Should I graduate as a junior? (PLEASE READ/VOTE)
PLEASE READ THROUGH THIS POST AND GIVE SOME INPUT (or at least vote in the poll at the end, both would be appreciated). I have to make this decision SOON and need some advice.
Hey, I just finished my sophomore year of high school right now and I’m honestly 50/50 on whether I want to graduate as a junior or stay until my senior year.
I’m pretty conflicted because some of my closest friends are rising seniors, I don’t talk to most of the other rising juniors outside of school, and I don’t want to just be alone my senior year (I’m pretty introverted unless I’m close with someone or pretending to be chill). I have a few friends in my grade that I’m really chill with and think I have some potential to become pretty close with them, but I honestly don’t know.
On the paperwork it asks for the reason I want to graduate early. I feel like I need a more legitimate reason other than what I just explained or me wanting to get ahead on college, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas. I’ve heard some people say that I might not have as many friends in college due to me being younger (late birthday + early grad = 1-2 yrs younger than everyone else) but I’m already Muslim and don’t find any interest in smoking/drinking.
I know everyone says you shouldn’t take the “high school experience” for granted, but I’d honestly rather not spend my senior year constantly remembering that my best friend/closest companions are in college while I’m stuck in high school (especially if I end up not really becoming close with my friends in my grade). I can handle the pressure as long as I have good friends around me, and am willing to make this work if I have to.
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EXTRACURRICULARS:
- Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, Region/All-state Band
- NAHS, Mu Alpha Theta (might join Beta Club/NHS junior year)
- Helping with backstage for annual district musical, part time job joining school newspaper team junior year
GRADUATION CREDITS:
Math - 4/4 completed
Science - 3/3 completed
English - 2/4 completed
Social Studies - 1/3 completed (need US History, Econ/US Gov)
Electives - taking computer science online rn, need to take personal health
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CAREER OPTIONS:
Get a BSN and become a registered nurse in my state
Get associate’s in Psychology and apply to become a psychiatric tech while working towards bachelor’s
Get associate’s/bachelor’s degree in Chemistry
Has anyone else on this subreddit been in a similar situation? I just kinda want advice or the pros and cons of graduating early as a junior/staying all four years of high school (I have made a post about this in the past but it didn’t really get much attention).
Now it would be an absolute miracle if I could graduate next year and go to the same college as one of my closest friends (we’d both graduate next year if I go through with this). But I know that’s probably not likely to happen, and just wanna get into a decent college near me without going into loan debt (possibly a full ride if I can figure out how to, but that’d probably also require a miracle).
Uhh anyways thanks that’s probably all I’ll add on to this post eventually if remember anything extra, but PLEASE MAKE SURE TO VOTE in this poll. (sorry for making you guys listen to my rant).