Finishing High School Early

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Laura from youngwritersworkshops.com. I'm going to talk about how to finish high school early. Most high schools have an early graduation program and meeting with your high school counselor you will get the specific requirements to meet that to be able to accomplish that. Now a lot of times this will require you to go to summer school or take extra credits because generally graduation is based on either credit hours or either hours or credits. So in order to be able to do that, you'll probably have to take some classes at a time other than the regular school year. So be prepared for that and planning ahead if you do choose to if you do plan to finish early you'll have to start the process ahead of time, this isn't something you can decide during your, the end of your junior year. Another thing that you'll want to do is make sure your GPA is high as possible. A lot of times being able to graduate early is also connected with your achievement during the years leading up to the early graduation. You'll want to have a plan for what you're going to do with your time when you do finish early, a lot of times you can preregister so that you'll be enrolled in a community college so when your early graduation happens, you're already ready to begin accumulating college credits and moving on to your next goal, academical. So find out what it takes, what your specific requirements are for early graduation. Give yourself plenty of time to be able to achieve those requirements and then have a plan for what's going to happen next when you finish high school early."