school stuff because it leaves me very bored and eats time I normally spend doing other things.


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Well, after my experiences, I can say I disagree with you too. Take the opportunity to do something fun: tech crew for theatre, start up a geek club, speech/debate, etc. There are other things to do than homework. I don't think I really did much of any homework in my last 2 years of high school. I was doing band, tech crew, speech, rollerblading, etc. I had things to fill my time that were fun, not homework. Trust me. When you get to college, things will move fast enough for you. It certainly did for me.

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good luck dude, but judging from what i've seen of people who started college earlier than they chronologically should, they're not usually treated well.

also, if you're currently failing or nearly failing your accelerated and honors courses for lack of studying, you've got to face the reality that you probably will not do too well in college either. 99\% of the reason i had a tough time with college was lack of general study habits and/or study skills. i never did homework or stuidied in high school, i aced the classes, and then i got to college where the work was actually hard and i was fucked.

if i were suddenly 14 again, knowing what i do now, i'd have at least attempted to study just so that when i got to college and it all really counted, i wouldn't be tryin to learn it all at once.

good luck dude, but i do think you're crazy. it's hard to explain to someone who hasn't already been hit with the reality of the adult world that they should enjoy being young and having no responsibilities while they can.

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