What are the ups and downs to graduating high school(early) as a junior as far as getting into a good college?
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As long as you graduate and meet all the requirements in terms of number of credits and GPA, you're considered to have completed the high school curriculum and should be considered equal to any students a year older than you. Colleges are not heavily influenced by extra-curricular activities except when it comes to scholarships. It shouldn't affect your admission to the school. It could be a negative point against you if you have only three years of an activity instead of four, but you can compensate for that by looking for other volunteer activities, or taking on positions of responsibility (be the UN Secretary-General instead of the representative from Lesotho... or whatever).
My city has an awesome program that I did. For your JR. and SR. year you can go to the communty college high school program and just take like english and math with the high school teacher who are awesome and then the other 4 or 5 classes you can take college classes that they pay for all you have to do is pay for the books. What a deal! Anyway I had a friend my Jr. year that graduated early, she even walked with the seniors that year and then got accepted into the local University. They wont look at you like your bad for getting out and finishing high school early. The only thing they will think is wow this person knows what their doing and dosn't what to waste any time. They are goal oreninted and dedicated. I think it is a great oppurnity I personal didn't like high school either. I went to a really large school where you were basically coralled though the hallways while you were watched but campus police like you were going to start a riot or something. I never met any of the administration and never even knew the name of my principal for people the high school scene just isn't for them. e-mail me if you have any other Q's JesusfreakLV@yahoo.com
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