I'm already 5 months into my senior year but i want to get homeschooled..?

Question

for the rest of the year, i am so sick of high school drama, and petty bullshit. i need to get out of there as soon as possible and go to college so i can move on with my life.. i already passed all the required ny state regents exams, all i need to do is pass 12 grade english to graduate.. is it possible for me to get homeschooled just for english and graduate with a regular regents diploma? or would i just get something like a GED?

Answer 1

Well, in pretty much any other circumstance, i would encourage you to be homeschooled. however, if you are already 5 months into your senior year, then you would have already applied to colleges. I would recommend getting your high school diploma, or else it would look like you dropped out because you didn't like school and were lazy and undedicated. Sorry, but I'm going to have to say that I think that you should just finish the rest of the year. You've made it halfway through, right?

On another note, online schooling or independent study through a local public or private school CAN  get you your diploma. Look at independent study options if you really want to escape the situation. The classes are the same and everything, but you just go to school a few times per week and do all your work at home. Good luck with whatever you chose!

Answer 2

It's four months...you should really stay because if you decide to be homeschooled you're gonna have to take the GED test even before you can apply to college. && then if you don't get a certain score the school you may want to attend won't even look at you. Stick it out even if you think the drama is overrated, just do it.

Answer 3

Just suck it up and finish up the year like everyone else does.

Answer 4

I would discourage you from doing that for a few reasons:

1-You should have already applied to college. Whether you've already been accepted or haven't heard from them yet, your acceptance is conditional. That means that they accepted you with the assumption that you will complete ALL of the classes you were in at the time of your application. If you don't finish your math class (for example), even if you didn't need it to graduate, they can refuse to accept you.

2-Even if you do manage to come up with a way to acceptably complete all the classes you promised to complete, they will probably not look favorably on you 'quitting' school with only 4 1/2 months to go.

3-It is too late to start college any earlier than next fall; you gain nothing by changing things now.

4-It takes time to set up a homeschooling plan. Most people here who have done it speak of an 'adjustment' process. You don't have time to have that adjustment, complete your courses and find a way to show the college both your test scores and your coursework in time for them to have confidence in your follow-through abilities.

Answer 5

I think you've been PSed so long you might as well stick with it for another half year.  It would be a big adjustment and it wouldn't be for long anyway.  GL!

Answer 6

a college is going to wonder why you couldn't finish your .last semister of high school (drama and all) - remember the kids you go to high school could be the same ones that you go to college with -- are you going to work while in college because you could be working with some of those kids from high school - deal with the drama - consider it a life lesson and deal with it

Answer 7

Just hold on tight!  You only have a few months left! Forget all the drama and bull you're facing, concentrate on other things and more important things like your studies.

Plus, if you're planning on going to college, they don't like it when people switch schools or things like that.  So i'm pretty sure they'd be pretty skeptical if you switched to homeschooling a few months before you graduate.

There's no point, just hang in there.

Answer 8

I was in the same boat.

I hated high school. It sucked. I graduated early.

Travelled around the country, got married and now I work at a college.

The thing is, I went my counselor and said the following statement.

"I am thinking of dropping out, but I only lack one credit. Is there a way that I can continue in this one class and not take any others? Or possibly drop classes I don't need and get a part-time job? Or take a test to pass the class, kind of like a clep?"

Once you are in college, it doesn't matter if you have a HS diploma or GED. Once you have enrolled at one school and then transfer, nobody cares what you made on your ACT/ SAT.

These things are really overvalued, and then not needed.

If you wanted, you could ask your counselor about finishing just the one class, since that is all you need. Then enroll in a community college.

I say community college because they are great for getting a feel of college life without all of the fraternities and distractions that a university carries with it. It also eases you into larger classes and teachers who aren't hands on like high school teachers are.

Answer 9

I agree with Katie N.  Go to your counselor and see if there is an alternative way for you to get that final credit.  Some schools will accept a credit taken from a school online like www.byu.edu

Answer 10

call the NY state board of ed and ask, the worst they can say is no... and then you can either decide to ignore the nonsense/get a part-time job or internship until you can graduate, or just go for the GED.  Also, I'm assuming that your SAT score will get you into college, not a regents diploma.  A GED plus a great SAT score opens most college doors.