well am 16 years old and in 3 months i will be graduating from high school i don't know what to do after high school because my friends don't graduate till 2009 :/ should i get a full time job and then in 2009 start college, or should I just go straight to college? most of my friends have told me am too young for college and if i go right away it would be a dumb choice cause i will fail .. i really don't know what to do.please help..
2007-04-30 07:17:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
i graduated when i was 16 also and chose not to go. now i'm 26 and just graduated after waiting so long to go. don't make the same mistake. evidently you are not too young to go to college nor are you capable of failing if you have managed to graduate early. go to college. at 16 it will be harder to get a serious full time job, those will go to the 18 year old graduates who are not going to school. no point in wasting time. talk with your parents about it. good luck
2007-04-30 07:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by Simply T 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My daughter had this problem and decided to take time off and work for a while. It actually was a good choice for her, although she would have done well in college. The experience gained working helped her to get a job quickly after graduating from college.
She made this decision on her own. It wasn't because of what her friends said.
You need to decide what is best for you. Your friends just don't want you to go away. My guess is that if you are graduating so young, as my daughter did, you must be very intelligent. You are not too "dumb" and you won't "fail" in college. If you have scholarship offers, they may not be there later.
The only reason I would not go to college is if "I" didn't feel ready to leave home. Intellectual maturity and emotional maturity are not always equal. Talk to your parents.
Best of luck with your decision, whatever it is.
2007-05-05 12:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wait to go to college. I am going to turn 16 in October and be ready to graduate but I am choosing to take extra classes at my school. In all of the colleges I have visisted I have felt out of place being there so young.
I am going to graduate when I am 17 and then I am going to Venezuela for a year.
If I were in your situation I would probably get a part time job and volunteer somewhere or maybe pursue some interests that I haven't had time to take part in.
2007-04-30 18:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by Alexa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you graduating so early? I'm sure that academically you're ready for college, but socially you may feel out of place. Not that you aren't mature, i just mean you may appreciate the social scene of college, which is half of the experience, if you are a bit older. Consider speaking to your giudance councelor at school about internship or fellowship opportunities. You can use this time to study abroad, or work somewhere very interesting. Fellowships are when a company or school pays your expenses for a learning experience, like cooking in a culinary school in italy, or studying archiology in egypt. You would still be learning, and it would look excellent on your applications, and better your chances of going to an excellent college. Definitly don't spend this time making minimum wage at your local dunkin donuts!! Use it wisely. Good luck!!!
2007-04-30 14:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by sara 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let me put it this way: it is your life, and it has just started to get interesting. You will see there is a huge universe waiting for you out there, and although your high school friends will always be your best friends ever, your college life will be the best thing that will happen to you. So don't let an annoying job break your spirit (for this is what happens to most of young people who make that choice), and go to college. Your friends will be proud too, and they will tell everybody what cool friends they have. It may sound like an old slogan, but: just do it! I wish you the best!
2007-04-30 14:30:44 · answer #5 · answered by element7christ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the club..
I can give you MY experience. When I graduated from HS and started at UC Berkeley I was too young to even have a driver's license.
I had graduated from a class of 200 and on my first day in class I shared a room with over 1100 classmates. All of whom were at least 3 years older - a big difference when you are only 15.
Academic life became pretty much all I had .. If I was lucky enough to get a girl myopic enough to say yes to a date, my next problem was to explain that she had to pick me up because I was too young to drive.
There was no real peer group for me..
I flunked out within 9 months.. I waited two years before I re-started college.
Soooo
my suggestion is to take half time classes at a local community college.. get some of the basic stuff out of the way while also looking for a part time job doing something.
That way you can see what the real world is like without committing to it and you can also take a few courses while your peer group catches up with you. There's no rush to grow up.. only to succeed and survive. Give yourself the tools and advantage to do that rather then give them away. Your toughest job will really be to convince your parents of this...
good luck in your life..................
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2007-04-30 14:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by ca_surveyor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not recommend taking any time off from school, as that lowers your chances of getting financial aid, plus you may never go to college.
If I were you, I would start taking college classes, but I wouldn't take a full load. Maybe take nine credits a semester instead of twelve. That way, you can still have time to be social and even if college is harder than high school, you won't have as much to worry about. In the time when you're not in class, you could work.
2007-04-30 14:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I say if you are smart enough to graduate high school at the age of 16 then you go to college next year. Don't wait around because it is harder to go back to school after you have taken time off. Your friends don't pay your bills or take your tests for you.
2007-04-30 14:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by Michael T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take a year or so off before going to college. I only say this because I started college right after high school and really messed up. I wouldn't go to class or I would leave early. My first few semester my GPA went down hill. Then I got frustrated and took about a year off. I finally went back and will graduate this year with almost a 4.0 GPA. Everyone needs a break to get their life in order!
2007-04-30 14:22:48 · answer #9 · answered by mysticnacality 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't listen to anyone but yourself. if I were you I would wait until Fall semester of this year and then go to college. But don't wait for your friends because you will have to take classes later on just to refresh your memory which is a waste of money. You won't fail you must be smart if your graduating early. But do what is best for you but I recommend don't wait that long. Good luck
2007-04-30 14:39:01 · answer #10 · answered by LovelygalCA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋