You may want to consider whether staying in high school for 12th grade would allow you to complete the following while in high school:
- 4th year of English (many colleges want to see 4 years)
- calculus (many engineering applicants have calculus in high school)
- all three of biology, chemistry, and physics (the last two are most important for prospective engineering majors to prepare for college chemistry and physics)
- Spanish 3 or higher (many colleges prefer to see level 3 or 4)
- visual or performing art (some colleges want to see a year)
Check the net price calculator on each college’s web site to estimate affordability.