<p>Rather than starting a new thread, I thought I’d tag onto this one since it’s been really helpful in getting a lot of questions answered about this. My son is also a sophomore and also considering doing the same next year (applying as a junior) since he’ll honestly have exhausted our school’s curriculum (unless he wants to take things like metal shop, etc.). He’s had 7 AP’s so far (including Calc BC, Physics and Chemistry already) and will have the rest next year. If he does stay through senior year, all he would take at the HS his senior year would be band (and he’s been in the HS band since 7th grade anyway) just because he loves it. He’d go to a local college for everything else. </p>
<p>However, one difference I see between him and others considering doing this is that I know if we asked, they’d be willing to graduate him a year early. Since he’s been taking classes at the HS since 6th grade, he has more than enough credits to graduate even by the end of this year and would easily fulfill all the requirements by the end of his junior year. </p>
<p>How would that affect things? Would he then be considered a “senior”, since he’d have a diploma when he graduated? But…if he didn’t get in, he’d probably just stay the senior year and hope that the extra college credits and more in his application would get him in the next year. Is this somehow “trying to have his cake and eat it too”? Would they not allow him to apply twice if the first year he says he WILL have a diploma if he enters then in 2012? Even if he ends up not having it if he doesn’t enter then? I’m not sure I’m explaining this well! </p>
<p>Thanks for any help or suggestions!</p>