Graduating High School as a Junior

cowking15
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:21:19 +0000

I guess I can take part in this conservation.

I chose to graduate early but in a slightly moderated way. I asked my counselor if I would be able to skip junior year entirely, become a senior and get my HS diploma in 3 years. She said yes and now I am taking 8 classes + 1 online class + 2 in the next summer (to get my diploma in August. One reason I chose to do this was because when entering high school, I knew straight from the start i needed a bigger challenge. I took biology,chemistry,geometry, and algebra 2 all freshman year. (take in mind i didnt choose to grad early until the end of my 2nd year). Now I will be graduating with a total of 10 AP courses (11 since I still got to fit Calc BC in with my doubling up freshman year). I have more or equal AP courses to others in my class. My rank was moved up from the class of 2011 to the class of 2010, and I have a good low rank in the current senior class. I am friends with a lot of the high ranked people in my school, and they do not see me as really young. I help them in classes and they help me, we talk about similar issues and we all show immaturity towards college. I wont get to skip out on my senior year (although I do not think it is that great of a year, its like every other one eh?) and I’m graduating the same year as many of my friends anyways. I hope to get into Rice, JHU, and other lower half top-20 schools like Vanderbilt etc. I think I’ve made the great choice. Like other said, I dont want to be pushed to study History. I took AP biology in my 2nd year and i loved the class entirely. Now this year Im taking a bunch of AP’s I care nothing about, and hope to go to college next year and study whatever I want! (majoring in biochem).

I hope my story helped you and anyone else in this decision. I think and hope that I am making the correct decision. GL to everyone else.