Graduating Early as a Homeschool Kid

[Anonymous]

Due to mental health issues, I pulled DC from their public high school and moved them to homeschooling. Given their academic record, they have been finishing high school by taking classes at NVCC since they would have been taking AP/IB/DE classes anyway. Due to that, they are running through coursework faster than they would at high school and will have the 26+ credits for high school graduation by the end of the summer (nearly a full year early). Has anyone been in this situation and is there anything besides working up a transcript and diploma that I have to do to inform both FCPS and NVCC of their change in status?

[Anonymous]

What is your kid doing next year? You can graduate them early, but if you graduate them and have them take college classes, you become a transfer applicant rather than a first year. Considerably less merit money for transfer students.

[Anonymous]

I agree, better to not graduate them (as the administrator, you can set the graduation requirements)

[Anonymous]

At least, better to not graduate them until the end of the semester before they start at a 4-year institution

[Anonymous]

I had a friend in college who graduated homeschool early in that she was 16 when she started college. Academically she was fine but socially it was harder for her I think. I would encourage my kids to go to college on time or close to it.

[Anonymous]

I think being that young is a disadvantage on a college application. Unless you're utterly brilliant. Colleges don't want to be responsible for someone who's still pretty young.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Due to mental health issues, I pulled DC from their public high school and moved them to homeschooling. Given their academic record, they have been finishing high school by taking classes at NVCC since they would have been taking AP/IB/DE classes anyway. Due to that, they are running through coursework faster than they would at high school and will have the 26+ credits for high school graduation by the end of the summer (nearly a full year early). Has anyone been in this situation and is there anything besides working up a transcript and diploma that I have to do to inform both FCPS and NVCC of their change in status?

The compound effect of entering the workforce a year earlier than peers could really set your child up for success.

[Anonymous]

What does your child want to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Due to mental health issues, I pulled DC from their public high school and moved them to homeschooling. Given their academic record, they have been finishing high school by taking classes at NVCC since they would have been taking AP/IB/DE classes anyway. Due to that, they are running through coursework faster than they would at high school and will have the 26+ credits for high school graduation by the end of the summer (nearly a full year early). Has anyone been in this situation and is there anything besides working up a transcript and diploma that I have to do to inform both FCPS and NVCC of their change in status?

The compound effect of entering the workforce a year earlier than peers could really set your child up for success.

That's caused by graduating early, which typically requires taking college classes early. It does not require graduating highschool early, as you can take college classes while in high school

[Anonymous]

For a regular homeschooled child, probably.

But you were homeschooling for mental health concerns, and colleges can be really toxic in that direction. Do dual enrollment or something; don't send your child off early into the meat grinder. Source: parents I know who have had younger children with mental health concerns that college exacerbated.