What do you think my options for college are?

Question

Okay, I plan on dropping out of high school and trying to get into college. I am 15 and will only have completed my freshmen year, which I most likely failed due to a few (probably about 60) absences. I could go on for hours explaining the story behind this, but it isn't needed.
I know that I can handle whatever stress college might create, and I can even more easily handle the academics. I will also have my own car this year, and my license, so that won't be a problem.

The problem is that anybody looking at my academic record would probably turn me down immediately (It is that bad).

Honestly though, not meaning to sound conceited, I am probably more intelligent that most of the kids at my high school (higher grade levels included)

Anybody know my options, or anything I can do to expand them? Finishing high school is not an option, for reasons that I do not have room here to include, so please do not suggest it.

Thanks,

-David

I might also want to add that I am not really dropping out of high school, I will be taking the exit exam, and after I pass it I will have the equivalent of a high school diploma. (Most people don't view it that way though.)

"HOW ARE YOU DROPPING OUT AT 15?"

I'm just special :-)

"If you were all that intelligent you wouldn't need to ask this question, so that's your first misconception of your potential."

You're funny. Do you really believe that I am looking solely to yahoo answers for the solution to my problem? I am, of course, looking for options myself.
Do you really have so much confidence in your abilities that you think you should rely on information you gather alone, when you can easily gain input from others? If you do, then I can safely disregard your opinions about me.

"Also, what do you consider a college? A trade school is generally not a college, and neither is the McDonald's manager training course."

I meant college as in the british slang term for prison, what rock have you been living under?

"An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university"

I think you are smart enough to realize what I mean on your own, otherwise you should seriously get some help.

I play soccer too, and could probably go somewhere with that if I was seriosu about it, but I don;t think that's going to happen. Am I right in guessing that soccer won't be much help just as a complement to intellectual abilities that would help me get in?

Thanks hontouniungaii, that was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for, beisdes that fact that it answered the question and gave helpful information, you even somehow filled in the parts I left out and realized my reasons for not wanting to go through high school :-)

Learning everything that they teach you there would probably take half a year at most, a few months at least. Learning all you need to pass though would probably take a couple weeks, and it is only the things that you need to pass that they seem to emphasize... Like you said, independant study is definatly the way to go, if you have motivation. These days though, you won't get anywhere without a college degree (unless you are in a very lucky situation), and college sounds like it conveys information at a much faster rate.

Answer 1

I dropped out when I was 17 due to medical reasons, but I had actually been wanting to drop out since freshman year, you just don't learn nearly as much as you should for all of the time you spend there.
I'd rather spend my time on independent studies.

What colleges like about kids with diplomas ... they want someone who will stay the whole 4 years, someone well rounded who will contribute to the schools extracurricular activites. Forget putting intelligent people into the working world, most colleges want a good reputation for their sports teams and alot of money.

If you have a knack for writing and can write an exemplary essay, you might get in... you might need a good letter of recommendation from someone in a position of authority.

I suggest talking to your counselor, I'm sure they'll advise against dropping out but they may be able to warn you of a few reasons a college won't accept you.

If you don't want to go to a 4 year, go to a trade school... do something you really like without studying the things you don't need.





For you others, with parental consent under certain circumstances, you can drop out at 15... and obviously this kid cares about his/her future because they are concerned about college. Intelligent people realize it might not be worth sitting through 4 years of "teaching" to learn what should take 6 months. Don't be so quick to judge someone else's situation.

Answer 2

Tommie Frazier undoubtedly. There is not even a viable different alternative available in the market. Nebraska of their heyday had been unstoppable--all as a result of the flexibility of the alternative offense. When Bill Callahan got here in 2 years in the past and started his shift to the West Coast Offense, the complete town of Lincoln started to shake. Reporters and pundits around the country questioned if something well might come from the difference, and the primary season the ended up five-6 and ignored a bowl for the primary time in 36 seasons. There are a few groups available in the market who might love to move five-6 (Vandy's first-class list in a protracted very long time was once final season's mark of five victories, for illustration). But the lengthy years of good fortune in Nebraska had been situated upon the strolling sport...and extra peculiarly, the alternative. Tommie Frazier was once the BEST EVER on the alternative. Period. End of Story. Don't provide me that junk approximately Holloway, Rice or Harris....Frazier is the right reply.

Answer 3

Colleges are notoriously conservative institutions, and will require certain things in applications, like evidence of prior education, and test scores. So here's my advice.

1) Get your GED. It doesn't sound like it will be much of a stretch for you. But it will serve as evidence of high school completion, and satisfy almost any college's admission requirements.

2) Take your SATs, and also your Advanced Placement tests. If you ace these (over 2100 combined SATs and 4 or higher on each AP exam), you will enable admissions officers to admit you without much hesitation on their part. High scores will allow them to say to themselves, "ok, this kid has the intellectual stuff. His high school grades needn't be counted against him."

3) Perhaps most importantly, write a literate application essay in which you DESCRIBE, in some detail, the particular circumstances that caused you to leave high school. Shape this essay so that it illustrates that you have LEARNED from your life experiences, and so that it provides evidence of your great potential for further learning. And do not be afraid to let this essay show how different you are from run-of-the-mill folks. Let your uniqueness shine.

4) Apply to several schools. Be sure to look especially for schools that are not afraid to admit students who have taken unconventional paths. Smaller, top-tier and second tier liberal arts colleges might be your best bet. (Hampshire, Bennington, Vassar, Kenyon, Oberlin, Franklin and Marshall, Kalamazoo, etc.)

Do all this (especially in respect to the high scores on standardized tests), and you'll have a really great shot at admissions. I promise. :)

Answer 4

Not sure if you'll have a HS diploma or a GED. Yeah, you'll need to convince someone in the admissions office why you should be let in. You missed 60 days of school (for legitimate or illegitimate reasons). If you go by the 180 day calendar, you've missed one-third of the classes.
You admit yourself that your academic record is poor. You might have to find something else to do for a couple years to prove your worth, so to speak.

Answer 5

If you were all that intelligent you wouldn't need to ask this question, so that's your first misconception of your potential.

Also, what do you consider a college? A trade school is generally not a college, and neither is the McDonald's manager training course.

Answer 6

GETTING INTO COLLEGE RIGHT NOW ISN'T LOOKING TOO GOOD. MOST COLLEGES WILL LOOK AT IT AS IF YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THROUGH COLLEGE? aFTER GETTING YOUR GED THOUGH, I'D START WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND GET MY GRADES UP, THEN AFTER A COUPLE YEARS, TRY FOR A 4YEAR COLLEGE. HOW ARE YOU DROPPING OUT AT 15? I THOUGHT THE ABSOLUTE YOUNGEST AGE WAS 16.