Should I leave high school early or stay?

Question

I want to graduate early so I can move to London. I can move at what would be my senior year, get situated, get a job, and at least become a resident in England, or I could stay in high school and take a ton of classes my senior year. Is it better to leave early and get prpared for college in a different country or should I stay in high school and have the oppertunity to take more classes? I dont know what I want to do, its a hard decision. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

If you have the credits to graduate early, by all means get after that college. I would advise going as swiftly and high as you can. Education is key to everything, it can never hurt, you can never have TOO much knowledge so either way you decide is good. You can't go wrong, good luck to you and may your life be full of riches and happiness.

Answer 2

I left a year early. Don't do it. You'll regret it. Stay and take more classes, and enjoy being with your friends and family another year. A move to a new place is hard enough, and being younger makes it even harder. It will take time to make new friends in London, and if you are too young, it will take even longer. People won't take you as seriously, and you'll still be viewed as just a kid. If you want to work some now, you could probably go to school a half day your senior year and work the other half. Some schools will even help you set this up. You will regret not staying and having a full senior year and graduating with your class if you leave early. Especially when you get older and those class reunions start rolling around and you don't get invited because you really weren't a part of either graduating class.

Answer 3

Make a list of pros and cons. For example, are you going to miss out on some of the high school social things that happen during senior year (like Prom or other fun activities?) You don't want to miss out on fun times with friends as this is a time for you to enjoy your young life and make memories.

But, if you're not into all that and just wanting to get on with your adult life, then staying isn't so important. Just be SURE you are graduating with a diploma and not dropping out or taking the GED. You will need your high school diploma.

If all is in order (and your parents agree), why not move to London early? Get a jump start on your competitors in the work force. Settle in, get to know the region, find a good college, meet new people.

What a great life experience for you!

Good luck!

Answer 4

You really do have two 'cake' choices here, don't you. I can see 'advantages' to both of them ... you may not be taking 'classes' if you move to London, but you will certainly be 'learning' many things ... from 'the art of living alone' to 'job skills' that you can 'transfer' to 'study skills' when you start university in England. I have ONE question for you ... if you stay for your 'senior year' can you still start University in England when you are done? If you can, then stay, take the classes, and go to England after you have done that 'extra year' of classes. If you can't go to university in England next year, the go ahead, graduate early, and GO.
The 'why' is very simple. While the Universities in the U.S. and Canada are all 'good schools' any 'degree' from a University in England will 'look better' ... it's 'proof' that you were 'educated enough' to live, work, and study BY YOURSELF in a 'foreign country' ... and the Universities in England are EXTREMELY DIFFERENT and you can't get 'the same kind of education' you can get there from any other University in the world.

Answer 5

I graduated early from High School and it was an excellent decision. I did miss some of the party end of the year stuff but considering what you gain, it isn't even close. You will be ahead of everyone else that doen't do this. If you stay and take more classes, what are you gaining? You basically retake them in college. But if you travel and learn more about culture and society, then you are way ahead of the game. Don't be narrowsighted, this is an opportunity that may never come up again.

Answer 6

That's a complicated question. First, are you legal to work in the UK? Second, do you have the qualifications to enter a British university? Usually, a normal high school diploma won't do it. You need either an IB, or 3, 4 or 5 AP exams, with scores of 4 or higher (the number of AP exams depends on the school), or a year's worth of college courses behind you.

Thing is, the US and UK educational systems don't match up. By the time they are 18, they've completed one more year of schooling than you have. Not only that, but while your education gave you breadth of subjects, theirs gave them depth. Thus their uni's requirements that you have the IB or the AP exams - to prove that you have the subject knowledge on par with home students.

If you stay in high school, can you take the requisite AP classes in that time? If so, then that may be better prep for a UK university than living in the UK for that year.

Once you graduate high school, if you're legal to work in the UK, you can move there. If not, then you can apply as a foreign student, if you can afford the cost.

Check the websites for a couple of the better UK universities, see what they want from foreign applicants. Also see what you'll need to do to prove that you're a "home" student, rather than foreign - it's likely you'd need to do more than live there for one year, but that depends. For example, at Oxford, you'd need to have lived in the UK or EU for three years prior to applying. I'll give you an important link on this, below.

To start with, check the sites for these schools:

- University College, London
- Oxford University
- St. Andrews (in Scotland)

Each will have information on their web pages for foreign students, and they get quite specific about what they need from foreign applicants.

Answer 7

Honestly...high school is fun...but not for everyone. I had a blast but I knew people who were always waiting to get out. It is definitley an awesome experience but If you feel that you can grow and become who you want to be by graduating early and moving to london than do it...that is your decision and something you need to decide. No one can tell you what the right move is. It would be an awesome experience though.

Answer 8

Well, if it where me, I would continue to stay in high school, because that knowledge that you will obtain, and you said a ton of classes, that is a negative way at looking at the situation, I believe you need to slow down and concentrate on what is important rather then the things that are not.

Answer 9

Take more classes first yur senior year because you never kno what maybe required when u get 2 London. Dont graduate early thats missin all tha fun.

Answer 10

stay dude if u dnt stay ur goin 2 have 2 go bck sumtime 2 get a ged if u even want a job unless u like construction and now a days u need a 2 year college degree min.