<p>i have a friend who finished all the required classes in order to graduate from high school as a 10th grader, he barely passed all his classes recieving many c’s and d’s. he then did 2 years at a community college. then he applied to good universities and college (when he was 18) and got into Berkeley really easily cuz he was a transfer student. what do you guys think about this? was this a good idea?</p>
<p>that doesnt make sense. how does a d student get into berkley??</p>
<p>he raised his grades alot in community college</p>
<p>what was your friends Cumlative at the community college?</p>
<p>That makes no sense. Why not just do high school well the traditional way?</p>
<p>Sometimes high school doesn’t work for people, and going to college early works better. In the case of gifted students, they often get poor grades, because they aren’t motivated to do well.</p>
<p>In 8th grade my brother was failing English. The teacher realized that he was just bored to death, and so instead he took a course at Marlboro College, where he got an A. </p>
<p>Although your friend took an alternative path, he obviously proved himself enough to go to Berkeley. Do what’s best for you, and don’t judge people who blazed their own trail.</p>
<p>There is obviously much more to the story of this particular student who chose alternative education (i.e. community college) and ended up at Berkeley. What worked for him (his ‘hook’) probably won’t work for others. He sounds like he is an “exception to the (admissions) rule” who just happened to be in the right place at the right time.</p>
<p>Contrary to popular opinion, transfering is not that easy. I had a 3.3 coming out of High School, and got that up to a 3.9 at a CC. With that I managed to get into Berkeley (heading to UCLA though). So it’s obvious that the student had to have a very signifigant raise in their GPA. Transfer stats for Berkeley are still pretty low, and a lot of very smart people get rejected. I can’t believe that somebody with a handful of D’s could get themselves into Berkely.</p>
<p>right except (as he’s already said) the person’s grades rose in community college, and since he applied as a transfer, they wouldn’t have looked at his HS grades, that simple.</p>
<p>I did something similar myself. I went to a regular public high school freshman and sophomore years. I got okay grades but hated the entire experience. So for my junior and senior years I went to a local community college. The way it worked, my credits counted for high school and then were transferable to a 4-year college (which, for me, ended up being NYU). So, I finished my junior and senior years of college and my freshman and sophomore years of college in 2 years at a community college. Then transfered to NYU to finish up my junior and senior years of college.</p>
<p>“So, I finished my junior and senior years of college and my freshman and sophomore years of college in 2 years at a community college”</p>
<p>lol dude… dont you mean junior and senior years of high school?</p>
<p>ya well, to contribute to this thread, i did something simular to the guy the OP mentioned. i left HS at age 16, and at age 18 i am now transfering to UCDavis as a junior.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>LOL, yeah, I did mean junior and senior years of high school as well as freshman and sophomore years of college.</p>