I want to graduate my high school earlier

[anarkay]

<p>hello! I’m a high school student in korea who is in the first grade. In korea a semester starts at march, so I’ve done everything with the first grade curriculum. </p>

<p>My GPAs are about to be 3.9~4.0/4.0. I also have a gold medal for KPhO, and about to be a Korean representative for next IPhO. </p>

<p>I’ve heard that another korean student who won an international olympiad is accepted by MIT and gradutating earlier, though he is in the second grade.</p>

<p>I think that I have some chances too. and I am eager to. What should I do?</p>

[Senator_Noodles]

<p>By “first grade,” what do you mean? In other words, how many more years do you have left of high school if you were to go through all of it? And by “leaving early,” how early are you talking about? </p>

<p>I know MIT accepts domestic students who graduated after their 11th grade, but I don’t know if it’s harder for internationals to get accepted like that. Then again, I don’t know much about Korean school systems, as you can see by my comment.</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>Matt McGann (an MIT admissions officer) says [url=<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/homeschooled_applicants_helpful_tips/doogie_howser_et_al.shtml]here[/url”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/homeschooled_applicants_helpful_tips/doogie_howser_et_al.shtml]here[/url</a>]

Younger students are not a huge population at most colleges as at MIT, but each year we do admit, after careful review, a number of early- and mid-teenagers, those who, even though young, would truly be a significant part of this community.</p>

<p>While entering college/MIT at a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select few it is exactly the right course of action… with these students’ applications, we’ll for the most part treat them as any other application, but we will ask a few additional questions: Why is this student applying to college now? Have they exhausted all of their resources? Do the teachers support this decision? Does this student have the emotional and social maturity to be a successful college/MIT student?

So leaving school early is not a problem, but the international pool is quite competitive already. It will certainly not be any easier to be accepted early. </p>

<p>A national medal (or an international one) is a great distinction, and you should be proud, but MIT does turn away international medalists every year.</p>