Can Homeschooling Help Me Graduate Early?

Question: I am in the 10th grade and am bored to death in school. I pretty much get all A's and am already in physics and calculus. There's really no where else to go from here. I just want to get high school over with and go to college. Will switching over to homeschooling help me graduate faster?

Answer: There are several ways to graduate faster, or at least to move onto college faster. You can do this with or without homeschooling. Your options are as follows:

You can stay a public school student, but attend college classes under a dual enrollment program. Highschool seniors, and somtimes juniors have access to this program that allows you to gain college and high school credit simultaneously.

Some colleges have a move on when ready program allowing you to enroll in college in the 12 grade and begin your college career.

You can become a homeschooler and move ahead in your academics at a faster speed, allowing you to enter college early.

If you are advanced enough in high school, being in classes like Calculus and physics, you can become a homeschooler, finish the curriculum in those programs and have your parents graduate you. In the meanwhile, you can apply to and begin college.

Switching to homeschooling to go to college early may present some issues. First, you will need to check the laws in your state to see how easy or difficult it may be to homeschool. If you live in a stringent state, it may be easier to dual enroll in college instead. Next, you have to be ready to take the SAT or ACT exam because these scores are what the colleges look at to determine your readiness to enter college, especially as a homeschooler. Also, if you are going to switch over to homeschooling, you will need your parents' blessing and probably their guidance too. You may want to find someone who has homeschooled and graduated several students to help you through the process of going from high school to homeschool to college.