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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m struggling to understand the question here.  Anecdotal evidence seems uneven and unhelpful if you are interested in broad trends.

If you discover the answer is “some colleges will want to see four year of HS” will you change your approach?  I’m sure some colleges will prefer four years and some won’t care.  Is it ok to limit your options to school that don’t care?  And is it ok to possibly weaken your chances at admission?

If yes, then by all means you should proceed, but I sense this is one area where you can’t have your cake and eat it too (graduate early and have only positive or neutral impact on admissions).

If you feel flexible about which colleges you pursue and want to end HS early and you believe there aren’t likely to be negative developmental consequences; I say go for it.

If you have specific schools you are interested in please identify them.  Otherwise I think the answer is “some will not view this favorably, others won’t care” but you likely already know that.  I doubt anyone is going to be able to precisely quantify that impact.[/quote]
There is no data, presumably because few high school students choose to graduate early. While many competitive high schools students might satisfy grad requirements before senior year, there may be a sticking point with satisfying English credits in particular, though I'm not really sure.

I just want to hear where junior applicants/early high school grads with high stats have been accepted/denied. You are right that we are aware that it might be viewed unfavorably by some and others might not care... just wondering what those schools might be. For example, do large publics care less than privates? At what level of selectivity is this less of an issue? I have no idea.

Ultimately, kid's list will be kid's list. I'm just looking for anecdotes because there is no data.[/quote]

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