Ged Age
Q. I am curious what alternatives anyone may know of (besides the obvious - homeschooling), for a 17 year old to do in lieu of attending the senior year of high school, that would lead to entering college. She is very bright, does not get into any sort of trouble, but the school system is just not a good fit for her. She alternates between giving it 110%, and burning out and doing nothing, and has wound up with grades that will not be sufficient for her to graduate, even if she does attend and pass everything this coming year. She is very talented, and interested mainly, in drama - acting and singing.
A. My 17 yo son sounds a lot like your daughter -- right up to and including an interest in theater and music. It may depend upon the state you are in. However, I just researched this on behalf of my son. And my thanks to all of you on this list who helped me sort it out! To go on directly to a 4 year college, you have to have a high school diploma -- but you can get them through independent study programs in some areas. However, to get in to a community college, that isn't necesssary, and, at least here, the community colleges do a great job of feeding into the 4 year colleges. Here in California, you can only go to the Community Colleges if you are: 18 years old or older OR have graduated from high school OR are a cuncurrently enrolled high school student OR have passed the California High School Proficiency Exam (not the high school exit exam, and not the GED: this is a little known option that is not advertized heavily, and will not be given again until October) (You can"t take the GED if your class has not yet graduated from high school -- so even if you are 18, the GED is not an option until after you would have been out of high school.) The Community Colleges are an excellent choice for students like my son, whose high school grades alternated between A's and F's; they seem to do a good job of feeding into the 4 year colleeges; as an added bonus, they are MUCH cheaper. The high schools insist on full time enrollement in THIER program, whether you need that many credits or not, making part time high school and part time college difficult. However, we do have something called "Middle College" available at the local community colleges where the students take 2 high school classes (English and Social Studies), 2 classes worth of high school level independent study, and at least 6 college classes. Alternatively, you CAN home school, then send your child to college for the actual classes. Due to several factors, our options boiled down to: -Homeschool, which my son did not want to do -Middle college, which he did last year, and, for some very good reasons, did not want to do -- their schedule made it necessary for hiim to take night classes to get the science lab classes he needs -Go back to high school temporarily, and take hte CHSP when it is available. My son's choice is to go back to high school, but only temporarily. He will take the minimum number of classes he has to take; since he now has a job, and that can count for one class, he will take 4 classes: English, Social Studies, theater and choir, probably. He'll take the CHSP test in October. I don't expect he'll have any problems passing it, but whether he does or not, when the next semester of college starts, he'll sign up as a full time student. (In case anyone is wondering, there are no math classes he can take, as he's already completed his first year of college calculus; he's already taken Biology and one semester of college Chemistry, and he hates the physics teacher so would rather wait and take that in college.) He will not get a high school diploma; however, he already has around 22 college credits, with more than a B average, so I don't anticipate that this will be a problem. He expects to then spend 3 semesters at the Communtiy College; a year from this fall, he'll get a written agreement that if he finishes the classes he's started, he can transfer to UC-Davic to finish their pre-med program.
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