My brother got a brochure for the USC rhp. I also remember seeing another college offer something similar in which the college offers a special program for juniors to apply to but I can’t name the college.
I imagine there are more programs like rhp. Does anyone know any?
Our relative skipped SR year by just taking and passing the GED after JR year of HS and starting CC. There doesn’t have to be s formal program but if the child wants to get merit aid and is a candidate, most of it is awarded for high stats, incoming freshmen not transfer students.
Many public Us have running start that allow students to be in HS and dually enrolled in college courses while in HS. They get both HS and college credit, but are still entering college as freshmen rather than transfer students when they’re applying to college.
I’ve known 2 students who graduated hs in 3 years, then did a senior year abroad. They didn’t to it for academic credits, rather to gain fluency in a language and have a great adventure.
In MA there is a public school Mass academy of math and science (only 11th and 12th grade) on the campus of WPI. Seniors complete a full year of college at WPI. Check your home state’s department of education website.
Hi. As far as I’m aware, most high schools work on a credit basis in the US. I’m currently in college in Texas (I have 22 hours at the moment) and i’m turning 18 in a week or so. The way I did this was by gathering enough required credits in my first 3 years. I think my high school required 32 or so credits. I had a few from MS and since I took and got a successful SAT score my sophomore year, after a few talks with my GC, I was able to graduate at the end of my junior year. Talk to your GC if you haven’t already and see how many credits you have. You might be closer than you think!
Also, I don’t recall correctly, but I believe that UNT had a program called TAMS that allowed a student to complete the Junior and Senior year of HS at the same time as the Freshman and Sophomore year. It’s a lot of work, but definitely an option. My particular route didn’t require summer courses or extra work (I played a lot of video games on my off time) so it is an option as well if you have enough credits.
The Bucksbaum Academy at the University of Iowa accepts students for early entrance to college. The majority of students enter following their sophomore or junior year of high school.
Many US Universities do not require a high school diploma to enroll.
UW Seattle offers a program for Early Entrance: (may need to live at home?? )
https://robinsoncenter.uw.edu/programs/eep/
Carnegie Mellon U
https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/application-plans-deadlines
MIT , there are always 15 and 16 year olds starting early at MIT
http://mitadmissions.org/apply/freshman/dates
Bard College, Simon’s Rock in MA, most students transfer to very top colleges after two years at Simon’s Rock:
https://simons-rock.edu/
Concurrent enrollment is common across the USA at most public flagship universities and community colleges.
So that is a way to get a big jumpstart on a local college, but those credits may not transfer, if you do want to go away to college to a higher ranked school, but might.
Actually, most of the USNWR top 20 schools do, with the exception of Duke, Penn, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, and WashU. All of the UCs also allow juniors to apply. Columbia has a special case where you must meet your school’s graduation requirements by junior year. In any case, however, you will need to demonstrate an exceptional academic record with close to a 4.0 GPA, and committed extracurricular achievements.
Also note that just because the Common Data Set says that a school does not require a diploma, does not necessarily mean that they will consider juniors who are not graduating (see: Penn).
(Source: I called all of the admissions offices for these schools and am planning to do so myself.)
Blatantly untrue.
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Engage in a thoughtful college search. Once you identify colleges that seem like a good fit for your accomplishments and aspirations, simply call the admission offices and ask. Back in the day, I felt that I was ready for college as a high school sophomore. I simply applied to the colleges that seemed like a good fit. What did I have to lose? I gained a full scholarship and a great education.
@saharafrog Our high school son, just finishing his junior year is enrolled in the U of Iowa’s Bucksbaum Academy. He still needs to complete 3 classes to graduate from high school. Two of which he’s taking as summer school now and 1 class he’ll take this fall at Iowa will also counts towards high school. So he’ll graduate from his high school a year from now and have a year of college completed. But he’ll be living at the U of Iowa in the Honors dorm (Daum) with other Bucksbaum high school kids. Applying to the Bucksbaum Academy was like applying to a selective private college: He had to meet their GPA and ACT/SAT score minimums, go through a skype interview (along with us his parents) and write several essays and have letters of recommendation. In the end he was accepted and given a very good merit scholarship to attend.
He’s so happy to be done with going to high school after three years.
@BLDude Glad everything worked out for your son. From our research and interactions with the Bucksbaum/Belin-Blank staff, it seems like a great program for those seeking early entrance to college. Being put up on the top floor of Daum with other like aged kids and with a specially trained RA, for me, would make it much easier to send my younger kiddo off to university.