Graduating from high school early a disadvantage?

susanr64
Fri, 21 May 2010 14:55:19 +0000

I talked to my S’s high school counselor about S possibly graduating early, this coming December rather than next May. He will have all of his requirements met at that point, and thought about taking classes at the local community college or working and saving money. The counselor said that they generally discourage kids from graduating early because colleges look down on these kids. It does not make sense to me why a prospective college would look down on a kid who graduates 5 months early. Any ideas why? Could it be the college would think the student is not dedicated to academics or extracurriculars? I wonder too if the school is discouraging students from early graduation since they might receive less funding the second half of the year.

S is likely going to a state school, nothing fancy, and may need to live at home for the first year unless he matures a lot in the next year or so.