Applying to college as a HS junior

marmat103
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:03:11 +0000

Our D graduated after her junior year, and there was no difference in admission process from what her friends (seniors) did.

S3 applied during his junior year and never graduated from high school. He took 3 SAT IIs in October, SAT I in November, and applied ED. His school did not mind him applying. We contacted the university in summer, asked if they accept kids who will not have hs diploma (although I already knew that a girl from PA was a freshman there and a senior in her high school at the same time). The answer was - they do accept such kids, but there must be a very good reason why he would want to graduate early (i.e. exausted all the resources at his school), and S3 should address this in his application. I don’t think that the chances next year will be hurt by such an application. I know that many districts award high school diplomas in similar cases, but we did not even look into that as I don’t see any reason to get the diploma if the kid goes to college anyway.