Skipping college?

Question

I have a friend who is a senior in High School at the moment. He is by far one of the most smartest people out there. His grades have always been As and his lowest grade ever was a 98. Higest was 108. He's able to take college quizzes and ace them.
My question is, for someone like him who going to school is because he has to, is there a way he could take some tests and see if they can advance him in college? or get a couple of credits off the bat or skip college all together?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If he really does have that knowledge then yes, he can test out of some college.

There are 5 CLEP general exams that are with a combined 30 semester hours. If one were to look at the entire collection of standardized exams, it's possible (though not likely) to get an entire degree by taking exams. Most people can't pass all of these but there are many who can.

For information about the CLEP exams, http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html

Other exam sources include AP, IB, DANTES, and ECE (Excelsior College Exams).

He'd not want to attempt to bypass the bachelor's degree experience because, with that sort of academic ability, he'll want to go to graduate or professional school after college. He'll need that experience to get into the best grad schools. Testing out of a few courses is a great idea and saves tons of money.

Answer 2

Why would he want to skip college? You can always learn more. He should apply to the top schools like Harvard or even an overseas school. You could learn a lot from going to school in another country. Intelligence like that should not be wasted. High School is not college and no matter how good your HS grades are you will still learn a lot if you pick the right college.

Answer 3

They are called CLEP and ACT exams. He can order the book online and see which ones he wants to take for college credit. Then he can study for them. The information is printed in college catalogs and the course schedule. Colleges do not market students to take them because they lose money when students skip their courses to test out of their classes. As for college, there is not one test that has the equivalency of a degree. He needs to apply, go to class (Or online) and graduate like everyone else. Besides intelligence, a college education requires discipline, motivation and the will to succeed. No fast short cuts or cutting corners. Good luck to your friend!

Answer 4

Most colleges have entrance exams so he could test out of the lower level courses.

But he will still need to meet a certain number of credits to earn his degree.

Depending on the type of work he wants to do, college may be required. People who get good grades usually do so because they like to learn and are good students. But he still needs the knowledge that college has to offer.

I hope your friend is looking into college scholarships. He can get into a good school and go far.

Answer 5

I had a friend who got almost all A's in high school, was put in CC his last year of high school half a day.

He got into UCLA

He had an Astronomy major and squeeked out of Calculus and Astrophysics 1 with either a C or a D

And he's no dummy.

That incident ended his career goals.

Generally SOME highschools offer SOME courses that are acceptable for credits by SOME colleges.

There are also some programs you can start in highschool, like the Pharmacist program, that makes the college level work only 6 years instead of 8 years.

But that's about it.

High School does NOT teach Orangic Chemistry, Micro Biology, Pharmachology, Calculus 2 or 3, Physics 1, 2 or 3.

Most major schools want Drama and Music majors to AUDITION before they will be accepted.

High School cannot teach poly sci like it really is because your parents won't let them.

Your parents don't want you to come home talking about Karl Marx, PACs, Haillburton connection to the White House, CIA water boarding,

So you're not going to get the Civics you'll get in college.

First day in English 101 we had to write two essays, one subjective, one objective, same storyline.

50% of the class got sent to the COMPOSITION clinic becasue they didn't know how to form sentences and paragraphs very well.

Let alone know what objective and subjective is

One of our texts was Reading for Rhetoric, and, again, you're parents don't want to hear how their Gods and Goddesses spew PROPAGANDA as fact in their speeches and writings.

See in college, your parents show up they show YOU and THEM to the car and lock the gates after you.

The college president doesn't want to hear that your history teachers openly told the class they were a lesbian femmisit communist on the first day meeting of poly sci 101

The president knows that already and approved her class.

Your just taking it and if mommy and daddy don't like what college is teaching you, you can stay home with them and watch Dr. Phil.

In college you will get American History from a Republican one semester, a Democrate another semester, a Communist another semester.

After 3 years of this you start thinking for yourself, but you're permiated with different views of the same subject.

An atypical highschooler seems to think they can bypass college and go straight to brain surgery.

Well I just had surgery and my Anesthisologist, who has to explain my death on the operating table to a state board of medical examiners, found my blood pressure to be 180 over 110 instead of 120 over 80 2 minutes before I had to have surgery

That doctor had to pick a drug, pick a dosage, mix it with my IV soloution, then knock me out when it was safe.

On the day we invent push button medicine that is so easy you don't need to know chemistry or biology, or physilogy or pharmacholgy some snotty 18 year old will be pushing those buttons instead of asking if you want to super size that meal.

There was a commercial jet with passengers flying from Canada to the US on the FIRST DAY Cananda's Metric law went into effect.

Six people debated how to covert Litres into what they used before (gallons) and all six got it wrong and that plane ran out of fuel half way to the US.

A 2,000 mile trip normally takes X amount of gallons of gas and today we are measuring things in Kilometers and Litres.

The plane is due to take off in 3 minutes and you are filling the tank.

How much gas to you give it?

Answer 6

Sure there is.
They are called placement tests and can be
taken before going to college.
What ever college he is going to, he will have to call and ask for them ahead of time.
They can be taken for any class he has to take.
He should call the college and talk to a counsler or admissions about any other ways to be advanced.

Answer 7

You can skip highschool years, but not college courses. Some colleges allow you to challenge some general education course work, but not all of them do so. This is mostly for math.

He can ask a college to try to challenge courses such as math and speech, but I believe that is about.

Answer 8

He's highly intelligent if he's straight A all the way. He needs to go to college and continue to ace classes.

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