YES!!! I'm getting out of school early!

[DragonBlaze]

So yeah, today, all the seniors at our school had to go to this meeting. They were talking about all this boring crap, but then they said something about we could graduate at the end of the first semester if we had all our credits in and everything. I thought to myself, and then I realized that I had everything I needed to graduate early.

So as of January 19th, 2007, I'm done with high school, and I have a 7 month break until collage starts In which time of course I'll be working and saving up money for collage.

I've been jumpy all day since I learned this and I just had to get it off my chest.

[I Have a Sandwich]

Is it manditory to grad if youy have the creds, or just an option? If youcan choose, I'd just stay.

[DragonBlaze]

Its just an option.

I want to get a career in computer programming or possibly game programming. I already took all the computer programming classes my school offers. I would have taken independend advanced computer programming next semester, but  thats basically a 'teach yourself' course, so I don't need school for that. The only other class that is 'really' helping me in my career field would be math. I'm in a functions class for math right now, 80% of it is just an advanced algebra review (acording to my teachter). So school next semester won't really benefit me too much when it comes to my career.

Why should I stay?

I think it would be better if I worked full time in my job, make a lot of money. That way, I won't have to take out any loans for collage, and I'll be all set.

[VulcanRaven336]

congrats bro! it is wise to save up for college, trust me I just started. Gas will kill ya though, I mean living in california it's pretty expensive for gas. I'm also taking a computer class, it's basic introduction to unix. THen from there I plan to go on to web design. You're going to miss high school, I think, I don't, I am actually glad high school is over

[DragonBlaze]

Thanks, I don't think I'll miss high school. My 3 best friends work with me, so I'll see them all the time, and I'll still hang out with my other friends.

I won't miss high school at all. At our high school, we only have 2 choices that we can make all day, 1 what to get for lunch, 2, where to sit for lunch. The rest of the day, we are told what to do, when to do it, how to do it, we have no say in it, we are required by law to do it, and if we don't do it, we get punished. I can't stand a system like that.

[SonicChaos7]

College si definitely more fun than high school and the classes aren't just busy work... usually. Depends on what classes you take. You do study a lot more, but it's not TOO bad. But it's cool that you can graduate early. I could've but I decided against it. But very cool. What university you looking at/going to?

[Razor]

Ooh you lucky sod.
All that free time, man. That'll rock. Then later you'll wish you had something to do.

Of course, games and friends fill that void!

[Moosetroop11]

Originally posted by VulcanRaven336
congrats bro! it is wise to save up for college, trust me I just started. Gas will kill ya though, I mean living in california it's pretty expensive for gas. I'm also taking a computer class, it's basic introduction to unix. THen from there I plan to go on to web design. You're going to miss high school, I think, I don't, I am actually glad high school is over

American gas expensive pfft

[emiiru]

I have a question moosey, how much was your gas before your prices went up?

Yeah and you might want to spell the word college right just once before considering it.  7 months isn't really enough to be working and expect to make a big dent, maybe for a quarter of the first year, to pick up where financial aid leaves off. You should just hold on to that.

[Apex]

You should just stick around for the hell of it.. Or take half days, those work too, 6 hours of playing video games and 2 hours of class... Yeah...

[Djanki]

High-school ended early for me, too. School ends in May in Puerto Rico, but it ended in April last year because, somehow, all the funding for Education was lost, and the government had no money to pay the teachers with. So, school ended.

Believe it or not, I was enjoying my last few weeks of school, and I felt as though they had ripped food out of my mouth (I could only see my friends at school, because they live far away from me, and I don't have a car).

[Revolution911]

Nerd.

[Black Massacre]

You lucky butch.

[DragonBlaze]

If I would finish the second semester, I would have to take at least 5 classes (required by law). I would most likely take 6 though, because most of my classes are two semster courses like physics, cisco networking, and such, so dropping them wouldn't make much sence. I couldn't make my schedual very easy either, because colleges look for that, I don't think they look at graduating early as 'taking it easy', but thats something I have to ask my guidance councellor tomarrow.

As for getting money for college. Working part time, at $7 an hour, I made $2000 over the summer (3 months). If I would work full time (it would be at $9 an hour) for 7 months, I would have enough money saved up to pay for my entire first year of college. I'm going to a 2 year college and then transfer to a 4 year college after that. The 2 year college I want to go to is within driving distance, so I wouldn't have to worry about paying for dorms or anything. My brother is going there right now, I think its only around $4500 per semester. If I was going to a 4 year college right away and needed to pay for room and board and everything, then I don't think I could pay it off working those 7 months.

[I Have a Sandwich]

Colleges see having the points to graduate early as a plus, but if you stay in school and take more classes, they will see you as someone who is dedicated towards their education, and will be more willing to accept you based on that.